Locals liken phone mast to giant loo brush as council gets complaints

‘God’s lavvy brush!’: Locals liken new 80ft phone mast to a giant loo cleaner as council is hit by wave of complaints The phone mast was styled as a tree to blend in with the surrounding greenery The Mobile Broadband Network Limited mast is located in South Queensferry  Locals said the mast looked like a […]

Wife of BBC Breakfast legend Bill Turnbull pays tribute to husband

‘He made us laugh every day, even though he was in pain’: Wife of BBC Breakfast legend Bill Turnbull tells how she was ‘immensely proud’ of her ‘lovely Billy’ in emotional tribute after his death at 66 following ‘brave and dignified’ prostate cancer battle He died ‘peacefully’ at home in Suffolk after ‘challenging and committed […]

Review savages social workers who waited until Monday to save boy

Serious case review savages social workers who waited until Monday to save frail asthmatic boy, seven, because they held meeting on Friday ‘at end of working week’ only for him to die that weekend at the hands of his crack-addled mother Hakeem Hussain died alone, ‘gasping for air’ in the garden of his mother’s home […]

Parents LOSE bid stop gender identity being taught in Welsh schools

Parents LOSE bid to stop ‘extreme ideology’ gender identity and sex education lessons being taught to children as young as three in Welsh schools A group of four mothers and one father brought the High Court legal challenge Judge ruled no evidence teaching RSE would cause ‘irreparable harm’ to pupils The Government says pupils will […]

Social media star Amelie Zilber lands role on 'grown-ish'

With millions of followers on Instagram and TikTok, Amelie Zilber is used to sharing her life with the public. That changed last spring when she had to hold back a big secret for months. The activist and fashionista had landed her first acting job as a new character on Freeform’s “grown-ish,” airing Wednesdays. Before “grown-ish,” […]

Twitter tests long-awaited edit button, will roll out to paid subscribers

By Sheila Dang (Reuters) – Twitter Inc is internally testing a widely requested edit button, a feature that will be rolled out to paid subscribers in the coming weeks, the social media company said Thursday. For years, Twitter users have demanded the ability to edit their tweets after publishing in order to fix errors like […]

Travel: 'Price relief is here' for airfares, Hopper economist says

Airfare prices are dropping to more affordable levels after surging during the summer due to high travel demand. According to one economist, prices will continue to drop for at least the next month as the U.S. enters the fall season of travel. “Price relief is here,” Hopper Lead Economist Hayley Berg said on Yahoo Finance […]

Gallery sets out to buy famed 1776 painting for £50million

Portrait Gallery sets out to buy £50million painting of England’s ‘first non-white celebrity’ – Polynesian adventurer Omai who sailed to Britain with Captain Cook, met King George III and mingled with high society The National Portrait Gallery has set out to buy a famed 1776 painting for £50m Sir Joshua Reynolds’ Portrait of Omai depicts […]

Finland drastically cuts tourist visas for Russians

HELSINKI (AP) — Finland on Thursday slashed the number of visas issued to Russian citizens to a tenth of the regular amount in a move seen as a show of solidarity with Ukraine. Finland, which shares the longest border with Russia of all European Union member countries, announced the decision in August amid growing pressure […]