Jess Park: Everton sign Manchester City forward on season-long loan
Everton have signed Jess Park on a season-long loan from fellow Women’s Super League side Manchester City. The 20-year-old forward helped City to FA Cup and League Cup success in recent seasons and signed a three-year extension with the club last month. She has made 55 appearances and scored nine goals for them since arriving […]
Astronomer in Twitter limbo over ‘intimate’ meteor
Mary McIntyre A still from Mary McIntyre’s meteor video which was banned by Twitter. An astronomer from Oxfordshire was locked out of her Twitter account for three months after sharing a video of a meteor which was flagged by the site’s automated moderation tools. Mary McIntyre was told that her six-second animated clip featured “intimate […]
UK warned to avoid climate change crisis
Getty Images The government faces a post-lockdown choice between green growth or propping up polluting industries The UK must avoid lurching from the coronavirus crisis into a deeper climate crisis, the government’s advisers have warned. They recommend that ministers ensure funds earmarked for a post-Covid-19 economic recovery go to firms that will reduce carbon emissions. […]
‘Sextortion guides’ for sale on social media, BBC finds
BBC Online sellers are explicit in what they offer Criminals are selling guides on social media on how to carry out sextortion, BBC News has learned. The guides show people how to pose as young women online, trick a victim into sending sexually explicit material and then blackmail them. On Tuesday, Olamide Shanu appeared in […]
Manchester United transfer news: Gabby George, Irene Guerrero, Tullis-Joyce & Melvine Malard join
Manchester United completed a fourth deadline-day signing on Friday as Melvine Malard joined from Lyon. The 23-year-old forward, a two-time Champions League winner with the French side, joins on season-long loan. United also completed the £150,000 signing of Everton defender Gabby George on Thursday. George’s signing was followed by the arrival of midfielder Irene Guerrero […]
Food apps and online gaming driving obesity
Getty Images Meal delivery apps are changing the way we buy and eat food, the report says How children use meal-delivery apps and the rising popularity of online gaming could be driving obesity across Europe, the World Health Organization has said. No European country is on track to stop obesity rising by 2025, the WHO […]
Rapper Nipsey Hussle’s killer convicted of murder
Getty Images Hussle was praised for his humanitarian charity work after his death The man who shot and killed Los Angeles rapper Nipsey Hussle minutes after a brief argument in 2019 has been found guilty of murdering the rising artist. Eric Holder, 32, was convicted by a jury in California on Wednesday after six hours […]
Pornhub partners with UK child abuse-fighting charity
Pornhub’s parent company Aylo has announced it has backed new standards of good practice for pornography sites on combating child abuse, drawn up by UK charity the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF). The IWF is a key part of the UK’s fight against online child sexual abuse material (CSAM), enabling people and organisations to report suspected […]
Retail leaders call for tax breaks to fight industry decline
PA The SRC says the retail industry is going through an unprecedented period of transition Retailers have asked the Scottish government for tax breaks to help halt a decline in the industry. The Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) says the rise of online shopping, increasing costs and pressure on household budgets are causing problems. It wants […]
Trump says Syria ‘not our fight’. Staying out may not be so easy
Getty Images While Trump visited the newly restored Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Islamist fighters in Syria toppled Assad’s regime When Donald Trump sat with world leaders in Paris last weekend to marvel at the restored Notre Dame cathedral, armed Islamist fighters in Syria were in jeeps on the road to Damascus finalising the fall […]