France fines Google and Facebook over cookies
Getty Images French regulators have hit Google and Facebook with fines totalling 210m euros (£175m) over use of cookies. Data privacy watchdog the CNIL said both sites were making it difficult for internet users to refuse the online trackers. Consent for the use of cookies is key to the EU’s data-privacy regulation and a major […]
Why commercial hunts have resumed despite outcry
Barcroft Media Japan has resumed catching whales for profit, in defiance of international criticism. Its last commercial hunt was in 1986, but Japan has never really stopped whaling – it has been conducting instead what it says are research missions which catch hundreds of whales annually. Now the country has withdrawn from the International Whaling […]
The abortion privacy dangers in period trackers and apps
Getty Images After the Supreme Court’s Roe v Wade ruling overturned citizens’ constitutional right to abortion in the US, there has been concern about data protection, particularly in the 13 states which have already moved to make ending a pregnancy illegal. But what sort of data might incriminate someone, how could the authorities get hold […]
What can you absorb through your skin?
Getty Images While some skincare ingredients just sit on the topmost layer of the skin, others can penetrate more deeply – potentially delivering more benefits, but also more risks. In March 2021, American social media influencer Mikayla Nogueira, whose followers number in the millions, appeared on TikTok to test a toner and serum combination containing […]
‘Machines threaten jobs’ in age of robotics
Getty Images “Jobs Terminatored” is the Sun’s headline for a story about how the rise of robotics and artificial intelligence will affect British workers. It says that leading figures, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, want ministers to manage the adoption of automation better and help people share in the benefits of new technology. Meanwhile, some […]
Government funds planting of more trees
BBC The National Forest Company (NFC) said it had planted over nine million trees in the last 30 years More than £2m of government funding is to be spent on planting trees in the National Forest. The 200 sq mile (518 sq km) forest spans parts of Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Staffordshire More than 200 hectares […]
Humza Yousaf urges PM to recognise Palestinian state
Getty Images First Minister Humza Yousaf tabled the ceasefire motion Scotland’s first minister has urged the UK government to recognise a Palestinian state. In a letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Humza Yousaf said the move would help to end the “political impasse” in the Middle East. It came as MSPs backed his motion to […]
England women’s footballer hopes new 1971 documentary will inspire
New Black Films/Mirrorpix/Marina Amaral Manager Harry Batt, pictured in the middle, was banned from English football after his falling out with the Women’s Football Association A footballer who played in the rebellious England side that competed in the 1971 Women’s World Cup said she hoped a new documentary would inspire young girls. Leah Caleb, from […]
New lifeboat to carry the names of 10,000 people
Ceri Oakes Howard Fields is coxswain of Whitby RNLI and said the crew is excited to receive the new lifeboat Thousands of people are to be commemorated by having their names placed on the hull of a new lifeboat as part of a fundraising campaign. The new £2.5m Shannon lifeboat is being built for the […]
Bullying, low pay and burn-out blamed for staff shortage
Paul Winch-Furness Shauna Guinn, who owns Hang Fire with her partner Sam Evans, said closing the business was “heart-breaking” Hospitality workers have called for changes to the industry after an award-winning restaurant in south Wales closed its doors. Shauna Guinn, co-owner of Hang Fire in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, said the decision to close after […]