BBC It was the summer of 2023, and Katie Piercefield-Holmes from Suffolk travelled to the Greek island of Rhodes with her husband and two children for a 10-day holiday. They’d booked a room with air conditioning at a resort, intending to spend the time relaxing in the swimming pool and sightseeing – but this wasn’t...
TikTok is preventing users searching for “skinnytok” – a hashtag which critics say directs people towards content which “idolises extreme thinness.” Content associated with the hashtag includes videos showing people’s work-out routines or what they eat in a day. TikTok said it had “blocked search results for #skinnytok since it has become linked to unhealthy...
    Piers Morgan, in a February podcast, accused his guest, “trans activist” Blossom Brown, of “race-baiting.” Brown replied, “Black women cannot be racist to white women.” Brown then added this inability to be racist to white women extended to Morgan: “How am I racist to you? I’m Black. I can’t be racist...
Joe Inwood & Tom Gerken BBC World correspondent & technology reporter Ian Aikman & Eve Webster BBC News EPA The Bayesian, pictured sailing near Palermo, in a photo released by manufactures Perini Navi A luxury superyacht that sank off the coast of Sicily, killing the tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch along with six others, was knocked...
BBC Weather Watchers – Pikman Fires have been burning for days at Glen Rosa on Arran An extreme wildfire warning covering all of Scotland is in place for a final day, with rain showers due in parts of the country on Sunday. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) said crews remained at the scene...
India’s weather department has warned of high temperatures in parts of northern India, including capital Delhi, for this week. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has said northern and central states – including Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat – can expect maximum temperatures to cross 40C. It has issued a yellow alert which means that the...