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The hashtags #DeleteFacebook and #BoycottZuckerberg are trending on Twitter as some Australians delete their profiles to protest the platform’s news ban. Outraged users are sharing their final Facebook posts and asking friends to send their phone numbers before they delete the platform for good. Facebook has banned Australian news outlets from sharing content, and has … Read more
Facebook has blocked Australians from accessing and sharing news in protest at a new law which would have forced the site to pay for the content it hosts. Furious Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the move shows big tech companies ‘think they are bigger than governments and that the rules should not apply to them’. … Read more
Scott Morrison has taken to his huge Facebook following to slam the tech giant for banning Australians from accessing news on its platform. The US social media giant has infuriated Australians after blocking them from reading and sharing local news in response to a world-first law to make tech giants pay media companies for the … Read more
The wife of Lib Dem peer Lord Marks with a ‘flagrant disregard for speed limits’ has been caught over the limit twice in five months. Lady Clementine Medina Marks has narrowly avoided a driving ban after she was repeatedly caught speeding. The 53-year-old now has 11 points on her licence – one point short of an automatic … Read more
Boris Johnson is urged to scrap the ban on care home visits by March to give a ray of hope to the elderly who have been cut off from their loved ones during the pandemic Six charities have banded together to urge Boris Johnson to allow visits to care homes by relatives from the beginning … Read more
Eden Project boss gets driving ban quashed after being caught speeding SIX times in less than four years Sir Tim Smit, 66, received a six-month ban under the totting up rule He successfully appealed on the grounds of ‘exceptional hardship’ Smit is a diabetic who is shielding and said he is also responsible for driving … Read more
MPs call on Government to stamp out Chinese and Russian involvement in defence industry By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 13 February 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 13 February 2021 MPs have called on the Government to stamp out Chinese and Russian involvement in the defence industry. A defence committee study … Read more
Doctors demand ban on ‘no baby, no fee’ IVF deals over fears rushed treatments could put mothers and infants at risk – as UK’s biggest clinic offers full refunds after three failed cycles Care Fertility runs 21 clinics across the UK and offers a multi-cycle deal Campaigners fear that it could encourage rushed treatments with … Read more
Doctors demand ban on ‘no baby, no fee’ IVF deals over fears rushed treatments could put mothers and infants at risk – as UK’s biggest clinic offers full refunds after three failed cycles Care Fertility runs 21 clinics across the UK and offers a multi-cycle deal Campaigners fear that it could encourage rushed treatments with … Read more
NHS visitor bans mean teenagers with cancer are going alone to appointments where doctors tell them their illness is terminal, campaigners warn. The Teenage Cancer Trust and CLIC Sargent have written a letter to health ministers across the UK asking them to pledge that young cancer patients will not have to face the devastating news … Read more