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Children are bombarded with betting adverts on social media… by some of our top football clubs Critics accused some Premier League sides of giving the game ‘a bad name’ Fears for the children who are among the followers on Twitter who see adverts Former goalie Peter Shilton describes gambling in football as ‘morally wrong’ By … Read more
The BBC received a record number of complaints over Christmas with 500 viewers angered by the New Year’s Eve fireworks display referencing Black Lives Matter. The broadcaster received a total of 7,382 complaints about shows over the Christmas period, with more than a third of these made about just four programmes. The most controversial programme … Read more
US Open line judge struck by the ball hit by Novak Djokovic before his disqualification is bombarded with abusive messages and death threats on Instagram by sick trolls mocking her son’s death in a bicycle accident 12 years ago Novak Djokovic was automatically disqualified from the US Open on Sunday He inadvertently struck line judge Laura … Read more
A Knightsbridge property developer ‘bombarded a Game of Thrones actress with gifts and 928 roses after she dumped him for demanding compromising photos’, a court was told. George Philippedes, 43, who lives in Belgravia, even paid for actress Katie Alexander Thom, 31, to have acting lessons at a top drama school in the US as … Read more
Earth and the Moon were bombarded with meteoroids 800 million years ago just as complex life was getting started, lunar craters reveal Researchers studied lunar craters as the lack of atmosphere keeps them intact The team used data from a Japanese lunar orbiter to study 59 different craters These were created at around the same … Read more
Fans bombard The Bachelorette’s Carlin Sterritt about his ‘split’ from Angie Kent – as he STILL refuses to admit they’ve broken up By Zoe Burrell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 08:04 BST, 17 June 2020 | Updated: 08:33 BST, 17 June 2020 For weeks, the Bachelorette’s Carlin Sterritt has refused to admit he’s split from … Read more
Police are bombarded with fireworks by baying mob during coronavirus lockdown patrol as they pin down a resident in Paris suburb Chaotic scenes broke out in the French capital’s eastern Noisy-le-Grand suburb Police on quarantine patrol were targeted with fireworks by rioting residents Two of the attackers were apprehended and five officers received minor injuries … Read more
Gambling addicts who search for help via iPhones get bombarded with adverts for betting firms instead The adverts are against Gambling Commission rules, which say ‘all marketing of gambling products must be undertaken in a socially responsible manner’ Betting firms claim they use technology to prevent vulnerable gamblers, including children, from seeing marketing that encourage … Read more
Children are so bombarded by gambling adverts that betting becomes ‘part of their everyday life’, major new study claims More than 95 per cent of children see gambling advertisements on television Eight out of ten of the young people are able to identify a list of gambling firms Researchers also found 41,000 children under 16 follow … Read more
Around 10million self-taking tourists cram into Rome’s streets and around its ancient sites each year. But it wasn’t always so. These fascinating vintage pictures taken in 1956 show a far less hectic Eternal City. The black-and-white snaps were captured by photographer Allan Hailstone, from Coventry, on a trip to Rome as a schoolboy in August … Read more