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TikTok is allowing videos up to three minute – triple the length of current clips – in early rollout

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TikTok is allowing users to upload three minute videos – triple the length of its current clips – in early roll out, but critics fear it’s the first step towards monetizing the app like Facebook TikTok caps videos at 60 seconds, but the app could allow up to three minutes A Twitter user shared an … Read more

Gov Newsom says projections show CA will run out of current ICU beds before Christmas Eve

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California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Monday he may impose tougher coronavirus restrictions over the next two days, including a second stay-at-home order, to counter surging COVID-19 hospitalizations that threaten to overwhelm intensive care units before Christmas Eve.  Newsom said projections show ICU admissions are on track to exceed statewide capacity by mid-December unless public … Read more

Best current accounts: Virgin Money offering wine reward

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Virgin Money has made an ambitious play for a slice of Britain’s current account market, hoping a combination of discounts, freebies and in-credit interest will see it snap up hundreds of thousands of switchers. Those who make the move to Virgin Money’s digital current account, launched last December, can earn themselves 15 bottles of wine … Read more

Joe Biden to stop building Trump border wall, keep current barrier

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Joe Biden will stop building Donald Trump’s wall as soon as he is sworn in but will leave barrier intact – meaning president built just 12 miles of entirely new fencing Joe Biden will immediately stop construction of the southern border wall once taking office, but leave all 400 miles of already erected wall in … Read more

Lady Gaga talks about her ex-fiancé Taylor Kinney… then tells her current beau she loves him

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While campaigning for Joe Biden in Pittsburgh on the eve of Election Day, Lady Gaga reminded her fans she use to live a few hours away with her ex-fiancé Taylor Kinney.  As she addressed a lively crowd at a drive-in rally, the 11-time Grammy winner noted she was previously ‘engaged to a man from Lancaster, Pennsylvania.’  … Read more

Free banking UK: Will we soon be paying for current accounts?

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‘It’s the end of free banking, as we know it,’ I sang to myself in the style of R.E.M earlier in the week. A perfect storm is brewing which could potentially see more and more customers charged a monthly fee for having a current account. This is a blend of coronavirus, a crackdown in overdraft … Read more

Wales will nationalise its 900-miles of railway after bailout talks with current operator collapse

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The Welsh Government will nationalise its railways after last ditch talks with its current operator failed, it has been announced today. Welsh political leaders had been in talks with KeolisAmey about a possible bailout due to a fall in passenger numbers in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. But the negations have now fallen through. … Read more

Wales ‘will nationalise its 900-miles of railway’ after bailout talks with current operator collapse

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The Welsh Government is today poised to nationalise its railways after last ditch talks with its current operator failed, according to reports. Welsh political leaders had been in talks with KeolisAmey about a possible bailout due to a fall in passenger numbers in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. But the negations have now reportedly … Read more