IAN HERBERT: If big tech giants do not use AI to unmask trolls then they are as good as condoning it

We’ve spent the last week hearing the social media giants’ assurances about all the work they’re doing to protect players from abuse. Facebook’s Fadzai Madzingra told the BBC last week that abusive accounts would be stopped ‘the moment they are created.’ So I undertook a random 20-minute check, today, of accounts which have issued racist, … Read more

Twilight star Nikki Reed has been cutting husband Ian Somerhalder’s hair throughout lockdown

Twilight star Nikki Reed reveals she’s been cutting husband Ian Somerhalder and daughter Bodhi’s hair since the start of lockdown By Sam Joseph Semon For Dailymail.com Published: 00:29 GMT, 5 February 2021 | Updated: 00:29 GMT, 5 February 2021 In addition to her acting career, Twilight star Nikki Reed appears to have a talent for … Read more

Irish teenager who hurled racist abuse at Ian Wright after losing a Fifa match is spared jail

Irish teenager who hurled torrent of racist abuse at Ian Wright over social media – because he lost a Fifa match while using the player’s virtual self – escapes jail after the footballer forgives him Patrick O’Brien, 18, lost a game on Fifa after selecting Ian Wright in his team The Irish teenager then sent … Read more

Ian ‘Dicko’ Dickson pokes fun at his former Australian Idol co-star Mark Holden on Holey Moley 

‘It’s gone into the skeleton of Mark Holden’: Ian ‘Dicko’ Dickson can’t resist poking fun at his former Australian Idol colleague on Holey Moley By Demeter Stamell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 08:56 GMT, 3 February 2021 | Updated: 08:56 GMT, 3 February 2021 They’ve made no secret of their long-running feud, and Ian ‘Dicko’ Dickson … Read more

Ex Australian Idol judge Ian ‘Dicko’ Dickson says new producers don’t want him back for 2022 reboot

Former Australian Idol judge Ian ‘Dicko’ Dickson, 57, reveals whether her will return for the much-anticipated Channel Seven reboot By Alisha Buaya For Daily Mail Australia Published: 23:18 GMT, 31 January 2021 | Updated: 23:18 GMT, 31 January 2021 He was famously known as the ‘mean judge’ on Australian Idol when it first aired in … Read more

Ian Rankin recalls how he partied with Fred Goodwin after ABN Amro takeover

Crime writer Ian Rankin recalls how guests cheered Fred Goodwin and RBS chiefs as they walked in ‘like Reservoir Dogs’ at 2007 party celebrating the disastrous takeover of ABN Amro Author Ian Rankin told how he partied with disgraced RBS boss Fred Goodwin Crime writer was invited to a bash at the bank’s headquarters in … Read more

IAN LADYMAN: Livingston boss David Martindale deserves a second chance

One of the recent stories of the season in Scotland is the progress of Livingston. Under new manager David Martindale, the club have won six and drawn two of their last eight Scottish Premiership games. On Sunday they beat St Mirren 1-0 in the Scottish League Cup semi-final. Martindale, though, has a criminal past and this … Read more

IAN BIRRELL: Deeming some lives to be ‘more valuable’ than others is utter inhumanity 

Deborah James is a deputy head teacher, a mother of two children and, since her devastating diagnosis with bowel cancer, she has become an inspiration to many for her frank discussions on the subject. She’s written a best-selling book, raised significant sums for charity and become a regular voice in the media despite 17 tumours … Read more

IAN BIRRELL: It’ll be an unforgivable insult to the dead if the world lets China bury the truth 

It has taken 14 months since a sinister new disease emerged in Wuhan for the global health body responsible for protecting the world to be allowed into the Chinese city to investigate the origins of the pandemic. The belated arrival last week of a team from the World Health Organisation (WHO) follows persistent stonewalling from Beijing … Read more

Eva Amurri’s ex-husband Kyle Martino is ‘happy’ for her new relationship with restaurateur Ian Hock

Eva Amurri has been officially divorced from ex-husband Kyle Martino for almost a year. And the daughter of Susan Sarandon recently moved on, taking her new relationship public on her blog. She was met with only positive wishes from Martino, who expressed his happiness for her, after she made her budding romance official with restaurateur … Read more