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A huge explosion has rocked homes across Essex after a huge blaze erupted at an industrial unit containing fertiliser in Southend Road, between East Hanningfield and Rettendon, Essex.

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Instagram is banning videos filmed with Meta smart glasses that harass strangers in public, including prank videos targeting service workers and pickup-artist clips of women who may not realize they are being recorded. "If you're posting content that is taking advantage of people and harassing them, like a lot of these pickup line kind of videos that we've heard of and seen, then we're going to take the content down," said Instagram head Adam Mosseri in response to a question on his Instagram stories last week. "We don't want people to be surreptitiously taking videos of other people and harassing them and then posting them on our platform. So we're trying to fight that every way we can." Business Insider reports: It's unclear how many videos have been removed under this new policy. Business Insider found that two large accounts of pickup artists who filmed themselves approaching women in public while wearing the glasses had been deactivated. (Both previously had more than a million followers.) A Meta spokesperson confirmed to Business Insider that these accounts were booted for violating the policy about posting harassing content that had been filmed with the glasses. Meta did not directly respond to questions about how this new policy is being enforced or what exactly constitutes a violation.

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There's a new Defender rival in town - and it's coming from China. The Denza Bao 5 has a huge, squared-off shape that looks like its been designed using an Etch A Sketch.

A Swiss tourist has been left seriously injured after suffering a serious bite while swimming on a Mediterranean beach.

British tourists who fled from the French blaze have described escaping from 'enormous' flames after being woken in the night with emergency texts.

Novelty bags are trending, but should you shop designer or hit the high street? With almost £550 between the two bunch-of-grapes styles here, we'll let you decide

Kate Garraway brought her new boyfriend Liam Halligan to her best friend's husband's birthday celebrations on Friday as she shared a sweet photo to X. 

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Nicola Roberts has shared an insight into her life as a new mother after welcoming her first child with her fiancé Mitch Hahn in May.

I have to admit that when Kemi Badenoch was elected Conservative leader in November 2024 I thought of the word 'stopgap', writes ROSS CLARK.

The billionaire behind the world's leading AI chip has been hit with a £483million divorce bill after fathering a lovechild.

Sir David Gauke, the ex-Tory justice secretary who headed a review into sentencing, said prisons were 'on course to run out of capacity in November' unless the early release scheme remains.

Sources said one dinghy was a staggering 12m long and carried 165, with the six vessels crossing the Channel in total this week branded 'Burnham's boats'.

Medical negligence lawyers at Irwin Mitchell say 56 people have so far come forward in relation to the Zimmer NexGen knee system, including 24 cases already issued at the High Court.

Millions of Britons looking to get away at the start of the school summer holidays are waiting for hours because of new European Union border checks.

In a stern statement to America's two most powerful adversaries, the US leader said it is 'certainly not in their best interests' to do so.

Older workers are vying with new starters for junior roles as the supply of good jobs dries up, a Bank of England survey revealed yesterday.

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Paramount Skydance has agreed to postpone its $111 billion Warner Bros. Discovery merger until five days after an antitrust trial or June 1, 2027, whichever comes first. The agreement with a 12-state coalition led by California effectively shelves the deal for months while states argue it would reduce competition in cable and theatrical markets. Variety reports: Paramount had been keen to close the deal before Sept. 30, when it will begin to incur a $7-million-a-day "ticking fee" to be paid to Warner Bros. investors. The agreement is a tacit acknowledgement that that will not happen, barring a settlement with the states. Paramount previously sought a three-day hearing on the injunction motion in late August, hoping to win the judge's blessing to close the deal sometime in early September. But the states resisted that idea, saying they would need more time to take discovery and prepare for a full trial on the merits. The states were due to file their injunction motion on Thursday night, but held off as the two sides held discussions on a path forward. In a statement, the company said the agreement is a "significant win." "Today's agreement is a significant win because the result is exactly what we have sought from the outset: a direct path to a trial based on the evidence," a Paramount spokesperson said. "This is the fastest and clearest way to prove that this transaction is good for competition, good for consumers, and good for creators, a conclusion dozens of competition authorities around the world have already reached. Plaintiffs' market definitions bear no relationship to the realities of today's marketplace and cannot withstand scrutiny. We look forward to proving our case at trial." A hearing was scheduled for Aug. 3 in federal court in Oakland, at which point the two sides were expected to argue over the injunction motion. The two sides agreed to cancel that hearing. U.S. District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin approved the joint stipulation on Friday afternoon, about an hour after it was entered. The Writers Guild of America filed its own motion for an injunction earlier this week, which was also set to be heard on Aug. 3. That motion has been withdrawn, as Paramount has effectively conceded that it will not close the deal until a determination of the merits of the antitrust claims. The parties also agreed to submit a joint stipulation by July 31 on their respective positions on trial scheduling. The states previously proposed to hold the trial in April 2027.

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