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A12 southbound delays follow a crash near Witham North and an obstruction at Boreham Interchange, with queues between junctions 19 and 23.

A12 southbound delays follow a crash near Witham North and an obstruction at Boreham Interchange, with queues between junctions 19 and 23.

A source said: 'It would have been a great opportunity for Joel but he must have heard how miserable and on edge staff are. It's caused a nightmare as everyone had hopes pinned on him.'

The white bird brought traffic to a halt on the aptly named Swannery Bridge in Weymouth, Dorset, at about 7.30pm on Thursday.

The car went up in flames

Chloe Ferry said she will expose a 'friend' who has sent her 'extremely hurtful and threatening messages on social media' as she shared a new statement on Saturday.

Vijay Rangarajan, the chief executive of the Electoral Commission, said he is looking at whether current rules on spending by political parties are 'fit for purpose'.

The experts at Which? analysed 52 premium-brand butters and spreads to reveal the healthiest - and least healthy - choices.

Ultimately, Roger didn't take on the role until the eighth film in the franchise, the 1973 hit Live and Let Die.

The new series of Strictly Come Dancing finally kicked off on Saturday night, with new hosts at the helm, a format shakeup and 15 nervous celebs.

Some have places to toast marshmallows and some have farm animals!

Chris Appleton has roped in his best pal Kim Kardashian to judge his Strictly Come Dancing moves on Saturday. 

James Jordan has opened up about his debilitating battle with ulcerative colitis which left him so ill that medics at one point considered having him fitted with a colostomy bag.

Juvenile pilot whale from Thames Estuary pod found dead on Canvey Island beach, Essex, as rescue teams guide remaining whales into deeper waters off Kent coast.

Juvenile pilot whale from Thames Estuary pod found dead on Canvey Island beach, Essex, as rescue teams guide remaining whales into deeper waters off Kent coast.

Jane Adetoro, 36, Christina Walters, 32, and Rebecca Walters, 31, were found dead in the early hours of May 13, 16 years after their mother also drowned.

Two days before her Christian grandmother's assisted dying procedure in Ontario, Canada, Brigitte Kranendonk sat her down to make sure she knew exactly what was going to happen.

The couple were spotted holding hands while taking a stroll through the city, and they even stopped at one point to share a kiss at the crosswalk while waiting for the light to change.

On Saturday night it emerged that Canon Maybury told Jewish protesters at the exhibition that 'history is complex' when asked to denounce the terrorists' kidnapping and killing of civilians.

The European Commission "proposed on Thursday banning children under 13 from social media, with parent-supervised accounts until 15," reports Reuters. "Enforcement would rely on a tool Brussels built itself" — a free, open-source age verification smartphone app "that tells a platform whether a user meets an age threshold without revealing their identity..." If passed, the proposed Kids Act would create the world's largest social media access restriction, covering 450 million people across 27 countries... [The EU-built age-verification app] is being rolled out through member states, with seven pilot countries: Cyprus, Denmark, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy and Spain. The Commission expects EU-wide availability by the end of 2026. It will also be used to prove users are over 18 when accessing adult sites, a restriction already implemented under the Digital Services Act... [T]he system itself is decentralised. Member states run it through issuers they designate, and the proofs live on the user's phone. There is no central EU database of ages or of who verified whom... A user proves their age once to a nationally designated issuer — a body vetted by the member state, which can be a digital ID provider, a bank or a post office. At a restricted site, the app certifies that the user is above the required age threshold. The platform receives only a yes-or-no response. Issuance and verification are handled by separate entities. The proof provider is not told which service the proof was used for. Each proof works only once, preventing cross-service tracking. No identity documents or biometric data are retained. The code is open-source, allowing independent scrutiny. The significance of the EU approach is that it provides a common age-verification mechanism rather than leaving individual platforms to develop and enforce their own systems. "Online platforms can easily rely on our age verification app. So there are no more excuses," [EU Commission President Ursula] von der Leyen said... The proposal must be approved by EU member states and the European Parliament before becoming law. Non-compliance would risk fines of up to 6% of a tech company's global annual sales, plus supervisory fees, Reuters reported earlier. The EU's plan follows similar initiatives in Australia, Britain, China, India, Turkey and several European Union countries.

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