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In a move designed to kneecap Reform, ministers today placed a 'moratorium' on crypto donations for the foreseeable future.

Now, Bluey is getting its own ride at Alton Towers and will open in CBeebies Land this spring - and the first footage has been revealed.

Jeffrey Epstein's deep links to Israel's political, financial and security networks are revealed in a new episode of the Daily Mail's Covert Connections podcast. 

The venue now has a modern, flexible and welcoming environment

The 15 Essex councils are set to be replaced by five unitary authorities, as the government announces it decision on Local Government Reorganisation.

Meta lost a child safety trial in New Mexico after a court found that its platforms failed to adequately protect children from exploitation and misled parents about app safety. According to Ars Technica, the jury on Tuesday "deliberated for only one day before agreeing that Meta should pay $375 million in civil damages..." While the jury declined to impose the maximum penalty New Mexico sought, which could have cost the company $2.2 billion, Meta may still face additional financial penalties and could be forced to make changes to its apps. From the report: The trial followed a 2023 lawsuit filed by New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez after The Guardian published a two-year investigation exposing child sex trafficking markets on Facebook and Instagram. Torrez's office then conducted an undercover investigation codenamed "Operation MetaPhile," in which officers posed as children on Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The jury heard that these fake profiles were "simply inundated with images and targeted solicitations" from child abusers, Torrez told CNBC in 2024. Ultimately, three men were arrested amid the sting for attempting to use Meta's social networks to prey on children. At trial, Mark Zuckerberg and Instagram chief Adam Mosseri testified that "harms to children, such as sexual exploitation and detriments to mental health, were inevitable on the company's platforms due to their vast user bases," The Guardian reported. Internal messages and documents, as well as testimony from child safety experts within and outside the company, showed that Meta repeatedly ignored warnings and failed to fix platforms to protect kids, New Mexico's AG successfully argued. Perhaps most troubling to the jury, law enforcement and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children also testified that Meta's reporting of crimes to children on its apps -- including child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) -- was "deficient," The Guardian reported. Rather than make it easy to trace harms on its platforms, the jury learned from frustrated cops that Meta "generated high volumes of 'junk' reports by overly relying on AI to moderate its platforms." This made its reporting "useless" and "meant crimes could not be investigated," The Guardian reported. Celebrating the win as a "historic victory," Torrez told CNBC that families had previously paid the price for "Meta's choice to put profits over kids' safety." "Meta executives knew their products harmed children, disregarded warnings from their own employees, and lied to the public about what they knew," Torrez said. "Today the jury joined families, educators, and child safety experts in saying enough is enough." Meta said the company plans to appeal the verdict. "We respectfully disagree with the verdict and will appeal," Meta's spokesperson said. "We work hard to keep people safe on our platforms and are clear about the challenges of identifying and removing bad actors or harmful content. We will continue to defend ourselves vigorously, and we remain confident in our record of protecting teens online."

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We've given five experts in different fields (and our own Investing Monkey) £500 and challenged them to turn it into £10,000 as quickly as possible.

I've noticed a tremor in my right hand. It's not too severe, and it come and goes. What could be the cause - and what can I do to stop it?

It was as I helped prepare food for my beloved godmother's wake that the bombshell was dropped.

The model gave birth to her son George in 2024, and in a new interview has shared she has undergone a breast reduction, chin filler, Botox and getting her teeth done to transform her look.

PC Lewis Rollins, 28, is accused of financially exploiting Dr Georgina Miller, trainee solicitor Emily Busby and Alisha Steeds to fund his gambling addiction between 2022 and 2023.

The former Top Gear host, 65, has fronted Prime Video's Clarkson's Farm since its 2021 launch - which covers his experiences running Diddly Squat Farm in the Cotswolds.

Nature abhors a vacuum, as Aristotle said, although at the time he was probably contemplating something rather more highbrow than the fate of the former Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson.

A skeleton discovered during renovation work at St Peter and Paul church in Wolder, near Maastricht, is believed to be that of D'Artagnan.

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OpenAI on Wednesday announced the death of its controversial Sora video creation tool, just two days after publishing a guide on how to use it well.…

The Today Show star sat down with her co-star Hoda Kotb for the interview, and she grew emotional as she said she is haunted by thoughts of her mother's 'terror' every night.

The harmless 'floaters' popping up in your field of vision could be a sign of permanent eye damage or oncoming blindness, a new study from researchers based in the Netherlands has found.

While Olivia unfollowed him on social media at the time, she has now removed Bradley's surname from her official Instagram account.

It is set to open very soon!

Health secretary Wes Streeting said women have been 'made to feel like second class citizens' by the NHS and will be empowered to stop providers getting full payment for bad service.