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BBC Joe Cooper said he was told on Wednesday he was being sacked Bangor Cathedral’s music director has been sacked after an “inappropriate” song was sung by the choir during a service. After a disciplinary process for events on 31 August it was announced on Friday Joe Cooper had been …

Laura May McMullanBBC Midlands Today BBC Photographer David Fletcher thought oatcake shops would be in decline, but found out they were “thriving” A photographer has spent two years taking pictures of oatcake shop owners and their customers for a book celebrating the north Staffordshire delicacy. Stoke-on-Trent-born David Fletcher hopes the …

Elon Musk’s social media platform X, formerly Twitter, has been fined €120m (£105m) by the EU after it found rule breaches had left users vulnerable to scams and manipulation. The European Commission started investigating X under the Digital Services Act (DSA) two years ago and has now issued its first …

Several websites, including Linkedin, Zoom and Canva, went down after new issues with internet provider Cloudflare. The web infrastructure company said at around 9am that it was “investigating issues with Cloudflare Dashboard and related APIs (application programming interfaces)” after reports of “a large number of empty pages”. Shortly after the …

The European Union has served Elon Musk’s X with a €120 million (about $140 million) penalty for violating the bloc’s digital service rulebook, including over the “deceptive design” of its blue checkmark. Today’s announcement marks the first time that a company has been fined under the landmark Digital Services Act …

Elon Musk’s social media platform X has been fined €120m (£105m) by the EU over its blue tick badges. The European Commission said by allowing people to pay for a blue verified check mark on their profile, the social media platform “deceives users” because the firm is not “meaningfully verifying” …

Claire HamiltonLiverpool City Region political reporter UK Parliament Ian Byrne has complained to the Police Federation of England & Wales about the tone and substance of the South Yorkshire Police Federation reaction A Liverpool MP has said a statement by a police body which criticised a new report into the …

Amanda Parrand Clara Bullock,West of England BBC Lucy Beck said the Novichok poisonings made businesses think differently Businesses say the future is bright in Salisbury, more than seven years after the Novichok poisonings. It comes as the inquiry into the death of Dawn Sturgess, who was poisoned by the nerve …

It’s a mystery. Night mode isn’t available in Portrait Mode on the iPhone 17 Pro, and no one seems to know why. Yet. Night mode automatically brightens photos and captures more details, even in low-light conditions. You can adjust the exposure time manually. In Portrait mode, the camera focuses sharply …

Taiwan says it will block access to popular Chinese social media app RedNote or Xiaohongshu for one year following concerns over online shopping scams. The island’s Criminal Investigation Bureau said Thursday has detected more than 1,700 fraud cases on since last year with total losses worth more than NT$247m (£5.9m; …

The Trump administration has ordered US consulates to consider rejecting H-1B visa applicants involved in content moderation or “censorship,” according to a report from Reuters. A State Department cable viewed by the outlet says officials should check an applicant’s resume or LinkedIn profile for a job history involving moderation, fact-checking, …

Australia is banning social media for children under the age of 16 from December 10. The world-first legislation is aimed at protecting kids from cyberbullying, online predators and harmful content. The BBC spoke to 14-year-olds Zoey and Ella about the ban, and how it will impact their lives as content …

“In the end, everyone ends up like that. But if you look at what happened after [Barcelona’s] game against Chelsea, the abuse he [Araujo] received on social media and all that… that’s where it all starts.” Courtois stressed that criticism and rivalry are part of football, but insisted there is …

A rescue team has resumed a search for a teenager missing for more than a week in Romanian mountains. George Smyth, 18, a University of Bristol student from Shropshire, has been missing in the Bucegi Mountains since 23 November, according to Brașov mountain rescue. The teenager was reportedly hiking. Seventeen …

Heathrow Airport has announced changes to passenger drop‑offs at its terminals, making it more expensive and enforcing a time limit for the first time. From January, the west London airport will increase its terminal drop-off fee from £6 to £7 and will give travellers 10 minutes in the drop-off areas …

Ofcom has fined a porn company £1m for failing to put in place sufficiently robust age checks – the biggest penalty it has imposed so far under the Online Safety Act. The Act makes it a legal requirement for websites that host pornographic material to put in place what the …

The app, called Social Protect, uses AI to try to ensure athletes see as few abusive messages sent their way as possible. It automatically scans incoming social media posts on platforms including Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and YouTube in real time, searching for over two million abusive words and phrases within …

Algorithm-based pricing changes are now common. Some laws are pushing back. Westend61 via Getty Online shoppers in New York are now seeing a new warning on product pages thanks to consumer protection legislation that took effect in early November. Particularly noticeable during Black Friday sales were messages that told shoppers: “This …

Russia has blocked access to popular gaming platform Roblox due to concerns over child safety and extremism, including the spread of LGBT-related content. The country’s media regulator said Roblox had become rife with “inappropriate content that can negatively impact the spiritual and moral development of children”, according to local news …