Lithuania tells citizens to ditch Chinese phones after report finds built-in censorship capabilities

Lithuania tells its citizens to throw away their Chinese mobile phones after report found devices had built-in censorship capabilities Cybersecurity body report found Xiaomi devices could detect and censor terms ‘Free Tibet’, ‘Long live Taiwan independence’ or ‘democracy movement’ among terms included in the feature, which was turned off for EU region However, it could … Read more

‘Cancel culture’ as Worcester College apologises to students for hosting Christian conference 

An Oxford college has been accused of ‘cancel culture’ after apologising to students for the ‘distress caused’ after it hosted a Christian conference.  Worcester College hosted a Christian Concern training camp at the beginning of September while the college was closed for the summer break.  Students reportedly complained that the curriculum for the week-long event … Read more

Police launch hunt for 15-year-old girl after she went missing from her home in Leeds on Monday 

Police launch hunt for 15-year-old girl after she went missing from her home in Leeds on Monday Claudia Bihariova, 15, went missing from her home in east Leeds at 5pm Monday  Schoolgirl is described as a white female, thin, with black hair and brown eyes West Yorkshire Police there are serious concerns for her welfare due … Read more

Gammon, remoaner, Karen and snowflake among the words added to Ofcom’s potentially offensive terms 

Gammon, remoaner, Karen and snowflake are among the words added to Ofcom’s potentially offensive terms The communications regulator asked audiences to rank how offensive terms are  Among the entries are ‘karen’, ‘libtard’, ‘snowflake’ and ‘gammon’ The list was made up of terms used in complaints to the regulator in recent years  Ofcom says it is … Read more

A white (choc) Christmas: Quality Street unveils new addition to the festive favourite tins

A white (choc) Christmas: Quality Street unveils new addition to the festive favourite tins – at the expense of the toffee deluxe The Creme Caramel is being introduced to mark the brand’s 85th anniversary It’s covered in milk and white chocolate and tastes like a creme caramel dessert  It will only be available at 17 … Read more