News – World and UK

Will instead rely on 'community notes' Meta is to scrap its longstanding fact-checking programme in favour of a community notes system similar to that on Elon Musk’s social media platform X. Instead of using news organisations or other third-party groups as it does currently, Meta will rely on users to add notes to posts that might be false or misleading. The changes will affect Facebook and Instagram, the company’s two […]

UK boss faces MPs McDonald’s is facing fresh claims of widespread harassment across its UK branches as hundreds of young current and former workers join a legal action against the company. More than 700 people who were aged 19 or younger when working at McDonald’s have instructed law firm Leigh Day to take legal action on their behalf. The claims come as UK chief executive Alistair Macrow prepares to face questions from MPs […]

Flu season is the “straw that is breaking the camel’s back” A number of NHS trusts in England have declared critical incidents amid “exceptionally high demands” on emergency departments. One trust said it is seeing “high numbers of older patients with respiratory problems exacerbated by the cold weather”. Experts said this flu season is the “straw that is breaking the camel’s back” when it comes to urgent care. Non-urgent patients […]

South Korea’s anti-corruption agency says it has received a new court warrant to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after its previous attempt was blocked by the presidential security service last week. The Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials on Tuesday did not immediately confirm how long the warrant would remain valid. The Seoul Western District Court last week had initially issued a warrant to detain Mr Yoon and a […]

The head of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse has said “the time has passed” for another lengthy examination of grooming gangs and that the row is “distracting from the issues”. Professor Alexis Jay said “we’ve had enough of inquiries, consultations and discussions” as she called for action. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch is pushing for a national inquiry after tech billionaire Elon Musk used his X platform to launch […]

Severe flooding and snow are causing travel disruption as weather warnings remain in force. Road and rail links have been closed while Manchester and Bristol airports were forced to suspend flights earlier on Tuesday because of the conditions. A yellow snow and ice warning is in place across most of south-west England and Wales, coastal parts of North Wales and Merseyside and parts of north-west England and the West Midlands, […]

The Social Justice Secretary is to pledge to eradicate child poverty through warm safe homes, sustainable jobs and benefits. During a debate on tackling child poverty and inequality, Shirley-Anne Somerville will tell MSPs later on Tuesday that the 2025-26 Budget will contain the means to drive progress on the missison to make child poverty a thing of the past in Scotland. She is expected to say the Scottish Government will commit more […]

Weather warnings for snow and ice are in force across much of the UK after severe flooding and snow caused travel disruption and school closures. A yellow snow and ice warning is in place across most of south-west England and Wales, coastal parts of North Wales and Merseyside and parts of north-west England and the West Midlands, until 10am on Tuesday. The same warning is in place for western and […]

Sir Keir Starmer has defended his record of prosecuting child grooming gangs and said those “spreading misinformation are not interested in the victims”, as he remains locked in a row with billionaire Elon Musk. The Tesla and X owner has launched a slew of social media posts attacking the Prime Minister in recent days, accusing him of being “complicit in the crimes” of child sex offenders as he called for […]