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Restrictions on Airbnbs planned in Levelling Up Bill Michael Gove says

The Government will bring forward changes to its flagship Levelling Up Bill aimed at tackling problems with Airbnbs and other short-term lets, Michael Gove said. The Communities Secretary said ministers will make changes aimed at restricting “the way that homes can be turned into Airbnbs” as he acknowledged a problem with holiday lets preventing younger workers from living and finding a job near to home. Liberal Democrat Tim Farron drew attention to the problems caused by large numbers of holidayRead More

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Kylian Mbappe named as Frances new captain

Didier Deschamps has appointed Kylian Mbappe as France’s new captain. The 24-year-old Paris St Germain forward, who won the Golden Boot at the World Cup last year, succeeds goalkeeper Hugo Lloris. The Tottenham stopper retired from international football after guiding France to a second successive World Cup final. Mbappe has rapidly become France’s biggest star after being part of the World Cup-winning team in 2018 as a teenager. He has scored 36 goals in his 66 international appearances and becameRead More

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Ed Sheeran didnt want to live any more after string of personal traumas

Ed Sheeran has said he felt he “didn’t want to live any more” after the death of his best friend Jamal Edwards and discovering his pregnant wife had been diagnosed with a tumour. Music entrepreneur Edwards, who founded the music platform SBTV in 2006 which helped launch Sheeran’s career, died in February 2022 at the age of 31. His death came shortly after Sheeran’s wife of four years, Cherry Seaborn, was told by doctors while six months pregnant that sheRead More

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Jack Willis hopeful he can continue playing for both England and Toulouse

Jack Willis is hopeful he can remain available for Toulouse and England despite the Rugby Football Union’s current policy of refusing to consider players outside the Gallagher Premiership. Special dispensation was granted to Willis until the end of the Word Cup due to his forced exit from financially-stricken Wasps, which resulted in him joining the Top 14 heavyweights at short notice. Outstanding displays against Italy and Ireland in the Six Nations cemented his position as England’s first choice openside butRead More

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TikTok updates content rulebook as pressure from West builds

TikTok has rolled out updated rules and standards for content and users as it faces increasing pressure from western authorities over concerns that material on the Chinese-owned video-sharing app could be used to push false information. The company released a reorganised set of community guidelines that include eight principles to guide content moderation decisions. “These principles are based on our commitment to uphold human rights and aligned with international legal frameworks,” said Julie de Bailliencourt, TikTok’s global head of product policy. She said TikTok strivesRead More

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Pierre Emile Hojbjerg calls on Antonio Conte to elaborate after Spurs rant

Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg called on Antonio Conte to be “more precise” in his criticism of Tottenham’s players after his outburst in the aftermath of Saturday’s draw with Southampton. Conte accused his team of lacking professionalism in a rant that also took aim at the culture of the club over the last 20 years. It has been reported that Spurs chairman Daniel Levy could remove the Italian as manager this week, bringing forward a departure that had been expected to come inRead More

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Google giving more users access to Bard chatbot

Google has announced it is allowing more people to interact with Bard, the AI chatbot the company is building to counter Microsoft’s early lead in a pivotal battleground of technology. The tech giant is opening a waiting list to use the artificial intelligence tool which is similar to the ChatGPT technology Microsoft began deploying in its Bing search engine to much fanfare last month. Last week, Microsoft embedded more AI-powered technology in its word processing, spreadsheet and slide presentation programmesRead More

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Braverman urged to abolish Metropolitan Police in wake of damning Casey review

The Home Secretary has rejected calls to abolish the Metropolitan Police after a damning review concluded it is institutionally racist, misogynist and homophobic. Conservative MP Matthew Offord urged Suella Braverman to transfer specialist operations currently with the Met, such as counter-terrorism, to the Home Office. This would allow the replacement police service for London to focus on maintaining law and order, the MP for Hendon added. But Ms Braverman disagreed with the suggestion that came in response to the publicationRead More

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Man suffers facial burns after being set alight in attack caught on video

A man has suffered facial burns after his jacket was set alight as he walked home from a mosque. West Midlands Police said officers are studying video footage of the attack which has been circulated on social media. The incident took place in Shenstone Road in Edgbaston, Birmingham, at around 7pm on Monday. The force said in a statement: “It’s believed the man, who was walking home from Dudley Road Mosque, was approached by a man. “He spoke to himRead More

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