Brit drivers will be slapped with £100 fine for honking their horns too much under new council crackdown

Brit drivers will be slapped with £100 fine for honking their horns too much under new council crackdown

MOTORISTS could face hefty fines over a common practice under proposed new regulation. Drivers who "excessively" beep their horns would be hit with a £100 charge under the council crackdown. Tandridge District Council in Surrey put forward the new regulation to ban "excessive horn honking". However, it added that the specifics of this would be decided...

Grok AI: what do limits on tool mean for X, its users, and Ofcom?

Grok AI: what do limits on tool mean for X, its users, and Ofcom?

UK users will no longer be able to create sexualised images of real people using @Grok X account, with Grok app also expected to be restricted Elon Musk’s X has announced it will stop the Grok AI tool from allowing users to manipulate images of people to show them in revealing clothing such as bikinis. The furore over Grok, which is integrated with the X platform, has sparked a public and political backlash as well as a formal investigation by Ofcom , the UK’s communications watchdog. Continue reading...

Multimillionaire leader of Reform in Scotland refuses to reveal net worth

Multimillionaire leader of Reform in Scotland refuses to reveal net worth

Newly appointed Malcolm Offord, who became a Tory life peer in 2021, plans to stand for Holyrood in May UK politics live – latest updates The multimillionaire financier who has been made leader of Reform UK in Scotland has refused to say how wealthy he is, claiming that is a private matter. Malcolm Offord, formerly a Conservative party life peer, was announced by Reform’s leader, Nigel Farage, as the party’s first Scottish leader, 10 weeks before a Scottish parliament election in which Reform is expected to win up to 18 seats. Continue reading...

Controversial US study on hepatitis B vaccines in Africa is cancelled

Controversial US study on hepatitis B vaccines in Africa is cancelled

$1.6m project drew outrage over ethical questions about withholding vaccines proven to prevent disease The controversial US-funded study on hepatitis B vaccines among newborns in Guinea-Bissau has been halted, according to Yap Boum, a senior official at the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). “The study has been cancelled,” Boum told journalists at a press conference on Thursday morning. Continue reading...