Social media age restrictions may push children online in secret, Australian eSafety commissioner says - General news - NewsLocker (2024)

Minors could also miss crucial support under a potential ban, online safety regulator’s office tells inquiryFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastRestricting children from social media could risk limiting their access to critical social support and could result in them accessing social media in secret, Australia’s online safety regulator has warned.The opposition leader, Peter Dutton, this month

General election live: James Cleverly says he has ‘no reason to believe’ cabinet ministers placed bets on date of vote

Party’s chief data officer has reportedly taken leave of absence after more betting allegations made against Tory party officialsThe SNP leader John Swinney said at the manifesto launch that a win in Scotland for his party would be a mandate to push for a second vote.The Labour party leader, Keir Starmer, widely expected to become the prime minister after 4 July, said categorically last week that he would refuse to participate in negotiations for another independence referendum even if the

Israel-Gaza war live: investigation after wounded Palestinian man strapped to Israeli military vehicle

Footage of Saturday’s incident widely shared, as military says ‘conduct of the forces … does not conform to values of the IDF’Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile batteries risk being overwhelmed in the opening strikes of any significantly escalated conflict with Hezbollah.The assessment delivered by US officials late last week, echoing recent analysis by experts in Israel and the United States, comes amid fears that a war with Hezbollah could be a far more dangerous un

Tory MPs paid £100,000 of public funds to party’s in-house web designers

Exclusive: Conservatives including Hunt and Truss used Bluetree for websites and claimed costs as expensesUK election live – latest updatesMore than 120 Conservative MPs, including Jeremy Hunt, Liz Truss, Sajid Javid and Gillian Keegan, paid £100,000 of taxpayers’ money to the Conservatives’ in-house web design services, it can be revealed.The MPs used the Bluetree website service to design their websites. When billed by Bluetree, they would pay for the sites then claim b

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Man survives being lost in California mountains for 10 days by eating berries

Lukas McClish hadn’t notified anyone of his planned three-hour hike that turned into a more than weeklong ordealA man who got lost in California’s mountains for more than a week – after heading out on what he expected would be a hike of just a few hours – survived his ordeal by drinking creek water and eating wild berries, he told a local news station.“I didn’t bring anything” besides a flashlight and folding scissors because “I thought I was doing

Fourth Tory official subject to investigation in election date betting scandal

Watchdog has reportedly told chief data officer he is part of inquiry and party says he has taken leave of absenceUK election live – latest updatesA senior Conservative official has become the fourth party figure subject to an investigation by the gambling watchdog, amid reports he placed dozens of bets on the timing of the election before it was announced.The Gambling Commission has informed Nick Mason, the Tories’ chief data officer, that he is part of its inquiry into bets on the

Home secretary’s aide says Rwanda policy is ‘crap’, in leaked recording

James Sunderland, an aide to James Cleverly who is seeking re-election as MP, made comments at event in AprilUK election live – latest updatesAn aide to the home secretary and Conservative parliamentary candidate said the government’s Rwanda scheme is “crap”, in a leaked recording.James Sunderland, who is running for re-election in Bracknell, was recorded criticising the policy at a Young Conservatives event in April. Continue reading...

Manchester airport power cut causes cancelled flights and ‘extreme disarray’

All passengers flying from terminals one and two advised not to go to airport despite power being restoredA power cut at Manchester airport has caused a “significant number of flights” to be cancelled, with all passengers flying from terminals one and two advised not to travel to the airport on Sunday.In a statement released on Sunday morning, Manchester airport said “a major power cut in the area earlier this morning” had caused “widespread disruption”, with

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Israel’s Iron Dome risks being overwhelmed in all-out war with Hezbollah, says US

Militants in Lebanon can fire 3,000 missiles a day, US officials warn as fears grow that the conflict will escalateSee all our Gaza war coverageIsrael’s Iron Dome anti-missile batteries risk being overwhelmed in the opening strikes of any significantly escalated conflict with Hezbollah.The assessment delivered by US officials late last week, echoing recent analysis by experts in Israel and the United States, comes amid fears that a war with Hezbollah could be a far more dangerous undertaki

Reports of young men with weapons at Westfield shopping centre in Adelaide sparks lockdown

South Australia police investigate after reports of two groups of young males fighting in food court area of the Westfield Marion centreGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA major South Australian shopping centre was placed into lockdown after two groups of young men were fighting with some reported to have weapons.South Australia police received reports just before 3pm on Sunday of two groups fighting in the food court area of the Westfield Marion shopping c

Senior Tories line up to denounce Nigel Farage’s defence of Putin’s war

Conservatives are desperate to halt the rise of Reform UK, which is splitting their party in twoRishi Sunak and a string of senior Conservatives have condemned Nigel Farage for claiming the west provoked the Russian invasion of Ukraine, amid a growing internal Tory battle over how to deal with the Reform UK leader.The prime minister accused Farage of playing “into Putin’s hands” after he made the claim in a BBC Panorama interview on Friday, in which he linked Nato and EU expans

A Norway deal? What are Labour’s options for forging closer ties with Europe? | Philip Inman

Starmer and Reeves plan to improve parts of the relationship with the EU. But what of becoming a member of the single market – or even a return to full membership?Labour’s plans to re-engage with Brussels after a tumultuous and often acrimonious eight years since the referendum will be welcomed by all those who have recognised Brexit as an act of self-harm. Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves have put forward tentative ­proposals tackling discrete issues in the UK’s relationship

At least 11 injured as bus crashes into Seattle building, fire department says

The Sound Transit bus ran into a building at the intersection of 5th Avenue and Terrace Street in downtown just before 7 p.m., the Seattle Fire Department said.

NHS faces ‘ticking bomb’ with number of heart failure patients set to soar

Cases are predicted to nearly double by 2040 as charity warns of 400,000 people with undiagnosed heart failureThe health service faces a “ticking time bomb” over people suffering from heart failure, with diagnosed cases predicted to nearly double by 2040, medical experts have warned.The British Society for Heart Failure (BSH) warns there are an estimated 400,000 people with undiagnosed heart failure in the UK. It warns there is an urgent need for a national initiative to detect these

‘They miscalculated’: Gaza’s floating aid pier failing to deliver in rough seas

The future of US military project costing $230m in question after weather and poor security prevent aid distributionA floating pier built by the US military for seaborne humanitarian deliveries to Gaza has proved itself to be fragile in the face of rougher seas than expected, and the future of the whole $230m project is now in question.The pier has been usable for just 12 days since it began operations on 17 May. On most of those days the assistance arriving by sea has had to be left on the beac

‘Mother of all battles’: French left join forces to beat far-right electoral threat

The Socialists, Greens and Communists have put aside their differences to form a ‘New Popular Front’ The posters strung across the street in Montreuil, east of Paris, were still fluttering in the breeze days after the stage, the microphones and the politicians at the launch of France’s newest political force had gone.Here, out of the smouldering ashes of the country’s bickering left, a coalition had risen to take on the far right. Continue reading...

‘Long held denialism’: Paul Keating launches stinging attack on Coalition’s nuclear power push

Former Labor prime minister claims opposition leader Peter Dutton will do ‘everything he can to de-legitimise renewables’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPaul Keating has launched a broadside at Peter Dutton’s nuclear policy, accusing him of “seeking to camouflage” the Coalition’s “long held denialism in an industrial fantasy”.The former Labor prime minis

Philadelphia police officer shot by fleeing suspect is in critical condition

Officials in Philadelphia say a police officer has been shot in the neck and is in critical condition

Nuclear confusion: the Coalition’s power plan is becoming less and less clear

The Peter Dutton-led opposition is seeking a mandate to pursue nuclear energy, but details are in short supplyCoalition reveals plan for independent authority to rule on nuclear power plant outputFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Coalition’s nuclear plan is becoming less – not more – clear.The shadow climate change and energy minister, Ted O’Brien, now says there will be more

New study suggests ditching BMI for 'roundness'-based system

A recently-published study suggests that a body "roundness" index may be a better measure of health than body mass index (BMI).The article, called "Body Roundness Index and All-Cause Mortality Among US Adults," was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) this month. It promotes the use of the body roundness index (BRI), which was created in 2013.BMI, which has been the standard for measuring obesity since the 1980s, is calculated by dividing a person's weight by the s

Trump says 'few communities have suffered more under the Biden regime than Philadelphia' in rally stop

Former President Trump claimed that "few communities have suffered more under the Biden regime than Philadelphia," while speaking to supporters at Temple University on Saturday evening in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania."Under crooked Joe, the city of brotherly love is being ravaged by bloodshed and crime," Trump said while discussing recent shootings and crime statistics.He added: "Under the Trump administration, we're going to bring law and order and safety back to our s

California couple’s bodies recovered from waterfall near Yosemite: 'They were important'

Search and rescue teams recovered the bodies of a man and a woman who were found near Angel Falls, not far from Yosemite National Park in central California, this week, the Madera County Sheriff’s Department confirmed to Fox News Digital.They were identified as Monica Ledesma, 34, and James Hall, 35, who were in a relationship, the sheriff’s department said.Rescuers first located Ledesma’s body Wednesday, after being notified about an unresponsive woman in the water not f

Sean 'Diddy' Combs deletes all Instagram posts, including Cassie apology video, amid mounting legal problems

Sean "Diddy" Combs has deleted all of his Instagram posts, including the video apology that he shared in May after hotel surveillance footage of the music mogul assaulting his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura surfaced.On Thursday, all posts were removed from Combs' verified account, which is followed by almost 20 million Instagram users. The account remains active and no changes have been made to Combs' profile photo or bio.Combs, 54, hasn't publicly explained why he decided to wipe his Instagram fe

Jury awards more than $13 million to ultramarathon athlete injured in fall on a Seattle sidewalk

The athlete was injured in a fall on a Seattle sidewalk in 2021.

2 people were taken to a hospital after lightning struck a tree near a PGA Tour event in Connecticut

Lightning struck a tree along a golf course hosting the Travelers Championship.

A's pitcher records win without facing batter in statistical anomaly

Oakland Athletics reliever Sean Newcomb recorded his first win of the year on Friday night with zero batters faced. So, how did he do it?With the A's trailing, 5-4, against the Minnesota Twins with two outs in the eighth inning and a man on first, Newcomb entered the game from the bullpen.After getting to a 1-1 count, the left-hander decided to throw over to first, but the runner got in a rundown.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMEventually, Austin Martin was tagged out, wh

'Wild Thang' lives up to his name, finally crowned 'World's Ugliest Dog' after years of falling short

Friday was an auspicious day for an 8-year-old Pekingese with a bad right leg and plenty of personality."Wild Thang," the Pekingese pooch with a rogue tongue, was crowned the "World's Ugliest Dog" at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, California.Born in Los Angeles but living with his adopted family in Oregon, Wild Thang has competed for five years in the annual contest, with Friday's big win being his first after finishing second three times.VIRAL 'PAWS IN' CHALLENGE EXPLODES AMONG DOG OW

Boy, 12, dies at California's Wild Rivers water park in 'medical incident', police say

A 12-year-old boy died at a California water park on Saturday afternoon after experiencing a "medical-related incident."According to the Irvine Police Department, authorities and local fire officials responded to Wild Rivers water park in Irvine, California on Saturday afternoon.Law enforcement said that they were called out for reports that a child needed medical aid.Paramedics brought the child to the hospital, where they later died, police said.OHIO MAN HOSPITALIZED AFTER BEING STRUCK B

WATCH: Dueling porch pirates

Two porch pirates nearly came to blows while trying to steal the same FedEx package in Reading, Pennsylvania.

GOP Michigan rep accused of chasing an exotic dancer while brandishing a gun

A Michigan state representative may face felony-level sexual assault and weapons charges after allegedly sexually assaulting an exotic dancer and then chasing her while brandishing a gun.Republican state Rep. Neil Friske, 62, was released from the Lansing police lockup late Friday morning, The Detroit Free Press reported.Friske allegedly "chased an adult dancer after a disagreement," MIRS News reported, after police responded to reports of possible shots fired around 2:45 a.m. on Thu