Lloyds allowing small firms to open current accounts again

Lloyds allowing small start-up firms to open current accounts again after we revealed that nearly every big bank was blocking applications By Emma Dunkley And Helen Cahill, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 12 December 2020 | Updated: 22:42 GMT, 12 December 2020 Lloyds is allowing small start-up firms to open current accounts again … Read more

Selena Gomez calls out Facebook and Instagram for allowing sales of ‘racist products’ on platforms

Selena Gomez calls out Facebook and Instagram for allowing Neo-Nazis to sell ‘racist products’ on platforms: ‘How are you tolerating this hate?’ By Tracy Wright For Dailymail.com Published: 20:05 GMT, 3 December 2020 | Updated: 20:05 GMT, 3 December 2020 She’s never shied away from speaking the truth. And Selena Gomez took to Twitter to … Read more

TikTok is allowing videos up to three minute – triple the length of current clips – in early rollout

TikTok is allowing users to upload three minute videos – triple the length of its current clips – in early roll out, but critics fear it’s the first step towards monetizing the app like Facebook TikTok caps videos at 60 seconds, but the app could allow up to three minutes A Twitter user shared an … Read more

Travel agent given a year to live has miracle operation allowing her to marry her boyfriend

A travel agent who was given a year to live after being diagnosed with cancer of the stomach has revealed how an miracle operation gave her a new chance at life, and allowed her to marry her boyfriend. Jessica Horton, 31, from Guilford, Surrey, was told she had only a year to live after being … Read more

Britons react to news that allowing family get-togethers could trigger month-long ‘lockdown 3.0’

‘On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me… five days of quarantine!’: Britons react to news that allowing festive family get-togethers could trigger month-long ‘lockdown 3.0’ in January England could face 25 days of extra restrictions for five days of festive freedom Jokesters flooded Twitter with memes about potential ‘lockdown 3.0’ … Read more

Universal Pictures signs historic new deal with Cinemark Pictures allowing movies to move to VOD

Nearly three months after Universal Pictures struck a surprising deal with AMC Theatres to shrink the theatrical window of its movies, the studio has struck a similar deal with another major theater chain, Cinemark Theaters. Much like the AMC deal, the Cinemark agreement allows Universal to debut their films on digital/VOD 17 days after its … Read more

Mother is found guilty of allowing her son’s death as her partner is convicted of murdering toddler

Mother, 33, is found guilty of allowing her two-year-old son’s death as her boyfriend, 36, is convicted of murdering the toddler by ‘hitting his head against a wall’ Sarah O’Brien, 33, was cleared of murdering her two-year-old son Keigan But was found guilty of allowing the death of the toddler earlier this year Her partner … Read more

Lidl launches new scheme to tackle hunger by allowing shoppers to donate food by scanning a flyer

Lidl have launched a new initiative that makes it easier for customers to make food bank donations alongside their usual grocery shopping. The supermarket has announced between 12 November and 9 December, shoppers  can give between 35p and £2.45 by scanning a flyer that represents essential food items, such as milk, tuna or cereal, while paying … Read more

Glass visitor pods allowing care home residents to see their loved ones during lockdown

Care homes are using glass visitor pods during the second lockdown so residents can still see their family. Loved ones sit in one half of a conservatory while their relatives are in the other, with them separated by a window. The move has been hailed as a ‘lifeline’ for elderly patients who ‘come alive’ with … Read more

Spotify privately defends allowing Alex Jones to appear as a guest on podcast

Spotify defends allowing Alex Jones to appear as a guest on Joe Rogan’s podcast, saying it won’t ban conservative voices just because staff and listeners don’t agree with them Horacio Gutierrez, Spotify’s chief legal officer, sent a memo to staff this week  He said the platform would not ban people from being guests on podcasts … Read more