Starmer’s ex-comms chief should lose peerage over links to paedophile, says Labour chair | Politics News

Starmer’s ex-comms chief should lose peerage over links to paedophile, says Labour chair | Politics News

Sir Keir Starmer’s ex-communications chief should be stripped of his peerage over his ties to a paedophile councillor, Labour’s chairwoman has said. Anna Turley MP told Sky News “there’s no place […] in the Lords” for people like Matthew Doyle, who she suggested hadn’t been truthful before being elevated to parliament’s upper chamber earlier this…

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0 million in Trump administration health cuts will hit California HIV programs

$600 million in Trump administration health cuts will hit California HIV programs

WASHINGTONΒ β€”Β Public health experts warned Tuesday that $600 million in cuts to federal public health funding announced by the Trump administration would endanger one of California’s main early-warning systems for HIV outbreaks, leaving communities vulnerable to undetected disease spread. The grant terminations affect funding for a number of disease control programs in California, Colorado, Illinois and…

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2026 Super Bowl scores 124.9 million viewers, second-largest audience in history

2026 Super Bowl scores 124.9 million viewers, second-largest audience in history

Defense wins championships and Super Bowl LX showed it can get ratings too. NBC’s Sunday telecast of the Seattle Seahawks’ 29-13 win over the New England Patriots averaged 124.9 million viewers according to Nielsen data, falling short of the record of 127.7 million set last year on Fox. Seattle’s smothering defense preventing New England from…

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Instagram and YouTube ‘engineer addiction’ in young people, landmark trial hears | Science, Climate & Tech News

Instagram and YouTube ‘engineer addiction’ in young people, landmark trial hears | Science, Climate & Tech News

Instagram and YouTube have been accused of “engineer[ing] addiction in children’s brains”, in the opening statements of a landmark social media trial taking place in LA. Mark Lanier, representing plaintiffs who accuse social media companies of developing harmful and addictive platforms, described the case as being “as easy as ABC”, which he said stands for…

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