Britons will be sent SOS text alerts warning of emergencies in new government trial

Britons will be sent SOS text alerts warning of terror attacks, fires and severe flooding with advice on how to respond in new government trial The trial will launch in east Suffolk on May 25 and, if successful, will be rolled out  Government is using existing capabilities used during coronavirus pandemic  Similar systems are already … Read more

Keeping Up Appearances ‘is given a viewer warning for offensive language’

Keeping Up Appearances has been given a viewer discretion warning for its release on the streaming service BritBox.  The family sitcom – which starred Patricia Routledge as Hyacinth and Clive Swift as her husband Richard – featured several jokes that have fallen foul of modern-day channel bosses. It comes after another light-hearted comedy, The Good Life was also given … Read more

Keeping Up Appearances ‘is given a viewer warning for offensive language’

Keeping Up Appearances has reported been given a viewer discretion warning for its release on the streaming service BritBox.  The family sitcom – which starred Patricia Routledge as Hyacinth and Clive Swift as her husband Richard – featured several jokes that appeared to have anti-immigration  connotations. It comes after another light-hearted comedy, The Good Life was also given a … Read more

Gaza ‘facing all-out war’: UN’s grim warning as Israelis and Palestinians vow to ramp-up fighting

Palestinian militants have stockpiled enough missiles to continue bombing Israel for the next two months, security experts have warned, as escalating fighting led the UN to warn of ‘all-out war’. Boris Johnson led international leaders in calling for the two sides to step back from the brink yesterday. However, the pleas for calm appeared in … Read more

US ship fires 30 warning shots in encounter with 13 armed Iranian boats in the Strait of Hormuz

The US Coast Guard fired 30 warning shots after 13 Iranian armed speedboats came within yards of seven American military vessels in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday.  Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said some of the Iranian fast boats came as close as 150 yards of six U.S. military vessels escorting the guided-missile submarine Georgia. … Read more

French soldiers send Emmanuel Macron another warning about ‘concessions’ to Islamism

A group of serving French soldiers have published a new open letter warning Emmanuel Macron that the ‘survival’ of France is at stake after the President made ‘concessions’ to Islamism.  The letter published in the right-wing magazine Valeurs Actuelles (Today’s Values) late on Sunday echoes the tone of a similar letter printed in the same magazine … Read more

French soldiers send Emmanuel Macron another warning about ‘concessions’ to Islamism

A group of serving French soldiers have published a new open letter warning Emmanuel Macron that the ‘survival’ of France is at stake after the President made ‘concessions’ to Islamism.  The letter published in the right-wing magazine Valeurs Actuelles (Today’s Values) late on Sunday echoes the tone of a similar letter printed in the same magazine … Read more

The Good Life ‘is given a viewer warning for offensive racial imagery’

The Good Life ‘is given a viewer warning for offensive racial imagery after an episode featured the now-banned badge for Robertson’s jam’ By Aisha Nozari For Mailonline Published: 01:44 BST, 8 May 2021 | Updated: 01:48 BST, 8 May 2021 A viewer discretion warning has reportedly been given to BritBox’s re-running of 1970s show The … Read more

The Good Life ‘is given a viewer warning for offensive racial imagery’

The Good Life ‘is given a viewer warning for offensive racial imagery after an episode featured the now-banned badge for Robertson’s jam’ By Aisha Nozari For Mailonline Published: 01:44 BST, 8 May 2021 | Updated: 01:44 BST, 8 May 2021 A viewer discretion warning has reportedly been given to BritBox’s re-running of 1970s show The … Read more

Scam warning over Post Office shipping fee scam

New scam warning: Fake Post Office email asks people to pay ‘shipping fees’ to release non-existent deliveries Scammers are sending fraudulent emails pretending to be the Post Office  People are asked to click on a link to pay a shipping fee to release a delivery  However, they could well be conned out of hundreds of … Read more