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Children under 14 will be barred from joining social media in Florida from next year.Signed into law by governor Ron DeSantis, the legislation directs social media firms to delete the accounts of under-14s. Children aged 14 and 15 will also need parental consent before signing up for platforms like Instagram and Snapchat.Companies who fail to delete accounts risk being sued on behalf of children – with the minor awarded up to $10,000 (£7,908) – and could also be fined up to $50,000 (£39,538) per violation of the law.It’s set to come into effect in Florida from January next year, but…

Kate Garraway has revealed the monthly cost of her husband Derek Draper’s care cost more than her ITV salary, causing her to rack up huge debts.The Good Morning Britain presenter announced her husband had died at the beginning of January after several years of serious health complications due to COVID. The former political adviser was 56.Garraway previously said she spent £16,000 a month on her husband’s basic care needs and mobility therapy.Now, in a new documentary chronicling the final year of Draper’s life, the presenter admits the huge costs left her in debt. “Derek’s care costs more than my salary…

Chocolate is among the products placing upwards pressure on grocery inflation in the run-up to Easter, according to closely-watched supermarket data.Kantar Worldpanel, which tracks pricing and market share, reported a further slowing in the pace of price growth across the sector over the four weeks to 17 March. It said the annual rate for grocery inflation eased to 4.5% – down from the 5.3% figure recorded the previous month.The report credited price matching guarantees across the industry, as shoppers continue to seek out value amid the wider cost of living crisis that is continuing to damage household spending power despite…

The fact China is attempting to spy on the UK and others online should come as no surprise. This latest announcement from government is more of a reminder that the activity is constant, and increasingly sophisticated. The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has now implicated a Chinese-backed hacking group, APT31, of attempting to target a group of MPs. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 1:31 China blamed for ‘malicious cyber campaigns’ There’s a clue in the name: APT, or Advanced Persistent Threat is cybersecurity speak for groups usually backed by governments.Politics live: PM issues nuclear warning…

Sacha Baron Cohen has said claims set to be made by Rebel Wilson are “demonstrably false” after the Australian actress named him as the “a**hole” she has written about in her upcoming memoir.Wilson, 44, previously said she intended to write a chapter in the book about “a massive a**hole” she had worked with in Hollywood – though she did not reveal the person’s identity. However, in a post on Instagram on Monday, Wilson said the person she was referring to was Ali G and Borat star Baron Cohen.The British actor and comedian, 52, worked alongside Wilson on the set of…

Ian King speaks to Rishi Khosla, the chief executive of challenger bank OakNorth about its rise in profits.Jay Wright, the chief executive of Virgin Wines, talks about its strong earnings. And as global resorts giant Merlin Entertainments reports record sales, we hear from its boss Scott O’Neil.Also, Russ Mould, investment director at AJ Bell, has a round-up of the markets.Listen and subscribe to The Ian King Business Podcast here. Source link

Black Samphire – an environmental horror about water pollution – premiered at the buzzing Ritzy cinema in Brixton just before World Water Day – but its subject was far from the urban sprawl of south London.Filmed in West Sussex, the modern-day monster the short film portrays is water pollution and its suffocating effect on Britain’s rivers. Image: Pic: Silicon Gothic The filmmakers behind the project – Silicon Gothic co-founders Cathy Wippell and Joseph Archer – say it’s a message they felt compelled to shout about.”Our world faces so many huge, complex, intangible problems out there, and what Silicon Gothic does…

The British government is no longer the controlling shareholder in NatWest bank, reducing its stake in the lender to below 30%.NatWest received several multibillion-pound bailouts at the height of the financial crisis in 2008 and 2009, resulting in the government being left with an 84% stake in what was then known as RBS Group. A stock exchange announcement on Monday confirmed the Treasury’s stake in the bank, which also owns Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Coutts, is now 29.82%.The reduction – a little over one percentage point – leaves the government with a stake worth just under £7bn.The government…

Olivia Colman has criticised gender pay disparity, saying if she was a man, she would be earning “a f*** of a lot more than I am”.The Oscar-winning actress, who starred as Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown, was also scathing about the long-held idea that male actors draw more people to cinemas. Colman, 50, was asked on CNN’s Christiane Amanpour programme about women being taken more seriously in Hollywood.She said: “Research suggests that they’ve [women have] always been big box office draws… don’t get me started on the pay disparity but male actors get paid more because they used to…

The scale of the management changes announced by Boeing are a recognition from the company of the grave situation in which it finds itself.It is pretty rare for the chairman and chief executive of an organisation to step down at roughly the same time as Larry Kellner and Dave Calhoun are doing. For the departure of another senior executive, running one of that company’s most important businesses, to be announced at the same time is almost without precedent.Stan Deal, who steps down immediately as head of Boeing’s commercial airlines operation, is clearly carrying the can for the crisis to have…