Trending News: Elon Musk’s X to block Grok from undressing images of real peopleDenmark warns of ‘fundamental disagreement’ with US over Greenland.US and UK pulling some personnel from Qatar military baseUganda election 2026: Poll chief says he has been threatened over results declarationNo 10 Welcomes Reports X is Addressing Grok DeepfakesWarmer seas bring record number of octopuses to UK waters.Russian Doctors Arrested as Nine Babies Die in Siberian Maternity Hospital Amidst Growing OutrageHen cages and pig farrowing crates face ban in EnglandHow do Labour MPs feel after another government U-turn?Tech Life – When will a robot do my laundry? – BBC SoundsRail upgrade ‘will actually happen’ after delays, Reeves says2025 likely to be UK’s hottest year on record, says Met OfficeThetford dig unearths Iron Age war trumpet and boar standard.No power or water and -19C: Kyiv seeks relief from Russian strikes and coldGlobal temperatures dip in 2025 but more heat records on way, scientists warnGovernment drops plans for mandatory digital ID to work in UKHoney, I shrunk the data centres: Is small the new big?UK secures record supply of offshore wind but price risesFirst leukaemia patient to get pioneering drug on NHS says it is ‘very sci-fi’.Iran protests: More than 2,000 people reported killed as Trump says ‘help is on its way’Monzo bank says issue affecting its mobile app resolvedMP’s school visit cancelled over pro-Palestinian protests.Apple turns to Google to power AI upgrade for Siri.New Birmingham-Manchester rail link to be proposedCritical incident declared at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.Hunt for gunman after Corsican exile Alain Orsoni is shot dead at mother’s funeralNHS funds football pitch in Carloway in LewisInstagram Denies Breach After Users Receive Password Reset Emails, But Security Experts Raise AlarmsMarine Le Pen’s political fate rests on appeal trial opening in FranceBBC Inside Science – BBC SoundsLib Dems set out plan to end 12-hour A&E waitsSafe spaces needed for drug-addicted children, say grieving mumsWhy More CEOs are Sharing the Top JobCharity shortlisted for helping people heat their homes.Jerome Powell: World central bank chiefs declare support for US Fed chair.London’s Christmas trees get new lease of lifeDevon parents urge flu vaccines after son’s intensive care battle.Crackdown on illegal working in UK leads to surge in arrestsCold and data centres drive up US greenhouse gas emissions.I spent months finding out whether gut health can improve ageing.Thorpeness homeowner fears losing property to coastal erosionTrump briefed on military and covert options for Iran, sources say.New Lord Speaker announced as Lord Michael Forsyth.What a new law and an investigation could mean for Grok AI deepfakes.Trump plan to cap credit card costs hits bank shares.UK to Bring Into Force Law to Tackle Grok AI Deepfakes This WeekHungary grants asylum to Polish ex-justice minister Zbigniew ZiobroUK can legally stop shadow fleet tankers, ministers believeRelearning to walk and talk after a brain tumourIs this the year domestic robots come in our homes?Afrima Awards 2026: Burna Boy, Shallipopi and Rema win as Nigerian stars dominateFormer chancellor Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform UK.Ofcom investigates Elon Musk’s X over Grok AI sexual deepfakes.Revolutionary eye injection saved my sight, says first-ever patientWhy the NHS still wastes billions on patients who shouldn’t be in hospitalAi, Japanese chimpanzee who counted and painted, dies at 49Himalayan winters are seeing less snowfall as more ice meltsMet Police and Sadiq Khan hail lowest homicide rates since 2014.Vets under increasing pressure to make money for corporate owners, BBC toldMargam park Roman villa find could be ‘Port Talbot’s Pompeii’Grok AI: Malaysia and Indonesia block X chatbot over sexually explicit deepfakesThousands of tourists stranded in Lapland as cold grounds flights.Dozens arrested and one police officer injured in Minneapolis ICE protests.‘Out of stock’: What went wrong at luxury retailer Saks?Khartoum: Sudan’s government return to capital after nearly 3 years of warTrump wants Venezuela’s oil. 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Is now the time to start investing?The Berkshire mum looking to encourage others into rugbyIran protesters defy crackdown as videos show violent clashesBob Weir, Grateful Dead co-founder, dies aged 78.Town cashing-in on China’s billion-dollar appetite for luxury durianVideo filmed by ICE agent who shot Minneapolis woman emergesRare first Superman comic once stolen from Nicolas Cage sells for $15m.Leicestershire councillor criticised over Muslim prayers commentsMusk says outcry over X’s Grok service is ‘excuse for censorship’Starmer has kept Trump on side – but is it coming back to bite him?EU reaches South America trade deal after 25 years of talks.Meagan Good and Jonathan Majors receive Guinean citizenship after DNA ancestry tests.Rotherham Council writes off £3m Liberty Steel rates debtTrump seeks $100bn for Venezuela oil, but Exxon boss says country ‘uninvestable’.Iran protests: Medics describe overwhelmed hospitals as demonstrations enter second weekBBC Inside Science – Answering Celebrity Science Questions – BBC SoundsUK facing £28bn defence spending gap claimsDebt charities report January spike in calls as worries mount.When does the Nasa Moon mission launch and who are the Artemis II crew?Trump warns of more Nigeria airstrikes if Christians ‘continue to be killed’Doctors strike called off in Scotland as union backs latest pay deal.Backlash in UK against Elon Musk’s Grok AI explainedOwner of Swiss ski resort held in custody after deadly New Year’s Eve fire.
Thu. Jan 15th, 2026
Trending News: Elon Musk’s X to block Grok from undressing images of real peopleDenmark warns of ‘fundamental disagreement’ with US over Greenland.US and UK pulling some personnel from Qatar military baseUganda election 2026: Poll chief says he has been threatened over results declarationNo 10 Welcomes Reports X is Addressing Grok DeepfakesWarmer seas bring record number of octopuses to UK waters.Russian Doctors Arrested as Nine Babies Die in Siberian Maternity Hospital Amidst Growing OutrageHen cages and pig farrowing crates face ban in EnglandHow do Labour MPs feel after another government U-turn?Tech Life – When will a robot do my laundry? – BBC SoundsRail upgrade ‘will actually happen’ after delays, Reeves says2025 likely to be UK’s hottest year on record, says Met OfficeThetford dig unearths Iron Age war trumpet and boar standard.No power or water and -19C: Kyiv seeks relief from Russian strikes and coldGlobal temperatures dip in 2025 but more heat records on way, scientists warnGovernment drops plans for mandatory digital ID to work in UKHoney, I shrunk the data centres: Is small the new big?UK secures record supply of offshore wind but price risesFirst leukaemia patient to get pioneering drug on NHS says it is ‘very sci-fi’.Iran protests: More than 2,000 people reported killed as Trump says ‘help is on its way’Monzo bank says issue affecting its mobile app resolvedMP’s school visit cancelled over pro-Palestinian protests.Apple turns to Google to power AI upgrade for Siri.New Birmingham-Manchester rail link to be proposedCritical incident declared at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.Hunt for gunman after Corsican exile Alain Orsoni is shot dead at mother’s funeralNHS funds football pitch in Carloway in LewisInstagram Denies Breach After Users Receive Password Reset Emails, But Security Experts Raise AlarmsMarine Le Pen’s political fate rests on appeal trial opening in FranceBBC Inside Science – BBC SoundsLib Dems set out plan to end 12-hour A&E waitsSafe spaces needed for drug-addicted children, say grieving mumsWhy More CEOs are Sharing the Top JobCharity shortlisted for helping people heat their homes.Jerome Powell: World central bank chiefs declare support for US Fed chair.London’s Christmas trees get new lease of lifeDevon parents urge flu vaccines after son’s intensive care battle.Crackdown on illegal working in UK leads to surge in arrestsCold and data centres drive up US greenhouse gas emissions.I spent months finding out whether gut health can improve ageing.Thorpeness homeowner fears losing property to coastal erosionTrump briefed on military and covert options for Iran, sources say.New Lord Speaker announced as Lord Michael Forsyth.What a new law and an investigation could mean for Grok AI deepfakes.Trump plan to cap credit card costs hits bank shares.UK to Bring Into Force Law to Tackle Grok AI Deepfakes This WeekHungary grants asylum to Polish ex-justice minister Zbigniew ZiobroUK can legally stop shadow fleet tankers, ministers believeRelearning to walk and talk after a brain tumourIs this the year domestic robots come in our homes?Afrima Awards 2026: Burna Boy, Shallipopi and Rema win as Nigerian stars dominateFormer chancellor Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform UK.Ofcom investigates Elon Musk’s X over Grok AI sexual deepfakes.Revolutionary eye injection saved my sight, says first-ever patientWhy the NHS still wastes billions on patients who shouldn’t be in hospitalAi, Japanese chimpanzee who counted and painted, dies at 49Himalayan winters are seeing less snowfall as more ice meltsMet Police and Sadiq Khan hail lowest homicide rates since 2014.Vets under increasing pressure to make money for corporate owners, BBC toldMargam park Roman villa find could be ‘Port Talbot’s Pompeii’Grok AI: Malaysia and Indonesia block X chatbot over sexually explicit deepfakesThousands of tourists stranded in Lapland as cold grounds flights.Dozens arrested and one police officer injured in Minneapolis ICE protests.‘Out of stock’: What went wrong at luxury retailer Saks?Khartoum: Sudan’s government return to capital after nearly 3 years of warTrump wants Venezuela’s oil. Will his plan work?Kemi Badenoch says Conservatives will channel public’s anger at Labour.The real impact of roadworks – and why they’re set to get worse.Trump tells Cuba to ‘make a deal, before it is too late’Donald Trump won’t take Greenland by force, Lord Mandelson saysPotholes map rates council road repair progress.How to Watch the Golden Globes and Who is NominatedLord Peter Mandelson says he never saw any girls when visiting sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s properties‘I had no electricity for six months’: American families struggle with soaring energy pricesOne dead and 300 buildings destroyed in Australia bushfiresTories would ban under-16s from social mediaGoogle employee made redundant after reporting sexual harassment, court hearsThe FTSE 100 has hit a record high. Is now the time to start investing?The Berkshire mum looking to encourage others into rugbyIran protesters defy crackdown as videos show violent clashesBob Weir, Grateful Dead co-founder, dies aged 78.Town cashing-in on China’s billion-dollar appetite for luxury durianVideo filmed by ICE agent who shot Minneapolis woman emergesRare first Superman comic once stolen from Nicolas Cage sells for $15m.Leicestershire councillor criticised over Muslim prayers commentsMusk says outcry over X’s Grok service is ‘excuse for censorship’Starmer has kept Trump on side – but is it coming back to bite him?EU reaches South America trade deal after 25 years of talks.Meagan Good and Jonathan Majors receive Guinean citizenship after DNA ancestry tests.Rotherham Council writes off £3m Liberty Steel rates debtTrump seeks $100bn for Venezuela oil, but Exxon boss says country ‘uninvestable’.Iran protests: Medics describe overwhelmed hospitals as demonstrations enter second weekBBC Inside Science – Answering Celebrity Science Questions – BBC SoundsUK facing £28bn defence spending gap claimsDebt charities report January spike in calls as worries mount.When does the Nasa Moon mission launch and who are the Artemis II crew?Trump warns of more Nigeria airstrikes if Christians ‘continue to be killed’Doctors strike called off in Scotland as union backs latest pay deal.Backlash in UK against Elon Musk’s Grok AI explainedOwner of Swiss ski resort held in custody after deadly New Year’s Eve fire.
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Ofcom asks X about reports its Grok AI makes sexualised images of children
Ofcom asks X about reports its Grok AI makes sexualised images of children

A spokesperson for Ofcom confirmed that the regulator is actively investigating these allegations, which include claims that Grok has been producing "undressed images" of individuals. The BBC has independently verified…

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Tandridge District Council launches cost-of-living support fund.
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In a proactive and crucial move to alleviate the escalating financial pressures on its residents, Tandridge District Council has officially launched a new, dedicated cost-of-living support fund. This vital initiative…

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Sir Keir Starmer’s recent, more definitive articulation of Labour’s approach to post-Brexit relations with the European Union marks a significant moment, signalling a strategic recalibration designed to send clear messages…

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Tynwald committee warns against ‘systematic reliance’ on reserves
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A Tynwald scrutiny committee has issued a stark warning to the Isle of Man’s government, cautioning that it faces "significant repercussions" if it fails to cease its "systematic reliance" on…

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Gold price rises after US captures Venezuela’s Maduro
Gold price rises after US captures Venezuela’s Maduro

In the early hours of Monday morning trade across Asia, the benchmark price for gold surged by approximately 1.8%, reaching an impressive $4,408 (equivalent to £3,282) per ounce. This robust…

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Junk food advert ban set to come into force
Junk food advert ban set to come into force

This sweeping UK-wide measure targets products identified as primary contributors to childhood obesity rates, encompassing a broad spectrum of items that have become staples in many households. Categories under scrutiny…

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Trump wants Venezuela’s oil. Will his plan work?
Trump wants Venezuela’s oil. Will his plan work?

Venezuela indeed possesses an extraordinary endowment of oil, boasting an estimated 303 billion barrels of proven reserves, which firmly establishes it as having the largest such deposits globally. Yet, this…

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Will we see signs of economic growth in 2026?
Will we see signs of economic growth in 2026?

The government’s November budget introduced a raft of measures designed to alleviate these pressures and stimulate the economy. These included an uplift in the minimum wage, the contentious decision to…

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Third of Londoners suffer hygiene poverty, says charity
Third of Londoners suffer hygiene poverty, says charity

The extensive research, conducted by The Hygiene Bank, highlights that approximately three out of 10 women in London have faced the harrowing decision of prioritising buying enough food for themselves…

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School meals price increase will ‘acutely’ affect children in poverty.
School meals price increase will ‘acutely’ affect children in poverty.

Northern Ireland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People, Chris Quinn, has issued a stark warning: the impending increase in school meal prices will "acutely" impact children living in poverty who…

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