Author: LoveWorld UK

IRISH DATA REGULATOR OPENS INQUIRY INTO TIKTOK OVER DATA – TikTok admits EU user data stored in China  Ireland’s powerful Data Protection Commission has opened a new inquiry into TikTok over the storage of European users’ data in China after the short-video platform disclosed in April that some data had temporarily been stored on Chinese servers. TikTok, owned by China’s ByteDance, was in May fined 530 million euros by the Irish commissioner over concerns on how it protects European users’ information, some of which is remotely accessed by staff in China. The new inquiry, by TikTok’s lead regulator in the…

UK POLICE ARREST FOUR IN CONNECTION WITH RETAIL CYBERATTACKS – Police probe ransom demands in M&S, Co-op & Harrods attacks  Four people have been arrested as part of a police investigation into cyberattacks that disrupted the operations of retailers Marks & Spencer, the Co-op and Harrods, Britain’s National Crime Agency. The cyberattack on M&S was the most serious, costing it about 300 million pounds ($409 million) in lost operating profit. The NCA said two males aged 19, another aged 17, and a 20-year-old female were apprehended in the West Midlands, central England, and London on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act…

UK ROYAL MAIL MAKES CHANGES TO SECOND-CLASS POST SERVICES- As approved by Ofcom  Royal Mail has been granted permission by the regulator Ofcom to cease Saturday deliveries for second-class post, effective from 28 July. The postal service will stop its six-day-a-week service for second-class letters, moving them to an alternative weekday schedule. First-class post will, however, retain its Monday to Saturday delivery. Ofcom confirmed the three-working-day delivery target for second-class letters remains unchanged. Ofcom said that reforms of the Universal Services Obligation reflected changing behaviour of postal users, with fewer letters being sent across the country. The regulator said it…

IRAN TRIED TO KILL OR KIDNAP JEWS IN BRITAIN – Iran has targeted “prominent Jewish individuals” in at least 15 attempts  Iran has targeted prominent Jewish individuals and dissidents in at least 15 plots to kill or kidnap people in the UK, a new parliamentary report has revealed. The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC), which oversees Britain’s spy agencies, warned of a sharp rise in physical threats from Iranian intelligence. The report says Iran often uses criminal gangs—rather than its own agents—to carry out operations on UK soil. MI5 confirmed these groups are sometimes “unexpected” and not directly tied to…

RAYNER BACKS DOWN ON SECRETIVE DEFINITION OF ISLAMOPHOBIA – Definition was so expansive that it could threaten Free Speech Angela Rayner has backed down on “secretive” plans for a new definition of Islamophobia after free speech campaigners threatened legal action. The Deputy Prime Minister has expanded and extended a public consultation over the proposals, which critics are concerned will rubber-stamp a controversial definition. The consultation will now run for an extra week, and a link for responses to the plans has been made public. The move followed complaints by the Free Speech Union (FSU), which said the new definition was…

UK AND FRANCE AGREE ON MIGRANT DEAL – The ‘one in, one out’ small boat migrants return deal will begin in weeks On the third and final day of the Anglo-French summit in the UK, the British prime minister and French president announced a trial of the scheme that will allow small boat migrants to be sent back to France.  In return, Britain would accept the same number of asylum seekers – who try to come to the UK by a safe route – as those who are returned to France. Speaking next to Emmanuel Macron at a news conference…

SABALENKA THROUGH TO THE SEMIS OF WIMBLEDON –  Aryna Sabalenka beat Laura Siegemund 4-6 6-2 6-4 Aryna Sabalenka was dragged into a bygone era and tormented for almost three hours on Wimbledon’s Centre Court before finally imposing her 21st-century power game to beat mesmeric Laura Siegemund for a place in the semi-finals. The Belarusian needed all her powers of ball bludgeoning and belief to emerge from a befuddling battle, somehow the victor, 4-6 6-2 6-4. For much of the spell-binding contest it looked as though the world number one would find no answers to Siegemund’s sorcery as the 37-year-old German…

ALCARAZ BLAZES PAST NORRIE INTO WIMBLEDON SEMI-FINALS – Carlos Alcaraz beat Cameron Norrie  6-2 6-3 6-3 Carlos Alcaraz said ahead of his Wimbledon quarter-final against Cameron Norrie that playing the left-handed British player can be a nightmare and for a few minutes it looked as though the defending champion might be in for a fright. The Spaniard fell 0-40 down in his opening service game against the unseeded Norrie on Centre Court, but quickly snapped out of his slumber to seal a 6-2 6-3 6-3 victory that should send shudders down the spine of anyone hoping to de-throne him. There…

WALES TEAM UNHARMED IN BUS CRASH – Team’s training has been cancelled ahead of France match today. The Wales team trained at their base in Switzerland’s Weinfelden after their bus crashed on route to a training session in St Gallen, where they will face France in their second Women’s Euro 2025 match. Coach Rhian Wilkinson said her players were shaken but otherwise fine after the incident, which forced them to cancel a planned training session at the Stadion St Gallen. Wilkinson, who was in a separate vehicle along with skipper Angharad James, said that the well-being of her players was…

CHESLEA FANS CELEBRATE 2-0 WIN OVER FLUMINENSE – Former Fluminense player Joao Pedro scored both of Chelsea’s goals The Chelsea faithful were ecstatic after witnessing their side advance to the Club World Cup final with a 2-0 win over Fluminense at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Former Fluminense player Joao Pedro scored both of Chelsea’s goals in his first start for the Premier League club after signing from Brighton & Hove Albion for 60 million pounds just last week. Chelsea fans were outnumbered in the 82,500-capacity stadium, but they made their voices heard as they made their way…