The ball sped down to the Oval boundary, hit the rope and flew over the fence into the first crowd assembled at any sports event since lockdown. Middlesex paceman Toby Roland-Jones was in hot pursuit. ‘Don’t touch it!’ he shouted with mock melodrama, much to the amusement of those within earshot. County cricket, with all … Read more
YouTube is testing a new feature for users of its mobile app that lets them record short multi-segment videos lasting no longer than 15 seconds – just like TikTok. It is currently only an experiment and no date has been set for when the feature will be made available for users of the Google-owned video … Read more
What about your war on obesity, Boris? PureGym boss slams Prime Minister for allowing pubs to reopen before fitness chains By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 24 June 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 24 June 2020 The boss of Pure Gym has slammed Boris Johnson for sidelining his promise to tackle … Read more
Millions of grandparents may get to squeeze their grandchildren again soon as Boris Johnson is set to announce the expansion of household bubbles on Tuesday. Current guidelines allow for groups of up to six to meet in the open air, while staying over two meters apart. Only those living together, or who have chosen to expand … Read more
Quarantine-free ‘air bridges’ are set to be put in place by June 30 which would allow Britons to travel abroad without needing to isolate on arrival. The UK Foreign Office placed a ban on all non-essential travel to other countries in the middle of March but the regulation is expected to be scrapped in the … Read more
The Lancet’s editor has blasted the Government for allowing thousands of needless coronavirus deaths and attacks Sage scientists for being the ‘PR wing’. Dr Richard Horton, who has been editor-in-chief of the prestigious Lancet for 25 years, said people have died as a result of ‘appalling misjudgements’. He said the Government was ‘glaringly unprepared’ for … Read more
Dating app Grindr removes ‘ethnicity filter’ that allows users to search for potential partners by race after getting roasted online for its tweet in support of ‘Black Lives Matter’ Singletons can pay £12.99-a-month in order to access the ethnicity filter But Grindr has said it will now remove the feature in the next version of … Read more
Tinder prompts users to add question-and answer cards to their profiles that reveal details about their pets, favourite songs and hobbies – as usage of dating app surges during lockdown Tinder has launched Prompts, which add question-and-answer cards to profiles They will be available from today with the queries regularly updated It comes as the … Read more
Spain proposes allowing direct travel between EU cities with low rates of coronavirus infections, rather than opening national borders, to boost tourism Spain has proposed splitting the whole of Europe into ‘green’ and ‘red’ zones People could travel freely between ‘green’ zones where virus is under control But travel between red zones would only be … Read more
Nintendo sues hackers who allegedly sell products allowing gamers to play pirated video games on the Switch and Switch Lite Nintendo is taking aim at hackers selling video game pirating kits New lawsuits allege a group called ‘Team Xecuter’ is selling an ‘unauthorized operating system’ and other hacking products A site named in the suit has … Read more