Brits with video doorbells installed incorrectly face £100k fines

A Bolton taxi driver has been charged with people smuggling offences.

With the announcement that Boris Johnson hopes to scrap all coronavirus restrictions by the end of February, you may be wondering what restrictions are still in place.

A the release date for a brand new season of The Marvelous Mrs Maisel has just been announced.

Bury Council has spent just a tiny fraction of its budget to fix potholes over the past year as road workers were diverted to cover staff shortages on bin collection rounds.

A teaching assistant who encouraged a two-year-old she was caring for to kill badgers and foxes during a family day out has been found guilty of wildlife offences.

Fallout 76 players held a Shakespearean sonnet festival live on Twitch, pulling from a variety of the playwright’s works.Over the weekend, Fallout 76 content creation group hosted a sonnet festival involving the works of William Shakespeare. The festival featured readings of 14 of Shakespeare’s 154 sonnets, some readings being performed live from the PS4 version of the game, others having been recorded in advance on Xbox and PC.

David Byrne makes an appearance as a doctor in the latest trailer for Amy Schumer’s forthcoming dramedy Life & Beth.The Hulu series airs on March 18, and stars Schumer as a woman going through a midlife crisis as she approaches 40.In the first trailer, which you can see below, Byrne is briefly seen telling Schumer’s character that “sometimes, mental pain manifests in our body,” before operating an MRI scan.Elsewhere, she is seen out clubbing, going through a break-up with her boyfriend, played by Kevin Kane, returning to her parents’ home in the countryside, and kindling a romance with a farm worker played by Michael Cera.The show also stars Yamaneika Saunders, Jon Glaser, Jonathan Groff and Michael Rapaport. It will be broadcast on Disney+ internationally, including in the UK.The series will mark Schumer’s first on-screen appearance since the much-acclaimed indie drama film The Humans, which was released last September, and her first regular starring role on TV since Inside Amy Schumer, which concluded in 2016.Byrne recently announced plans for a new immersive theatre show in Denver in collaboration with the neuroscientist Mala Gaonkar.

Naked Gun reboot could “finish” his career, after he was approached to lead the series.While the project is yet to be officially announced, Neeson has said on numerous occasions that MacFarlane (Family Guy, Ted) and Paramount Studios have approached him to potentially lead a revival of the action-comedy film franchise.Speaking recently on People (the TV Show!), Neeson said: “I’ve been approached by Seth MacFarlane and Paramount Studios to maybe resurrect the Naked Gun films.“It’ll either finish my career or bring it in another direction,” he joked. “I honestly don’t know.”Neeson has previously collaborated with MacFarlane on A Million Ways To Die In The West, along with cameo appearances in Ted 2 and an episode of Orville.The original Naked Gun trilogy starred Leslie Nielsen as gullible detective Frank Drebin.

Capcom has “amicably resolved” a lawsuit that alleged the company had taken images from a photographer and used them in Resident Evil 4 without permission.In 2021, scene designer and photographer Judy Juracek filed a lawsuit against Capcom, claiming that it had taken photos from her book called “Surfaces” and used them in Resident Evil 4 without permission.Now, Juracek’s legal represntatives, St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reeds LLC, has shared (via Polygon) that Capcom and Juracek have “amicably resolved their dispute concerning the alleged use of Ms.

Adele has sparked rumours she's engaged to her boyfriend Rich Paul as she posed on the Brit Awards 2022 red carpet. The 33 year old star owned the red carpet, and it was the giant glittering gem on her ring finger that did all the talking. Aside from a pair of sparkly drop earrings, it was the Easy On Me hitmaker's only jewellery for the star-studded event.

Graham Coxon has spoken about Blur‘s various reunions since their initial 2003 split, and says that the band will “always be capable” of reforming.Speaking on the Rockonteurs podcast, Coxon discussed the freedom he felt during the band’s first return in 2009, that included a headline performance at Glastonbury.“It was great because i played [the songs] in a completely different way, I felt more grateful for the situation,” he said. ” I became a little more grateful for what we’d always had.“I reckon a lot of bands would get that if they had a chance to do that again.

Microsoft purchase of Activision Blizzard is causing concern for smaller game developersLast month it was announced that Microsoft was acquiring Activision Blizzard for around £50billion, followed by news at the end of January that Sony would buy Bungie for £2.6billion.Now multiple indie developers have spoken to the BBC about their concerns with the Microsoft acquisition, and what it could mean for them.Director at Kitfox Games Tanya Short – the developer of Boyfriend Dungeon – said: “This Activision acquisition strikes fear in us because it makes it so much more obvious – maybe they could dominate the rest of the year and then what do we do?”“Conceivably, indie games outside of these services might lose engagement as subscribers focus most of their attention on games they can access for free within the service,” adds Yura Zhdanovich, founder and director at Sad Cat Studios.The Federal Trade Commission is set to investigate the deal and whether or not it would harm the competition. FTC Chair Lina Khan is an advocate for a more assertive approach when handling deals.

A former pharmacy is set to be turned into a late-night café in Whitefield.

A mum was left in tears after witnessing her daughter's response to a Home Bargains cardboard security guard.

A doctor on This Morning has revealed a new weight-loss jab set to tackle obesity in England.

Fox Corp. reported sales of $4.4 billion in its fiscal second quarter ended in December, up 9% from the year before, beating Wall Street forecasts and citing sports, Fox Network pricing and Tubi.

Kym Marsh is set to be a grandmother for the second time as her son David is expecting a baby with his fiancée. The former Coronation Street star announced the happy news on her Instagram page to her 490,000 followers. Kym, 45, also reminded fans of the interesting nickname she goes by.

We are loving the 90s hair resurgence at the moment, with wispy fringes and Rachel Green-like layers taking centre stage in the celeb hair world. We also welcome Love Island 2018 star Laura Anderson to the 90s revival gang this week as she debuts a wispy new fringe.The look is giving us Clueless-meets-Friends vibes, and Laura is wearing the look perfectly.

Jessica Alba has joined the likes of Vogue Williams and Selling Sunset’s Chrishell Stause and by joining in with one of 2022’s biggest hair colour trends, “expensive blonde”.Taking to Instagram, the 40 year old shared a Reel transitioning from a rich chocolate brown to a gorgeous blonde balayage, created by Robert Ramos.The change is a welcome one for Jessica Alba fans. Although she suits just about any hair colour under the sun, blonde has very much been her signature look for the majority of her career, so they were delighted about its comeback. "You look amazing with every hair colour,” one fan enthused.

A judge has ruled that a man's use of a camera doorbell breached data protection laws and caused harassment to his neighbour - and he may now have to pay her £100,000.

Judge Melissa Clarke ruled that Mr Woodward had breached the provisions of the Data Protection Act 2018 and UK GDPR.The ruling at Oxford County Court is thought to be the first of its kind and could set a precedent for more than 100,000 owners of a Ring doorbell nationally. The court that Woodward set up four devices, including two fake cameras, to protect his vehicles, after an incident in 2019 which saw masked thieves try to steal his car.Bur Dr Fairhurst said the cameras left her feeling as though she was under "continuous visual surveillance."The judge said the footage of Dr Fairhurst caught on the camera was her personal data and had been collected outside the boundaries of Mr Woodward's property.