Harms include threats to release intimate pictures as charity warns against parents sharing photos or details of children online Nearly one in 10 UK parents say their child has been blackmailed online, with harms ranging from threatening to release intimate pictures to revealing details about someone’s personal life. The NSPCC child protection charity also found that one in five parents know a child who has experienced online blackmail, while two in five said they rarely or never talked to their children about the subject. Continue reading...

Actor who appeared in My Own Private Idaho, Blade, Armageddon and Dogville, as well as Madonna music videos and video games, died on Sunday Udo Kier, the German actor who appeared in 275 roles across Hollywood and European cinema, including multiple films by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Gus Van Sant and Lars von Trier, has died aged 81. Kier died on Sunday morning in a hospital in Palm Springs, California, his friend the photographer Michael Childers announced on social media. No cause of death was given. Continue reading...

PM says he has confidence in ambassador when questioned in the Commons by Lib Dem and Tory leaders * UK politics live – latest updates Keir Starmer has been urged to sack Peter Mandelson as the UK’s US ambassador after more details emerged of his close friendship and business dealings with the paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. The prime minister was pressed on whether he knew that Mandelson, when business secretary in 2010, had reportedly allowed Epstein to help broker the sale of a UK government-owned business to a US bank – months after the financier had been released from jail in relation to his conviction for procuring a child for prostitution and soliciting a prostitute. Continue reading...

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Director general says broadcaster is ‘trying to get the balance right’ amid increased coverage * UK politics live – latest updates The BBC’s director general has insisted the corporation is not “trying to ingratiate” itself to Reform UK, as he defended its increased coverage of Nigel Farage’s party. Confronted with examples of the BBC’s reporting on Reform, which has led the political agenda over the summer, Tim Davie told MPs the broadcaster was having to adapt to the fact that “the landscape politically has changed fundamentally”. Continue reading...

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Prime minister faces criticism from Emily Thornberry, who highlights risk of ‘handing country to Farage’ Keir Starmer has been warned by senior Labour figures to stop making mistakes, before a battle over the party’s deputy leadership contest and fears the government could row back on workers’ rights. As candidates began to jostle to replace Angela Rayner, the prime minister faced public criticism from Emily Thornberry, a potential contender, who said further mistakes from Starmer could lead to having to “hand our country to [Nigel] Farage”. Continue reading...