Debenhams boss Sergio Bucher has stepped down following the takeover of the struggling department store by its lenders. The retailer was taken over earlier this month as part of an administration process. Mr Bucher’s departure had been signalled over the weekend and he has just announced he is stepping down, adding “it is time to…
Facebook has admitted to “unintentionally” uploading the address books of 1.5 million users without their consent. It now says it will delete the collected data and notify people who have been affected. This discovery follows the criticism of Facebook by security experts for a feature that asked new users for their email passwords as part…
Manchester’s mayor has said the government should introduce compulsory bag searches and metal detectors at major venues following the Manchester Arena attack. Andy Burnham is supporting calls from victims’ families to see security stepped up in an update to a report into the bombing. Twenty-two people died at an Ariana Grande concert when Salman Abedi…
Data reveals that one in 12 school children in 2012-17 were removed from rolls without any explanation. An investigation into the true scale of “off-rolling” from schools in England has found more than 49,000 pupils from a single cohort disappeared from the schools rolls without explanation. This has been found in a study done by…
A increasing number of people with epilepsy have said they are having seizures which were triggered by flashing images on social media. The Epilepsy Society wants the government’s new plan to tackle “online harms” to recommend warnings about flashing images on social media. More than 18,000 people in the UK are thought to have epilepsy…
Cholesterol lowering ‘statin’ drugs taken by millions of people in Britain may not be working well enough in about half of those who are prescribed them. Statins reduce the build-up of fatty plaque that lead to blockages in blood vessels through reported side effects and the extent of how often they are prescribed has attracted…
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