Osman. They all endorsed a new guide on how to combat online abuse. Published by the centre for countering digital hate, it advises people not to engage with any form of it and, instead, block and, if necessary, report those guilty of it. Rachel rileys received tweets like this. Excuse the Strong Language here. But does the decision not to engage with tweets like this allow online trolls are to spread hate and misinformation and challenged . Rachel riley started by telling me why shes blocked so many people online. I didnt realise, when i accidentally kind of stepped into the realm of political trolling, with anti semitism, that that is what. The trolls are exactly the same. Thats what theyre after, theyre publicity and they purposely target public figures to try and get some of our followers to read their doctrine, basically. If a public figure has, say, 500,000 followers, and you retweet someone and 95 of your followers say, this is appalling, this is disgusting, this is racist, this
The final countdown for ppi. The deadline is tomorrow. There are still believed to be thousands of people who havent claimed. Ill have the details. Yesterday we hit 33. 1; degrees at heathrow. And that is it for a wee while. It will be cooler, wetter and windier over the next few days. More inis windier over the next few days. More in 15 minutes. Its wednesday the 28th of august. Our top story. A woman who says she was a victim of the convicted us paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, and was forced into a sexual encounter with the duke of york, has urged the prince to come clean about what he knows. Virginia Roberts Giuffre spok to reporters outsid a court in new york. It was after a hearing for alleged victims of epstein, who took his own life in prison earlier this month. Prince andrew has strenuously denied the claims made against him. Our north america correspondent Chris Buckler was in court. Jeffrey epsteins victims never had the chance to face him in court, but at a hearing in new york,
The club has until midnight to show it can pay its debts or it could be thrown out of the football league. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. World leaders have expressed concern at the Record Number of wildfires continuing to blaze in brazils amazon rainforest. The french president , Emmanuel Macron tweeted our house is burning, and has called for the issue to be discussed as a matter of International Concern at this weekends g7 summit in biarritz. Brazils president Jair Bolsonaro responded by accusing mr macron of a misplaced colonialist mindset, and using the issue for political gain. This map shows the extent of the problem, with more than 2,500 active fires currently in the brazilian amazon which a vital carbon store that slows down the pace of global warming. Data from brazils Space Agency Says there have been more than 75,000 wildfires so far this year double the total number in 2013. Thats an 85 increase on the same period last year. Conservationists have blamed mr
At this moment, as we come face to face with death, let us draw close in love, travel together in these difficult hours and days and open our hearts to comfort one another. May love and peace rest with you and those whom you love and with those who love you, today and always. Thank you, helen. That now is the conclusion to this short remembrance ceremony. Please take the time, if you can, to look at the wonderful tributes and flowers to andrew. This is just tributes and flowers to andrew. This isjust a small tributes and flowers to andrew. This is just a small part of the many tributes that have been laid at the scene of andrews death and also received by the force from both police colleagues, fire, ambulance, military and members of the public as well, and a true reflection of how andrews passing has been felt by us locally, but also by the rest of the country. Thank you for coming andi of the country. Thank you for coming and i wish you well for the rest of the day. Thank you. The sc
This week spotting early signs of dementia, giving the banks the finger. Print, and man falls off skateboard. Theme music. Heres something that splits opinion, you either love these or you hate them, depending really on whether you ride one, or whether youve had a Close Encounter with one. These e scooters are powered by electric motors and that leads to something really interesting that not many people know. In the uk, these things are not legal on public roads and they are not legal on public pavements. So, although theyre getting more and more popular, and companies are hiring them out to ride on private lands like here at the Queen Elizabeth olympic park in london, where theyre geofenced and speed limited, the law varies hugely around the world. One of the issues is that these things can reach speeds of over 30 miles an hour, which is very cool, but also very dangerous, again, depending on your experiences with them. Not long ago, presenter Emily Hartridge died while riding an e sc