And its time for lenny s last turn the comedian will present his final comic relief tonight after 39 years. Plus do you fancy more rain . I did not think so, but another wet morning for many. This weekend sunshine at times and hopefully more brightness. Its friday the 15th march. Our main story. Exposure to violent online content is now unavoidable for children in the uk, with many seeing it while still in Primary School, according to a new ofcom report. The regulator is urging social Media Companies to strengthen Child Protection on their platforms. Our Technology Reporter Shiona Mccallum reports. How much time do you think you spend on your phone a day . Even Prince William is asking these questions when meeting with a group of schoolchildren at a west london youth centre yesterday. Thats quite a lot. But i bet you feel better coming here. But when children are on their smartphones, their innocence can soon be compromised. Ofcom say out of the 2a7 children it spoke to, all of them ha
As a glitch in the matrix has led to an epidemic of tripping pedestrians. Plus, weve been pedestrians. Plus, weve been promising you a tour of West Harptree all week, and today is the day here. The trees rustle with the rhythm of west country, jovial tea. The apples are cnsper, jovial tea. The apples are crisper , pollen encrusted bees crisper, pollen encrusted bees hop around the lavender sprigs , hop around the lavender sprigs, the stars scintillate with enthusiasm. And as ever, the sun enthusiasm. And as ever, the sun shines even through the crop watering rain. State of the nafion watering rain. State of the nation starts now. Nation starts now. As always, i want to hear from you. Its the most important you. Its the most important part of the programme. Email me mal mogg at gbnews. Com but now its mal mogg at gbnews. Com but now wsfime mal mogg at gbnews. Com but now its time for the news of the day with ray addison. Day with ray addison. Thanks, jacob. Heres the latest from the n
Top story, the Police Federation for Northern Ireland says urgent answers are required after details emerged of two data breaches as police in Northern Ireland saying that the names of more than 200 serving officers and staff were stolen from a private vehicle on july 6th, along with a police laptop and radio. Earlier, the psni announced a Critical Incident after admitting that the details of thousands of Police Officers had been published online. A british man is among five people whove been shot dead in violent protests in south africa. The 40 year old reportedly a doctor who was visiting the country was killed in cape town last thursday. Its believed that he was shot after taking a wrong turn and a group approached his vehicle. Unrest began after minibus taxi drivers announced a week long strike, a fire that destroyed the 18th century crooked house pub in dudley last saturday is now being treated as arson. The announcement from Staffordshire Police comes after a specialist Detection
they do change their mind, that s a good thing, they are learning from evidence. i think the better line for the tories is, if things start to get a bit rosier for the economy, if progress is made on immigration, i think what they will want to say is, don t risk this because actually, on things like the environment, immigration, public finances, keir starmer and labour, you can t really trust them, they are a bit more radical. so the tories will really be trying to force that dividing line. but the fact is that keir starmer and labour are playing it so safe, they are hiding very close to the tory line, it s going to be difficult for the tories to do that so i don t think it will be successful. find tories to do that so i don t think it will be successful. . . it will be successful. and keir starmer can t it will be successful. and keir starmer can t take it will be successful. and keir starmer can t take the - it will be successful. and keir starmer can t take the young
welcome to the daily global, where we ll bring you the top stories from around the world. 2024 is shaping up to be a year of elections. two billion people one in four of the world s population will go to the polls this year in votes that could change the global political landscape. 50 nations will hold elections. starting with bangladesh, the polls include seven out of the world s ten most populous nations india, the united states, indonesia, pakistan, russia and mexico. and the uk will go to the polls at some point this year. british prime minister rishi sunak has said his assumption is that a general election will be held in the second half of this year, despite some speculation it could take place in the spring. opinion polls put mr sunak s conservatives well behind the opposition labour party. with the details, our political editor, chris mason. can i welcome to you this morning, rishi sunak, the prime minister? mansfield in nottinghamshire a town the conservative