People are still likely to share and like news stories from unreliable sources on Facebook despite overall levels of “junk news” circulating across social media being relatively low, a study has claimed.
An impressive and incredibly daunting weather warning from The Weather Channel’s AMHQ show has gone viral on Twitter.
Facebook has said it will fund original news shows created by such news organisations as ABC, CNN and Mic.
Facebook is shutting down its ill-fated “trending” news section after four years, a company executive says.
Two north-east women who were in foster care today urged people to consider becoming a foster parent.
An elderly woman has been found dead in her garden amid freezing temperatures.
A North-east council is sending messages through Facebook and WhatsApp in a bid to recoup unpaid rent.
A serviceman who died during a training exercise involving around 20 personnel at an RAF weapons range in Scotland has been named by the Ministry of Defence
Five people have been taken to hospital after a private double-decker party bus collided with a bridge, London Fire Brigade said.
Firefighters are battling a large blaze at a scrap metal recycling plant on Liverpool docks.
Police investigating the suspected chemical incident which led to the evacuation of London City Airport have discovered what is “believed to be a CS gas spray”, a spokesman said.
A probe has been launched after police confirmed the massive fire at a North-east hospital was deliberate.