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‘People think I bathe in asses’ milk’: how Towie’s Gemma Collins became a podcast hit

She went from selling cars to starring on reality TV – and now fronts a smash-hit podcast. But 10 years in the tabloid line of fire hasn’t been easy

Even in the age of social media, women are in the dark about their bodies and pain

A deficit of accessible healthcare advice has resulted in a generation of women muddling together bad advice with new-age fixes, says Full Fact journalist Rachael Krishna

Caroline Flack: politicians condemn press intrusion after presenter’s death

ITV says Sunday’s Love Island will not be broadcast as calls mount for regulation of traditional and social media

The New York Times’s success lays bare the media’s disastrous state

A handful of legacy institutions thrive as digital startups face increasing pressures

Twitter revenue tops $1bn a quarter for first time

Social media firm’s shares climb after revenues rebound far above expectations

Victoria Newton becomes Sun editor as Tony Gallagher goes to Times

Sun on Sunday editor takes top job as part of reshuffle at Rupert Murdoch’s News UK

The Guardian view on the case against Glenn Greenwald: an outrage in Brazil and beyond

Editorial: The decision to charge the American journalist with cybercrimes is an attack on democracy as well as press freedom

UK publishers losing digital ad revenue due to content ‘blacklists’

Technology to stop ads running in stories about terrorism, for example, is blocking them from ‘safe’ stories too

Twitter drops Grindr from ad network over ‘GDPR breaches’

Dating app accused of flouting GDPR law by passing personal data to ad firms but report says problem is endemic

Hugh Grant defends Prince Harry: ‘The tabloids effectively murdered his mother’

The actor and activist has backed up Harry’s desire to ‘protect his family’, while Stormzy has said there is no ‘credible’ reason to dislike Meghan

Twitter to introduce ability to stop people replying to tweets

Measure is aimed at preventing antisocial behaviour and improving quality of discussion

VAT ruling on Times digital edition could save News UK millions

Rupert Murdoch’s firm satisfies tax tribunal that subscriptions should be zero-rated

The media missed the rise of Trump in 2016. Are they ready this time?

Key figures from major US newspapers, news sites and TV describe their fears about covering this year’s election – and ideas on how to get it right

We can’t fight fake news without saving local journalism

Local news is often trusted more than national news but it is highly vulnerable to online disinformation

If only saving the planet was as easy as planting a tree before speeding off in our SUVs

Offsetting is a seductive way of convincing ourselves we’re doing something constructive

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  • Labor to set terms for datacentre and AI growth as it vows not to repeat mistakes of resources boom
  • ‘Greatest film-maker this country has produced’: Peter Weir receives inaugural AFTRS lifetime achievement award
  • Stephen Ogilvie’s family appeal for calm on second night of disorder – as it happened
  • Elon Musk’s X not facing action from UK government over posts inciting violence in Belfast
  • Glenn Close and Ridley Scott among names set to receive honorary Oscars
  • The Guardian view on far-right violence: digital radicalisation is threatening democracy
  • Sales of Meta whistleblower’s memoir soar after Hay festival ‘silencing’
  • How to Talk Australians: The Movie review – viral web series lampooning Aussie culture gets big-screen adaptation
  • First trailer for Aaron Sorkin’s Facebook sequel The Social Reckoning
  • Actor Tyler Mane reveals he is having treatment for rare male breast cancer
  • Under the Shadow review – Leila Farzad is fantastic in this nerve-shredding tale of 80s Tehran
  • From An Evening With Gary Lineker to Dear England: what to watch to warm up for the World Cup
  • ‘It’s not about heroes and villains’: the triumphant return of long-lost indie I Shot Andy Warhol
  • Should you send that midnight text? 11 essential rules for phone etiquette
  • The best films of 2026 so far
  • Chinese activist in UK told by X that abusive deepfakes do not breach rules
  • Boogie Nights review – Paul Thomas Anderson’s porn epic is still gaudy, seedy fun
  • Global brands ‘likely’ using mineral that funds rebels accused of atrocities in DRC, investigation finds
  • Can a $159 Bluetooth sleep mask help you snooze better? I tested to find out
  • How Belfast knife attack became the latest far-right ‘trigger event’
  • Crackdown on tech platforms will go ahead despite US intervention, says No 10
  • Peabo Bryson obituary
  • Practice dates: should you swipe right on people you’re not attracted to?
  • Disclosure Day review – close encounters of a deferred kind in Spielberg’s conspiracy spectacular
  • ‘We got banned from YouTube but they showed Saddam Hussein being hanged’: the wild viral visions of Romain Gavras
  • All signs point to Trump pushing AI growth
  • UK regulator orders social media firms to adopt measures to stop viral illegal content
  • Amazon’s main UK arm handed £7.6m tax credit as profits soar to £355m
  • I watched as Meta’s threats stopped Sarah Wynn-Williams from speaking – we must have stronger rights for whistleblowers
  • Bank of England warns of AI scams as deepfakes of Farage-Bailey fight spread

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