People submit Welsh placenames to protect linguistic heritage
Entries include Welsh language names for fields and hills in move to ensure preservation of stories and legends
‘A kind of therapy’: scream club brings Londoners together to ‘let it all out’
Viral trend sees (mostly) young people meet to ‘release pent-up energy’ and relieve stress in fun, social setting
‘The wire began to smoke’: how to avoid counterfeit scams on Vinted and other resale sites
From scrutinising sellers’ profiles and reviews to secure payments, ensure you avoid buying a fake item
Spare us from romcom Austen. Give me the dark side of 19th-century life any day
Why sanitise or sugarcoat the classics? New adaptations of Austen and Brontë could explore everything from slavery to death in childbirth, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Tory MP reports ‘AI-generated deepfake’ video announcing his defection to Reform UK
Mid Norfolk MP George Freeman calls spread of AI-generated misinformation a ‘dangerous development’
Giant review – Prince Naseem biopic with Pierce Brosnan on hand misses the punch
Despite the odd laugh, the story of the boxer’s path from Sheffield gyms to global stardom and his break with mentor Brendan Ingle feels dramatically underweight
UK MPs warn of repeat of 2024 riots unless online misinformation is tackled
Science and technology select committee says complacency over social media content puts public at risk
Olivia Williams says actors need ‘nudity rider’-type controls for AI body scans
Dune star says performers are regularly pressed to have bodies scanned on set with few rights over how data is used
‘Have we done ourselves out of a job?’: concerns in film and TV industry over on-set body scanning
Actors unclear on rights over their data and what it will be used for, as cast and crew alike fear for future of their roles
Laurence Fox’s libel claim over racism accusations to go to retrial
Court of appeal rules in former actor’s favour after finding tweets calling him racist did cause harm to his reputation
Digested week: Hit or miss? Conker unboxing craze leaves me baffled
Plus, unpacking the reason for Ikea’s success and why it’s time for the world to consciously uncouple from Gwyneth Paltrow
Trump’s anti-truth crusade is not just an attack on facts – it’s an unravelling of the Enlightenment
The US president, JD Vance and Nigel Farage seem to believe that checking facts is a form of censorship. Nonsense: speech is only free when it is anchored in truth, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
Banks need stricter controls to prevent romance fraud, says City regulator
FCA cites study showing victims’ ‘red flags’ are often missed and calls for improved monitoring systems
Launch of veteran card will be used to test UK government’s digital ID scheme
Ministers hope scheme for 1.8 million people will show how technology works and ease privacy and security concerns
No 10 says Badenoch’s claim PM should have intervened to stop China spy trial collapsing ‘absurd’ – as it happened
Downing Street says had Starmer intervened he would have been interfering in a case related to a previous government