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Trai mandates telcos to take action against spammers identified by their AI-based caller ID

Trai has tightened rules against spam calls, mandating telecom operators to act on callers flagged as suspected spammers by AI-based systems even without consumer complaints. Under the new rules, first-time violations can lead to a 15-day outgoing service ban, while repeat offenders may face disconnection of all telecom resources for…

The Economic Times · Sep 28

The G review – OAP revenge thriller

Dale Dickey steals the show in this twisty tale of a not-so-helpless little old lady targeted by crooked legal guardians

The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2024

Sick Lanarkshire window cleaner jailed for trying to rape elderly woman affected by Alzheimer’s

James McArdle preyed on the elderly woman who tried to fend him off at her home in Hamilton.

Daily Record · Jun 20, 2023

Lanarkshire window cleaner filmed trying to rape pensioner with Alzheimer's on Ring security camera

Glasgow High Court heard that James McArdle was caught when the 74-year-old's family discovered horrific footage of the attack on a security system installed to keep tabs on the frail old lady.

Glasgow Live · May 22, 2023

Scottish grandad loses £10,000 in cryptocurrency scam after his friend recommended it

Tom Roberts, 66, was left gutted after he lost £10,000 of his retirement funds through a 'cryptocurrency scam', and is now speaking out to warn others against fraudulent behaviour.

Edinburgh Live · May 22, 2023

OAP wins bus lane fine appeal after finding penalty 'loophole' on Google Maps

Bill Ball was hit with a £35 fine for driving in a bus lane last year but discovered a road sign on Google Maps previously warning drivers had since been removed.

Daily Record · Apr 14, 2023

Lack of plan for radioactive dust worries experts

A pile of furnace dust, believed to be contaminated with caesium-137 from a radioactive rod that went missing from a power plant in Prachin Buri a few weeks ago, is still being kept at the steel smelter where it was found.

Bangkok Post · Apr 5, 2023

Put toxic dust fears to bed

The news about a caesium-137 tube that disappeared from a power plant and is believed to have been melted at a steel factory is quickly fading from view. But the problem hasn't gone away and is likely to resurface amid anticipated protests as the government must find space to store…

Bangkok Post · Apr 4, 2023

Radiation 'poses no threat' to local food produce

Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Chalermchai Sri-on on Wednesday assured that produce from Prachin Buri is 100% safe for consumption, following health fears sparked by a missing tube of caesium-137 in the province.

Bangkok Post · Mar 22, 2023

Red dust fiasco

After a 10 days search, government agencies found radiated red dust believed to be from the remains of a caesium-137 tube, which disappeared from a power plant on Feb 23.

Bangkok Post · Mar 21, 2023