Canarian residents and tourists travelling to the UK are facing new restrictions that could impact long-standing traditions and local trade. As of 12th April, the British government has enforced a ban on the importation of certain meat and dairy products for personal consumption from the European Union and several neighbouring countries. The move is part…
ADVERTISEMENT The UK has put a temporary ban on travellers from Europe (including returning British citizens) bringing meat and dairy products into the country. The restrictions came in on 12 April in response to the uptick in cases of foot-and-mouth disease on the continent. Visitors in possession of banned items will have to surrender them…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WBMA) — The Alabama Senate has passed its version of a bill, SB92, aimed at banning the use of wireless communication devices, including cell phones, in public schools. This legislative move follows the Alabama House of Representatives’ approval of a similar bill. SB92 prohibits a student from using, operating, or possessing a wireless…
President Trump has given TikTok another 75-day lifeline. Getty Images TikTok has narrowly avoided a nationwide blackout — again — after President Donald Trump extended the U.S. TikTok ban deadline by another 75 days. On Thursday, he signed an executive order delaying enforcement until June 19, giving ByteDance more time to divest the app’s American…
Hong Kong is expected to start banning flavoured smoking products, starting with non-menthol ones, from next year at the earliest, the Post has learned. A source said on Tuesday that the government would submit an amendment bill to the legislature towards the end of the month. Authorities would also propose banning smoking within three metres…
LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WIS) – Data obtained by WIS showed nearly 2,000 cell phone policy violations among Lexington County high schools in the last three months. The statewide cell phone ban went into effect in January and requires students have their phones put away from the first bell to the last bell, creating a phone-free…
Teenagers in Hong Kong have found a new way to escape the gravity of their everyday lives. Their drug of choice? A synthetic narcotic they’ve nicknamed “space oil”. With slow, deliberate breaths from their vapes, they chase a fleeting high: a peculiar blend of exhilaration and suffocation, like binge-drinking in a room with no air….
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. supports banning cell phones in schools—a stance that aligns with the views of many Americans when it comes to classroom restrictions. However, his reasoning has sparked backlash from some online. Newsweek has filled out a media request form on the Department of Health and Human…
CHAMPAIGN (25News Now) – Governor J.B. Pritzker proposed legislation in the General Assembly that would force all Illinois schools to keep students from using cell phones during classroom instruction. Pritzker argued that phones in the classroom increase distraction, worsen student mental health, and give students opportunities to cheat. He spoke Thursday at Champaign’s Centennial High…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) – While Senate Bill 0897, which requires school systems to put a digital device policy in place, has passed through the senate, East Tennessee school administrators do not believe it is going to change too much. Previous Coverage: Tennessee’s bill banning cell phones in class passes in Senate, heads to Gov. Lee’s…