BBC Breakfast: Phil McCann hits back at jokes about name Sign up for FREE now for the biggest moments from morning TV SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info BBC Breakfast was hosted by Naga Munchetty and Jon Kay on Saturday morning and a big topic of the programme was the ongoing petrol shortage in the UK. BBC reporter Phil McCann was stationed at a petrol station giving updates on how the shortage has been impacting people. However, Phil didn’t look too impressed when Jon revealed some people on Twitter had found his name rather fitting for the news story. Related articles Owen Jones smacked down in fiery clash over energy crisis Nick Ferrari calls on EU sanctions to be lifted for HGV crisis …
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WATCH: Biden Urges India’s Prime Minister Not To Call On Reporters Because They Won’t Ask What Biden Wants Asked | The Daily Wire
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Fox News Reporter Grills DHS Chief Over Biden’s ‘Inflammatory Language’ Related To Criticizing U.S. Law Enforcement | The Daily Wire
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Prince William, Kate Middleton’s baby no. 4 dreams ‘squashed’: report
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Germany sees rise in election-related crime — report
A report by the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag (WamS) found that Germany's federal election campaign has been particularly aggressive this year. Politicians also say they have experienced a worsening atmosphere in terms of insults, acts of vandalism and threats. What did the figures show? The newspaper gathered data from 16 state criminal investigation departments which showed more than 4,200 offenses in connection with the election campaign. In the week before Germany's 2017 vote, the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) had logged around 3,660 such crimes. According to the survey of the state criminal investigation offices, the crimes identified were primarily damage to property, especially election posters. However, there was also many violent crimes and the spreading of illegal content and insults were also significant. An unusually high number of the 42,000 crimes nationwide were reported in Lower Saxony (900), Bavaria (520) and Baden-Württemberg (448). The …
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BBC Breakfast sends perfect reporter to cover the fuel shortage – Phil McCann
There isn’t much to laugh about when it comes to the fuel shortage gripping Britain, but we’ve got to shout out BBC Breakfast for this stunning case of nominative determinism. The BBC’s political reporter for Cheshire has trended on Twitter this morning due to the perfect match of his beat for the day and his name. The beat? Covering the petrol panic in Stockport. The reporter’s name? Phil McCann. While we’re sure Phil is extremely qualified and the right reporter for the job whatever his name, we have to think somebody at the BBC was having fun with this one… Phil was at a petrol station in Stockport which was out of both unleaded and diesel fuel to panic over shortages, and appeared on BBC Breakfast to explain the situation. Viewers were left chuckling over their cornflakes as the issue of drivers filling up jerry cans with fuel was described by Phil McCann. As screenshots of the broadcast went viral on Twitter, people said ‘you couldn’t make it up’, with one …
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Police use of stop-and-search risks losing trust of the black community, says report
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Stop using Chinese smartphones over hidden censorship software, consumers warned
Hundreds of thousands of British consumers are using Chinese smartphones embedded with software capable of detecting pro-democracy phrases such as “Free Tibet” and “long live Taiwan independence”, it has emerged. Xiaomi's Mi 10T 5G phone is able to automatically flag up and hide phrases offensive to China's Communist rulers according to the Lithuanian defence ministry, which has warned the public not to buy the device. Although the capability has been switched off for the European market, it could be activated remotely at any time. Alan Woodward, a computer science expert at the University of Surrey and former consultant for GCHQ, said: “Absolutely [consumers] should be concerned. Censorship technology may be standard in some jurisdictions, but unless those vendors are transparent about what is included then buyers simply cannot make an informed choice.” The Xiaomi disclosure is the latest in a long line of scandals over Chinese censorship. The country tightly controls what …