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A major technical glitch recently disrupted the UK’s air traffic control system, causing extensive delays and stranding thousands of travellers.

This event has reignited discussions about the dated technology supporting the nation’s air traffic systems, the absence of reliable backup solutions, and the financial consequences for both airlines and passengers.
 

Update: What Has Been Happening?

 
A ‘technical failure’ at the National Air Traffic Services (NATS) severely restricted the number of planes in the UK sky for several hours.

An unnamed airline input a single piece of incorrect data in a flight plan, triggering the failure. The faulty data caused NATS to suspend its backup systems to prevent the presentation of incorrect safety-related information to air traffic…

A video posted on Facebook claims that Leeds city centre now has traffic cameras that “capture faces”. 

But a spokesperson for Leeds City Council confirmed that this is not true. 

The video, which has 5,000 shares on Facebook and originally appeared on TikTok, shows footage of streets in Leeds city centre. Text on top of the video says: “15 minute cities are coming”. 

The “15 minute city” refers to an urban planning concept where all necessary amenities are within a 15 minute walk or cycle of people’s homes. 

Full Fact has previously written about many false claims that relate to 15 minute cites as part of our work countering misinformation online.

We have also fact checked claims relating to personal data, including that Asda self-service checkouts…

High Bandwidth and low latency support high traffic with Swedish VPS server hosting plans

Delhi, Delhi, India, 22nd Feb 2023, King NewsWire – If your website has a high volume of traffic and you want to ensure it’s always online, consider TheServerHost Sweden VPS Server Hosting. This is an upgrade from shared hosting and offers more resources and a greater level of security.

It’s also easy to scale your VPS resources as you need them – scaling takes just minutes and doesn’t affect your site’s performance. This is particularly handy if you need to increase bandwidth or storage capacity as your site grows.

Scalability

For high traffic websites, scalability is critical. If a server isn’t able to handle the sudden surge in visitors, it could result in…

High Bandwidth and low latency support high traffic with Swedish VPS server hosting plans

Delhi, Delhi, India, 22nd Feb 2023, King NewsWire – If your website has a high volume of traffic and you want to ensure it’s always online, consider TheServerHost Sweden VPS Server Hosting. This is an upgrade from shared hosting and offers more resources and a greater level of security.

It’s also easy to scale your VPS resources as you need them – scaling takes just minutes and doesn’t affect your site’s performance. This is particularly handy if you need to increase bandwidth or storage capacity as your site grows.

Scalability

For high traffic websites, scalability is critical. If a server isn’t able to handle the sudden surge in visitors, it could result in…

A new analysis has revealed that there has been a six-fold increase in UK web traffic to websites that promote hate-filled “incel” culture. As per reports, users on these websites have been discussing raping women. A report by The Times suggested that users on the sites referred to Plymouth mass shooter Jake Davison as a hero and called for “all women to be raped at least once”.

Davison killed five people, including his mother. As per the police, the incident, which is termed the worst mass shooting in Britain since 2010, is not terror-related. In videos which surfaced online, Davison spoke of being “beaten down” and “defeated by life”

According to the law commission, incel websites show “threatening or abusive material which incites and glorifies violence,…