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Google is quietly making a major change for Gmail users

A poll of 2,000 adults also found almost half have been targeted by a suspected scam in the last 12 months.

Top 10 growing scams of 2024

Google users are reporting issues on 12 August. Photo: LAURIE DIEFFEMBACQ/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images

Google down as 'users unable to search and use Gmail'

Weak passwords give hackers a way in (Picture: stock.adobe.com)

Microsoft users warned their emails may have been hacked

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Appeal to trace family of Houghton man John Douglas

Uber and Uber Eats offer NHS staff working over Christmas free food and travel

NHS workers can claim free travel at Christmas thanks to Uber

Wigton Moor Primary School in Alwoodley, Leeds, which warned staff with an email, seen by the YEP.

Threatening e-mail forces schools into lockdown

Amazon Prime members will face an extra delivery charge from next month

Amazon Prime members to face extra delivery charge from next month

Tesco’s huge discount on iPhones & Samsung S23 Ultra for Clubcard customers

Tesco issue clubcard warning to customers ahead of upcoming deadline

What are all of Taylor Swift's Eras?

Taylor Swift Era’s Tour UK: When will I receive Midnights presale code

Virgin Media customers across the country have reported an outage with internet service

Virgin Media customers frustrated as internet provider goes down

easyJet has apologised after a man was banned from flying ‘because of his name’

easyJet apologises after man banned from flying ‘because of his name’

43 per cent of leaders anticipate suffering a cyber-attack within the next two years

50 of the most common passwords in 2022 revealed

The BBC has sent bombshell redundancy letters to some of its most prominent presenters - including newsreaders Huw Edwards and Reeta Chakrabarti.

BBC sends redundancy letters to top stars including Huw Edwards

The television presenter died on March 28, 2023

ITV to host Paul O’Grady tribute show – how to get involved

A new Love Island spin-off is coming to ITV – and Davina McCall, pictured, wants to front the new show.

Davina McCall to host Love Island spin-off The Romance Retreat
ITV announced that TV icon Davina McCall will host their brand new dating show The Romance Retreat.
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The Romance Retreat ITV: What is new Love Island spin-off show for middle aged single parents? - How to apply

The Romance Retreat ITV: Applications open for Love Island spin-off

The online scams to be aware of this Christmas

England's manager Gareth Southgate (Getty Images)

Man found guilty of sending racist email to Gareth Southgate

Two thirds of people in the North East are "unaware of their right to decent broadband". PA image.

Two thirds of the North East ‘unaware of right to decent broadband’

The Shipyard Girls on the Home Front is out later this month

Win five signed copies in new Shipyard Girls release

Bede School which was the scene for a brass band performance in 1977.

Listen to this 1977 recording of the Bede School brass band

DVLA shares images of new online scams with warning as cases soar 600%

Although banks and building societies will often refund money lost through scams, this is not always guaranteed (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here's how to protect your money from scammers - and the scams you need to be aw...

More than 100 restaurants and pubs across the city have signed up to the scheme

28 neighbourhood restaurants signed up for 50% discount

Jamie Lea Church is urging women to have a smear test after her own shock diagnosis.

Meet the inspirational Sunderland business woman who has encouraged hundreds of ...

Goldfinch. Picture by Dougie Holden

Annual bird race set to be held at Souter Lighthouse - here's how you can get in...
Birds watchers will be getting themselves in a flap this weekend in South Tyneside.
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Specialist solicitors to help in misuse of private information

If you regularly stay in hotels, or are planning your next trip away and would like to make it more luxurious, then there may be a way that you can upgrade your standard room.

How to get a free hotel room upgrade

These Farringdon School students had reason to celebrate in 2012. Are you pictured among them?

Were you pictured on GCSE results day?

The Roker End.

Red & White Army appeal for help from SAFC fans

15 photos of famous faces who have graced the Durham Miners Gala

The cake in the hands of its maker and the hotel manager Malcolm Powell.

The stars and stripes cake cooked up to mark Independence Day in Sunderland

One of the more unusual entries in the annual pram race was this team from the NE Parcel Centre Washington who came as Dracula's burial party.

Boris kept the sunseekers indoors

Beautiful Sunderland at its best as a curtain of fireworks lights up the Wear.

The week when the world came to Sunderland

The huge bouncy castle which got the attention of East End children in 1983.

We’ll be bouncing for joy if you share your East End memories

The huge bouncy castle which got the attention of East End children in 1983.

Remember when the East End got this giant attraction?

Do you have trouble controlling your dog? (Photo: Shutterstock)

Your naughty dog could be the star of a new Channel 5 TV series - here’s how to ...

A Pennywell week of fun in 1983 included these youngsters lining up for races. Remember this?

Who will be first with recollections of this retro scene?

The foyer of Sunderland's newest attraction in 1937. Look how intricate the carpets were at the Ritz.

Putting on the Ritz, Sunderland style

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A 1980s college scene for nostalgic Sunderland ex-students

Doreen, left, is in the picture 27 years ago.

Sunderland at Wembley: Great pictures as Brian Mills factory staff went red-and-...

What happens to the transition period with an no deal Brexit?

Understanding the transition period in the case of a no deal Brexit

How the UK Visas and Immigration department is preparing for Brexit

How the UK Visas and Immigration department is preparing for Brexit

Should I renew my EHIC card?

Should I renew my EHIC card or will Brexit make it invalid?

Erasums students question what will happen after Brexit

What is the future for Erasmus students after Brexit?

The government is stockpiling six weeks worth of medicines in case of a no deal Brexit.

Government asks NHS to build up medicine supply in case of no deal Brexit

It was Chico time in 2006 when he switched on the lights at the Castle Dene Centre in Peterlee.

Remembering the stars who came out to help get Hartlepool in the Christmas spiri...

How many of these shops of yesteryear do you remember?

10 pictures from the days before internet shopping, when every town had its own ...

Queues outside the Cannon to see one of the top films of the summer of 1989 - Batman, featuring Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson.

Trip down memory lane takes us back to Sunderland's long-gone cinemas

The Joplings Santa parade brought out the crowds each October.

Ho-ho-hoping you remember Santa on parade

Hetton Lyons Primary School celebrate their harvest festival back in 2005.

Harvest festivals are a feast of giving to others

One of the decorated floats in the 1979 parade through the streets of Houghton.

Houghton Feast through the years - a picture special

Picture taken in Chaplins in 2006, when England were taking on Sweden in the World Cup

How Sunderland cheered on England in World Cup tournaments past

The five most common online frauds - and how to protect yourself against them

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