One of the fashion industry’s most influential figures, Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani, has died at the age of 93, his foundation announced.

Former Love Island contestant Mitchel Taylor, better known to viewers as Messy Mitch, has sparked fresh backlash after posting a Snapchat comment about Whitney Adebayo’s hairstyle as she appears on Love Island, All Stars. His remarks prompted frustration from fans who felt he had crossed a line, while others argued it was simply harmless commentary.

The Trump administration has announced the creation of a “Board of Peace” for Gaza, naming former UK prime minister Sir Tony Blair among its founding members.

A man was left baffled after purchasing an £800 mobile phone from John Lewis, only to discover that the parcel contained nothing more than two chocolate bars glued together. Jack Bennett, a John Lewis customer, was recently left stunned after placing an order for a new £800 mobile phone only to have two bars of chocolate arrive in its place.

The government has announced it is abandoning plans to make digital identity verification compulsory for proving the right to work in the United Kingdom, a major shift that marks another policy U-turn by the prime minister and his administration, opening the way for people to use existing documentation instead and reducing concerns about state surveillance while keeping the wider digital ID programme under review.

Millions of views can look like success, but virality does not always come with money attached. In today’s creator economy, attention is easy to get. Turning it into income is a different story.