Shaftesbury is a town and civil parish in Dorset, England. It is situated on the A30 road, 20 miles west of Salisbury, near the border with Wiltshire. It is the only significant hilltop settlement in Dorset, being built about 215 metres above sea level on a greensand hill on the edge of Cranborne Chase. The town looks over the Blackmore Vale, part of the River Stour basin. From different viewpoints, it is possible to see at least as far as Glastonbury... Show more Tor to the northwest. Shaftesbury is the site of the former Shaftesbury Abbey, which was founded in 888 by King Alfred and became one of the richest religious establishments in the country, before being destroyed in the Dissolution in 1539. Adjacent to the abbey site is Gold Hill, a steep cobbled street used in the 1970s as the setting for Ridley Scott's television advertisement for Hovis bread. In the 2011 Census the town's civil parish had...
Because scams on the internet or on the phone are on the increase, the police now want to raise awareness among the population and are launching a campaign on social networks. Every day, a specific fraud topic will be covered, including smishing, i.e. dangerous SMS scam messages, fake stores on the internet,...
Fraudsters are using a targeted method to try to circumvent the phishing protection in Apple's Messages app. Such phishing messages delivered via SMS or iMessage prompt the recipient to reply, such as “Please reply with Y“ or “Reply with Stop to stop receiving further messages“. If users respond, the...
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