The Sun reported that a woman sold a pair of rings which, if worn on two fingers, spelt out NTCU. Or they might be swapped round, with ruder consequences. When someone objected, the maker’s followers on TikTok apparently ‘flocked to the comments to weigh in on the situation’.
In a report on some other matter, the BBC mentioned an Australian who ‘has form for wading into sporting rows’.

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