Terms & Conditions
USER TERMS & CONDITIONS ("the agreement").
Please read this agreement carefully. It sets out the terms on which you submit
content to us and sets out the terms under which we agree to make available
any of our websites and apps, including e-editions (“the Site”), however you
access it, to you.
By using the Site, you confirm that you accept the terms of this agreement and
that you agree to comply with them. If you do not agree to this agreement, you
must not use the Site.
“We” or “us” in this agreement means News Now UK and all of its subsidiaries.
To contact us, please see the contact us page on this site.
We offer access to many features of the Site free of charge but due to the nature
of the Internet, we do not promise full and error free operation of the Site at all
times.
THERE ARE OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT ARE RELEVANT TO YOU
This agreement refers to the following additional terms, which also apply to your
use of the Site:
• Our Privacy Notice
WE MAY MAKE CHANGES TO THESE TERMS
We amend these terms from time to time. These terms were most recently
updated on 04th April 2025
YOUR USE OF THE SITE
The Site is for personal and non-commercial use only. You may download and
print portions of the Site for your personal, non-commercial use only.
Any other use of materials on the Site, including any user generated content
(including without limitation reproduction for a purpose (other than that noted
above) and any modification, distribution or republication) without our prior
written permission is strictly prohibited.
You agree not to frame the Site for any purpose, unless specifically authorised
by us to do so.
You agree that you will not use the Site to submit, or knowingly or recklessly
receive, any material including without limitation, comments and reviews that:
• are in any way, obscene, threatening, abusive, offensive, defamatory, invasive
of another’s privacy, in breach of confidence, embarrassing to any person,
likely to deceive, inaccurate, misleading, hateful, blasphemous, pornographic,
or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
• are in breach of any third party’s intellectual property rights (including
copyright) or other rights;
• constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offence
or otherwise contrary to any law, regulation or code of practice or give rise to
civil liability or infringe the rights of any third party anywhere in the world;
• are, or could be, technically harmful;
• are, or may be deemed to be, advertising or promotional materials including
“spam” email;
• makes excessive demands for bandwidth; or
• contains any virus or other malicious program or which may otherwise impair
or harm our computer systems or any third-party computer system.
You agree not to impersonate any person or entity or misrepresent any
affiliation with any person or entity when creating an account on the Site or
submitting any content to the Site.
You also agree not to attack the Site or access or attempt to access the accounts
of other users or gain a greater level of access to the Site than authorised.
OUR MONITORING OF THE SITE
You acknowledge that we have no obligation to monitor any user generated
content on the Site but in our sole discretion, we have the right to delete any
such content and we may remove any such material at any time.
Notwithstanding this, you are solely responsible for and bear the legal risk
associated anywhere in the world in relation to any such content you may post.
In the event that you are in breach of the terms of this agreement, we will have
the right to terminate any account that you have with the Site and you may not
open another account on it or otherwise continue to use the Site.
We will co-operate with law enforcement or regulatory authorities or any court
order requesting or requiring it to disclose the identity or location of or any
other information in relation to anyone who has submitted content to the Site in
breach or allegedly in breach of this agreement or the law. In appropriate
circumstances, we may also disclose such information to the police, your
Internet service provider and any third party to whom we may make a disclosure
in good faith.
You acknowledge that submitting content to the Site does not guarantee that it
will appear on the Site. You cannot edit or remove content once you have
submitted it to the Site. However, if you would like make a complaint about
specific user generated content on the Site, please see the contact us page on
this site.
RIGHTS YOU ARE GIVING US IN CONTENT YOU EITHER SEND TO US FOR
PUBLICATION OR UPLOAD ON THE SITE OR POST ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA
ACCOUNTS
If you send us, upload or post content , you grant us a perpetual, royalty free,
irrevocable, non-exclusive right and licence to use, reproduce, publish,
communicate to the public, translate, create derivative works from and
distribute such content into any form, medium or technology now known or
hereafter developed. In addition, you waive any and all moral rights in such
content.
By sending us content for publication you confirm that you either own the
copyright in the content, or are legally entitled to provide it to us, and that you
have the consent of all of the people in the content. If the content features a
child, or children, you confirm that you are the the parent or guardian of the
child, or children, and have the legal right to grant consent (or the parent or
guardian of the child, or children, has granted such consent).
COMPETITIONS AND PRIZE DRAWS
By registering an account on the Site, you will have access to enter competitions
and/or prize draws on the Site.
Competition and prize draws may be operated by third parties and where they
are, this will be made clear to you and additional terms and conditions between
that third party and you will apply.
Whether we or a third party operate the completion or prize draw, you will likely
be dealing with other third parties directly as a result of it and as such any
contracts and/or arrangements will be formed between you and them, without
us as a party and we cannot be held liable for your use of or any liability arising
out of the same (save to the extent required by law).
DO NOT RELY ON INFORMATION ON THE SITE
The content on the Site is provided “as-is” and for general information only. It is
not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. You must obtain
professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on
the basis of the content on the Site.
We make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or
implied, that the content on the Site is accurate, complete or up to date and we
do not accept any responsibility for any of such content.
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
The Site may include links to the content, web sites and/or services owned
and/or operated by third parties. These are provided for your convenience only
and we are not responsible for and do not give any warranties or make any
representations regarding any such content, web sites and/or services.
The onus for ensuring that content presented on the Internet is legal rests with
the original content provider, and we will not be under any obligations to limit
access to material unless notified that it is illegal or otherwise in breach of the
terms of this agreement. Notwithstanding, we shall have the right to remove any
items we believe may be illegal or otherwise in breach of the terms of this
agreement.
Sometimes we include links to other websites; if you click on one and make a
purchase of a product or service, we may receive a commission.
OUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TRADE MARKS
The intellectual property in all design, text, graphics and other material (other
than user generated content) and the selection or arrangement of such material
on the Site is owned by us and/or our respective licensors.
We are the owner of:
• those trade mark(s) indicated as such throughout the Site from time to time;
and
• all other trade marks used in the Site which are not licensed to us by any third
party.
All other trade marks, product names and company names or logos cited therein
are the property of their respective owners.
YOUR ACCOUNT
Should you create a user account on the Site, the personal details that you
provide must be true, accurate and complete.
You must keep your password(s) relevant to the Site confidential and not reveal
them to anyone else. You are responsible for all activities that are carried out
under your username and password(s). We do not have the means to check the
identities of people using the Site and will not be liable where your username
and/or password(s) are used by someone else. You agree to notify us
immediately by email of any unauthorised use of your account of which you
become aware. Please see the contact us page on this site contact details.
You will not create additional accounts for the purpose of abusing the
functionality of the Site or other users or for any other reason in breach of the
terms of this agreement.
You can cancel your account at any time by emailing us. Please see the contact
us page on this site.
We shall use reasonable endeavours to ensure that the Site and any information
it holds are kept secure. However, due to the nature of the Internet, we cannot
accept any liability for those who intentionally attempt to and/ or gain
unauthorised access to the same by means such as, without limitation,
computer hacking (save to the extent that we are unable to exclude such liability
by law) and we do not warrant that the Site or any of its contents are free of
viruses or malware.
If you log-in to our sites using social media, for example, Facebook, your profile
picture will associated with your account.
HOW WE MAY USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION AND COOKIES
We will use your personal information as set out in our Privacy Notice
We will use cookies as set out in our Cookie Notice.
CLAIMS MADE AGAINST US BY THIRD PARTIES
Where a claim is brought against us by a third party in relation to your use of the
Site you agree to fully reimburse us and all companies within our group for all
losses, costs, actions, claims, damages, expenses (including legal costs and
expenses) or liabilities, whatsoever suffered or incurred by us or the companies
within our group in or as a consequence of your breach of this agreement and
your use of the Site which is included on the Site.
WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR THINGS BEYOND OUR CONTROL
We are not liable for things beyond our control, such as power failure and
problems on the Internet.
OUR RESPONSIBILITY FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE SUFFERED BY YOU
• We do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be
unlawful to do so. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by
our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors
and for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
• We exclude all implied conditions, warranties, representations or other terms
that may apply to the Site or any content on it, to the extent that it is lawful to
do so
We will not be liable to you for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort
(including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if
foreseeable, arising under or in connection with:
• use of, or inability to use, the Site; or
• use of or reliance on any content displayed on the Site.
We will not be liable for:
• loss of profits, sales, business, or revenue;
• business interruption;
• loss of anticipated savings;
• loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation; or
• any indirect or consequential loss or damage.
If defective digital content that we have supplied damages a device or digital
content belonging to you and this is caused by our failure to use reasonable care
and skill. Our only liability will be either to repair the damage or pay you
equivalent compensation.
If any provision (or part of a provision) of this agreement is found by any court
or administrative body of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, unenforceable or
illegal, the other provisions shall remain in force.
If any invalid, unenforceable or illegal provision would be valid, enforceable or
legal if some part of it were deleted, the provision shall apply with whatever
modification is necessary to give effect to the commercial intention of the
parties.
THIS AGREEMENT IS PERSONAL TO YOU
This agreement shall be personal to you and you may not assign, transfer,
sublet, lease or delegate all or any of your rights and obligations, without our
prior written consent.
We reserve the right to assign or transfer all or any of its rights and obligations
under this agreement to any companies in the same group as Reach plc or
another third party. In the event of assignment or transfer, notification will
either be given to you by e-mail or posted on the Site.
WHICH COUNTRY'S LAWS APPLY TO ANY DISPUTES?
Please note that these terms of use, their subject matter and their formation,
are governed by English law. You and we both agree that the courts of England
and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction except that if you are a resident of
Northern Ireland you may also bring proceedings in Northern Ireland, if you are
resident of Scotland, you may also bring proceedings in Scotland and if you are a
resident of the Republic of Ireland you may also bring proceedings in the
Republic of Ireland.
If you are a consumer, you will benefit from any mandatory provisions of the law
of the country in which you are resident. Nothing in these terms and conditions,
including, without limitation, this section dealing with governing law and
jurisdiction, affects your rights as a consumer to rely on such mandatory
provisions of local law.