The European Commission is also looking into Meta’s use of age verification tools to prevent children from accessing Facebook or Instagram.

Sir Keir Starmer has denied he is scaling back Labour’s ambitions as he launched the party’s doorstep offer to voters ahead of the general election. The Labour leader unveiled a pledge card with six ...

Clear age limits on the teaching of sex education aim to ensure children are not “exposed to too much too soon”, the Government said as it published new proposals on the topic. Draft statutory ...

Scotland’s business minister is recovering in intensive care after undergoing “major surgery”, a statement from his office has said. Moray MSP Richard Lochhead, 54, was initially treated at Dr Gray’s ...

National sport governing bodies will need to put a robust sustainability action plan in place by March 2027 to receive funding, Sport England has announced. The public body announced the policy on ...

GMB Scotland and Unite’s care worker members employed by Scottish councils will vote from next week until June 19.

The US military has finished installing a floating pier for the Gaza Strip, with officials poised to begin ferrying badly ...

A serial sex offender who carried out a “campaign of rape” has had his prison sentence increased by the Court of Appeal. Ian Elliott was jailed for 18 years and ordered to serve a further five on ...

Junior doctors in England have entered talks with the Government with a view to ending a long-running dispute over pay. The British Medical Association (BMA) said that its junior doctors’ committee ...

Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Thursday 16 May https://t.co/adjugyv0NA pic.twitter.com/ZQqVRFnfpL The Daily Telegraph turns its attention to the NHS, saying ...