Instagram to allow teens to block messages from adults

Instagram is introducing new anti-grooming safety measures that will prevent adult users from sending direct messages to teenagers unless they follow them.

Hancock insists 1% salary increase for NHS staff is ‘pay rise’ – despite 1.5% inflation

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has insisted the government's proposed 1% salary increase for NHS staff is a "pay rise" and not a real-terms cut - despite forecast inflation of 1.5%.

Lightning strikes may have sparked life on Earth, scientists claim

While many questions remain on the origins of life on Earth, scientists in the US and UK now believe that lightning strikes may have played an essential role.

Every medicine comes with risks – the certainty is that AstraZeneca’s COVID jab saves lives

Risk and benefit. Every medicine has it. And it's been brought into sharp focus by the rumble over AstraZeneca's COVID vaccine.

Elliot Page talks ‘life-saving’ surgery and acting return in first interview since coming out as transgender

Elliot Page has revealed he had already undergone surgery when he came out as transgender, describing the change as "life saving".

Police sergeant at Arena bombing decided it was safe because attacker was dead, inquiry hears

A police sergeant who was among the first to arrive at the Manchester arena bombing decided it was safe to treat the injured within minutes because the bomber had died in the attack, the...

PM warns against ‘new Cold War on China’ as he comes under pressure from Tory MPs

Boris Johnson has warned against a "new Cold War on China" as he came under pressure from senior Conservative MPs over continuing "naivety" in the UK's relationship with Beijing.

Scotland’s stay-at-home order to end on 2 April, Sturgeon announces

Scotland's stay-at-home order will be lifted on 2 April, with a phased reopening of non-essential retail beginning three days later.