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