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Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has not ruled out changing the voluntary element of social media curfews for teenagers in the future if it is found they are turning off safety features. On top of the social media ban for under-16s announced by Sir Keir Starmer last month, plans unveiled on Wednesday will see 16 and 17-year-olds prevented from accessing social media sites between midnight and 6am by default. The measures, […]

More than one in five mothers (22%) need emergency care in the year after their babies are born, according to new analysis. And emergency hospital admission in the year after birth occurs after more than one in 20 (6%) deliveries, the Nuffield Trust said. Emergency contacts were most likely to occur soon after birth, according to the Nuffield Trust report. It warned that mothers are particularly “vulnerable”, especially during the […]

The Government must “stand up” to the food industry after decades of failure to tackle obesity that is costing the country tens of billions a year, MPs have said. All outdoor advertising of junk food should be banned and front-of-pack labelling should be mandatory to tackle England’s obesity epidemic, the Health and Social Care Committee said. It said its proposals, which include mandatory reporting and targets for supermarkets, backed up […]

Mikel Oyarzabal and Pedro Porro fired ruthless Spain into the World Cup final as France’s quest for glory fell apart in Dallas. Oyarzabal’s 22nd-minute penalty – his fifth goal of the tournament – coupled with Tottenham full-back Porro’s assured second-half finish secured a 2-0 win for the European champions and denied Didier Deschamps a third successive final as his 14-year-old reign drew to a heartbreaking close. In the process Spain, […]

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Veteran politician Ann Widdecombe was killed in a “targeted attack”, counter-terrorism police investigating her death have said. Former MEP Miss Widdecombe, 78, was found dead at her home in Haytor on Dartmoor, Devon last Thursday. Counter-terrorism police are now leading the investigation into the former Conservative minister’s death after new evidence came to light, but a senior officer stressed the murder and terror investigations are currently working “in parallel”. Head […]

The scramble to buy PPE during the pandemic saw the UK waste almost £10 billion of taxpayers’ money, the official inquiry into the handling of Covid-19 has found. In the fifth report of her inquiry, Baroness Heather Hallett criticised the “vast” waste in pandemic procurement, amounting to £9.9 billion – two-thirds of the £14.9 billion the UK and devolved governments spent on PPE. And she criticised the controversial “VIP lane”, […]

Politicians face a “horrific” culture of violence which has become worse in recent years, a Cabinet minister has warned. Treasury Chief Secretary Lucy Rigby said it was a “sad and troubling” reality that the threats facing MPs and others in public life had increased. The alleged murder of former Tory minister and Reform UK spokeswoman Ann Widdecombe has heightened concerns at Westminster about the security risks facing current and former […]

Pubs will serve more than 64 million pints of no and low alcohol beer this summer, an increase of eight million on last year, according to industry predictions. The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) said the “staggering” growth proved that ‘no and low’ beers were not simply a fad but had become a “defining part” of the sector. Consumers drank approximately 200 million no and low alcohol beers over […]