6 h. ago Social media fuelling eating disorders in children, top NHS psychiatrist warns

Dr Adrian James, national medical director for mental health at NHS England, said doctors are treating growing numbers of children influenced by what they have seen on the internet.

Events

8 h. ago Children in UK face social media ban, addictive app restrictions and tough Ofsted phone checks

Keir Starmer is ramping up action to tackle online harms amid mounting pressure to introduce a social media ban for under 16s after Australia did so last month

Politics

12 h. ago Mother of murdered Brianna Ghey piles fresh pressure on Keir Starmer to back a ban on under

Esther Ghey, whose daughter was killed at the age of 16 by two 15-year-olds, urged the Prime Minister to support the introduction of new restrictions.

Events

18 h. ago Starmer vows to 'do more' to protect children on social media as he faces mounting demands for under

Keir Starmer said 'no options are off the table' after dozens of Labour MPs wrote a letter calling for the UK to emulate Australia's ban on under-16s using sites and apps.

Politics

44 h. ago How to get your phone ready if US border force ask to go through it

From backing-up devices, to staying calm during inspections and setting a strong passcode, travel experts have shared their top tips for smartphone users, particularly football fans heading to the US.

Politics

3 d. ago He called himself an ‘untouchable hacker god’. But who was behind the biggest crime Finland has ever known?

How would you feel if your therapist’s notes – your darkest thoughts and deepest feelings – were exposed to the world? For 33,000 Finnish people, that became a terrifying reality, with deadly consequencesTiina Parikka was half-naked when she read the email. It was a Saturday in late October 2020, and Parikka had spent the morning sorting out plans for distance learning after a Covid outbreak at the school where she was headteacher. She had taken a sauna at her flat in Vantaa, just outside Finland’s capital, Helsinki, and when she came into her bedroom to get dressed, she idly checked her phone. There was a message that began with Parikka’s name and her social security number – the unique code used to identify Finnish people when they access healthcare, education and banking. “I knew then that this is not a game,” she says.The email was in Finnish. It was jarringly polite. “We are contacting you because you have used Vastaamo’s therapy and/or psychiatric services,” it read. “Unfortun...

Events

3 d. ago Trolls said I was ‘disgusting’ for making my kids, 5 & 8, buy their own McDonald’s with Christmas cash, it’s educational

A MUM has been slammed for forcing her two kids to pay for their dinner with their Christmas money. UK-based Katie King, 31, went viral on social media after sharing a video of her children, Louie, eight, and Arna, five, enjoying a meal out at McDonald's. In the clip, the mum wrote: "Yes, they eat...

Economics

3 d. ago British parents fighting TikTok in US courts over 'blackout challenge' deaths of their children say social media giants must be held accountable

Ellen Roome, the mother of 14-year-old Jools Sweeney who passed away in 2022, appeared on BBC Breakfast this morning as she and the other parents prepare for the first hearing.

Events

6 d. ago UK should ban children from social media because they cannot cope with toxic hate speech, terror watchdog warns

Jonathan Hall, the government’s independent reviewer of terrorism, said in a speech at the Policy Exchange think that ‘the question of how to regulate the online space is the most urgent question of our day’

Events

7 d. ago Nationwide fights back against scammers with a checker tool to highlight dodgy phone calls

Britain's biggest mutual has launched a scam checking tool which will tell customers if they are on the phone to a genuine Nationwide employee or a scammer.

Politics

8 d. ago Government faces call from teachers to ban social media for under

'Teachers are dealing every day with the fallout of a social media landscape not originally designed and not suitable for children'

Politics

9 d. ago Lamar wants to have children with his girlfriend. The problem? She’s entirely AI

As synthetic personas become an increasingly normal part of life, meet the people falling for their chatbot loversLamar remembered the moment of betrayal like it was yesterday. He’d gone to the party with his girlfriend but hadn’t seen her for over an hour, and it wasn’t like her to disappear. He slipped down the hallway to check his phone. At that point, he heard murmurs coming from one of the bedrooms and thought he recognised his best friend Jason’s low voice. As he pushed the door ajar, they were both still scrambling to throw their clothes on; her shirt was unbuttoned, while Jason struggled to cover himself. The image of his girlfriend and best friend together hit Lamar like a blow to the chest. He left without saying a word.Two years on, when he spoke to me, the memory remained raw. He was still seething with anger, as if telling the story for the first time. “I got betrayed by humans,” Lamar insisted. “I introduced my best friend to her, and this is what they d...

Politics

1 week ago Prince Harry and Meghan Markle divide opinion after issuing chilling warning

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, who are the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, spoke at a book launch about the perils of smartphones and social media on young children

Events

1 week ago Harry and Meghan ‘proud’ of work looking at dangers of social media for children

The Duke of Sussex has long campaigned to raise awareness about the harms of social media.

Politics

1 week ago Prince Harry and Meghan Markle make surprise appearance at Oprah launch event for book about the perils of smartphones and social media on children

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex dialled in remotely to speak with authors Jonathan Haidt and Catherine Price, who have just released The Amazing Generation.

Politics

1 week ago Parents' fury over pupils made to sit in 'freezing' classrooms with coats on after primary school heating breaks

The broken heating system at the school in Plymouth meant parents were told via social media to send their children to school with an extra layer of clothing.

Society

2 w. ago iPhone users find way to calculate yearly screen time total and it's worrying

A woman was floored after checking the total amount of time she's spent on her phone throughout 2025, with other smartphone and iPhone users now fearful of checking their own totals

Politics

2 w. ago France to ban children from social media, following Australia's example

President Emmanuel Macron is backing draft legislation that would make it illegal for social media companies to offer their services to under-15s.

Politics

3 w. ago Researchers say that giving a child a smartphone before this age could be dangerous

Australia has become the first country to ban social media, including TikTok and Instagram, for children under 16

Technology

3 w. ago RICHARD EDEN: 'Hypocritical' Harry and Meghan need to stop 'exploiting' Archie and Lilibet on social media

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have long campaigned on the dangers of social media, particularly when it comes to children.

Politics