Revised online safety bill proposes fines of 10% of revenue but drops harmful communications offence Social media platforms that breach pledges to block sexist and racist content face the threat of substantial fines under government changes to the online safety bill announced on Monday. Under the new approach, social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter must also give users the option of avoiding content that is harmful but does not constitute a criminal offence.

National Highways has obtained an injunction to ‘prevent unlawful protests’ until November 2023 A high court injunction has been granted that would impose fresh penalties on Just Stop Oil activists for demonstrating on the country’s busiest motorway until November next year. National Highways said it had secured the civil order to “prevent unlawful protests” on the M25, after a series of actions by the environmental group caused significant traffic disruption. Continue reading… ​National Highways has

Jason Penrose launched a ‘campaign of consistent stalking’ against The Crown actor, making her fear for her life, court told A persistent stalker who left Claire Foy “terrified in her own home” and fearing he would kill her and her daughter entered the UK illegally, a court has heard. Jason Penrose, 49, launched a “campaign of consistent stalking” and even turned up at the The Crown star’s home on 17 December last year and repeatedly

PM’s first major foreign policy speech warns of the creeping authoritarianism of Xi Jinping’s regime Rishi Sunak has signalled the end of the “golden era” of relations between Britain and China, using his first major foreign policy speech to warn of the creeping authoritarianism of Xi Jinping’s regime. As police in China launched a show of force in an attempt to contain the highest levels of civil disobedience seen in decades, the prime minister threw

Representatives of Eurosceptic insist he had been left with no option but to appeal to European court of human rights Lawyers for Owen Paterson have admitted the irony of the former MP bringing a case against the UK government at the European court of human rights, despite having previously called on Britain to “break free” of the court entirely. Representatives for Paterson, a prominent Eurosceptic Conservative who resigned last year in the midst of a

Trusts may also have to suspend chemotherapy, kidney dialysis and other key elements of healthcare Hospitals may not be able to provide key elements of healthcare such as urgent surgery, chemotherapy and kidney dialysis during the forthcoming strikes by nurses, NHS bosses have said. Trusts may also have to stop discharging patients, postpone urgent diagnostic tests and temporarily withdraw services to people undergoing a mental health crisis. Continue reading… ​Trusts may also have to suspend