Ministers are launching a consultation on banning under-16s from social media after pressure from dozens of backbench MPs.
The government initially opposed such a ban but has softened its stance and will now seek views on introducing an Australia-style policy. The consultation will also look at improving age assurance technology to enforce minimum age limits, assess whether the digital age of consent is too low, and examine restricting or removing features that encourage addictive behaviour, such as social media streaks and infinite scrolling.
A Cold War nuclear bunker hanging from a cliff edge could collapse into the sea within days or weeks.
Built around seventy years ago as a lookout post, the structure hangs precariously off the Holderness coastline in Tunstall, East Yorkshire. Amateur historian Davey Robinson, who is using a drone to film the bunker’s final days, told Sky News the site was still quite wedged into the cliff when first observed in 2025.
Slough Borough Council has announced it will close its headquarters on Fridays to save £90,000 a year.
The authority said the Observatory House site will shut one day a week as staff adopt hybrid working, while services continue from home or alternative offices. The move is intended to encourage a greater presence of staff across the town while reducing costs.
A Wolverhampton school has been closed and pupils sent home after a body was found on the grounds.
West Midlands Police said officers attended Smestow Academy following a report on Monday morning. The force said it arrived at ten forty am and the man was pronounced dead at the scene. It said enquiries were under way to confirm his identity and the circumstances of his death and the school was closing.
The lawyers for the owners of a Swiss bar where a deadly New Year’s Eve fire killed forty people have criticised what they call lies about their clients.
They said Jessica and Jacques Moretti were devastated but denied knowing of any dangers at the venue. One lawyer said there was public vindictiveness directed against them. Investigators believe sparklers on champagne bottles ignited soundproof foaming lining the ceiling of the basement of Le Constellation bar in Crans Montana.
Former West Midlands Police chief constable Craig Guildford has been referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct.
He retired on Friday after losing the confidence of Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood. The referral follows a ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans attending a match with Aston Villa. Guildford admitted giving incorrect evidence to MPs and denying that artificial intelligence was used in preparing a report.
Italian fashion designer Valentino has died at the age of ninety three, his foundation has said.
A statement said Valentino Garavani passed away at his Roman residence surrounded by loved ones.
Donald Trump says Europe should focus on the war in Ukraine rather than Greenland and insists he will follow his tariff plan.
In a telephone interview with NBC News, he said he will one hundred percent hit European nations with tariffs if no deal is reached over Greenland. He said Europe should focus on Russia and Ukraine, not Greenland.
A faulty joint has been identified as central to the Spanish train crash, according to Reuters citing a source briefed on early investigations.
The agency reports the broken joint was found by experts examining the derailment. Technicians identified wear on the joint between rail sections, known as a fishplate, indicating the fault had existed for some time.
Two people, including a twelve year old boy, are critically ill after separate shark attacks in Sydney, the third incident in two days.
The boy was jumping off rocks with friends near Shark Beach when bitten. Police said friends and emergency services pulled him from the water with severe injuries to both legs.
Five people have been charged with murder after a man was killed in a collision at a petrol station, police say.
Twenty three year old Daniel Ambler died at the scene at the Asda Express service station in Seaham, County Durham, on the afternoon of Thursday the fifteenth of January. Durham Constabulary launched a murder investigation and has now confirmed charges against five people. Barry Anderson, aged fifty one, Ashton Anderson, nineteen, and Barry Logan Anderson, eighteen, are charged with murder and violent disorder. Two seventeen year old boys, who cannot be named because of their age, have also been charged with murder and violent disorder.
Vladimir Putin has received an invitation to join a United States led Peace Council for Gaza, the Kremlin has said.
According to spokesman Dmitry Peskov, the Russian leader is studying the proposal. The statement refers to a US set Board of Peace to oversee Gaza reconstruction. US President Donald Trump would chair the executive board.
Sir Keir Starmer has reaffirmed that any decision on the future of Greenland belongs to the people of Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark alone.
He says that right is fundamental and supported. The prime minister describes Denmark as a close ally of the United Kingdom and the United States, and an important NATO member. He adds the alliance is built on respect.
The death toll from a Spanish train derailment has risen to thirty nine, emergency services say.
