Online pornography depicting strangulation or incestuous relationships will be banned from early November, the government has announced. From 6 November, it will be illegal to possess or publish porn which shows strangulation or suffocation, depicts sexual activity between people who are r...
Jess Bacon does all her clothes shopping online. As a plus-size woman, she finds the size ranges available in stores unreliable. “The sizing in store is notoriously bad. I find it quite demoralising in store,” she says. “The average size woman in the UK is a size 14 or a ...
Comic James Acaster, possibly the most reluctant traitor in recent memory, accurately called killing off Beckett a “chaos murder”. “This is a bunch of faithful who read into everything,” he said. “They go, why did this happen? And with this murder, there’...
Much of the crowd that came out to see them was young and diverse – the vast majority of people I saw were under 30. The mood at each event was informal with a strong emphasis on getting stuck in. They baked cupcakes, made West African food, played pool and had a go at basketball....
This week, former UN human rights chief Navi Pillay was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the Pope was diagnosed with lung cancer following an operation, and tributes were paid to Breaking Bad star and disability rights campaigner RJ Mitte, who died aged 34. But how much attention did you pay...
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have arrived in Nottingham to cheers from crowds in their first joint engagement since returning to the UK. Harry and Meghan were pictured arriving at the Community Recording Studio charity on Thursday. They are expected to visit two more locations in the Eas...
Swimmer Archie Goodburn has been successful in his efforts to improve brain cancer care for patients as the UK government announce new measures. The Scottish athlete, who was diagnosed with three inoperable brain tumours two years ago, met Prime Minister Andy burnout after making an emotio...
More than 10 years ago, the West Midlands was dubbed the gun crime capital of England and Wales. It was an area suffering from high-profile shootings. Gun fights between rival gangs were happening regularly. Figures at the time reflected that notoriety – there were more firearms offe...
Taking the stage at Plaid Cymru’s first conference in government, cabinet minister for Education Anna Brychan’s assessment was more blunt than a month earlier, when the Pisa results came out. Speaking in Welsh, she called them “brawychus” – roughly translated ...
For teenage boys and girls “you can get all the protein that you need from food alone”, says registered dietitian Nichola Ludlam-Raine. It is important that teenage girls, especially, get enough iron and calcium, so Ludlam-Raine says not to become overly focused on protein at t...