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US-based child protection centre reports 82% increase in ‘online enticement’ last year with ‘alarming spike’ in financial extortionReports of online extortion of children who are blackmailed after they have been manipulated into sending explicit image…
Titled Reframing Fashion, May’s magazine focuses on disability justice, accessibility and prideBritish Vogue has released a braille edition of the magazine for the first time in its 107-year history.The May issue of the publication has also been made a…
Draft legislation also proposes restriction on sales with aim to be tobacco-free by 2040The Portuguese government has announced draft legislation that would restrict tobacco sales and ban smoking in covered outdoor terraces and near schools, hospitals …
Michael Gove to introduce bill strengthening lessors’ rights in England as charities warn of impact for domestic abuse victimsLandlords in England will be able to evict tenants for antisocial behaviour more easily as part of a wider package of reforms …
Robert Alton, 70, is believed to have died in 2017 with his death going unnoticed by his landlord and local councilThe body of a retired bookkeeper lay undiscovered in his flat for six years with his “skeletal” remains found only after housing official…
Work and pensions secretary says his successor will have to ‘grasp nettle’ of bringing forward rise to 68Ministers will have to “grasp the nettle” on bringing forward the rise in the state pension age to 68 in the first couple of years of the next parl…
Low-income families in England face highest costs compared with Scotland and Wales due to fewer benefitsSending a child to a state secondary school costs families at least £39 each week, and £19 a week for children at primary school, according to resea…
Government’s advisers say doctors in England, Wales and Northern Ireland can prescribe glucose monitors Hundreds of children who manage their type 2 diabetes by regularly pricking their finger can now monitor their glucose levels using automated sensor…
Row between Michael Gove and No 10 results in end of promise to scrap leaseholdsWhat is leasehold, and are there any alternatives?Plans to abolish the “feudal” system of leaseholds across England and Wales have been dropped after a battle between Downi…
A large majority of those returning to the roost – or who never left it – are men, census data revealsIt is enough to make parents wonder: whatever happened to the bachelor pad?At least 620,000 more grown-up children are now living with their parents t…