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Proposed legislation, known as the Safer Phones Bill, has been introduced to Parliament by Labour backbencher Josh McAlister.

The comedian, 36, has faced backlash after making a gaffe about Sean ' Diddy ' Combs while hosting the ceremony last weekend.

FiveThirtyEight founder Nate Silver, on the site's demise: Last night, as President Trump delivered his State of the Union address, the Wall Street Journal reported that ABC News would lay off the remaining staff at 538 as part of broader cuts within corporate parent Disney. Having been through several rounds of this before, including two years ago when the staff was cut by more than half and my tenure expired too, I know it's a brutal process for everyone involved. It's also tough being in a business while having a constant anvil over your head, as we had in pretty much every odd-numbered (non-election) year from 2017 onward at 538/FiveThirtyEight. I don't know all of the staffers from the most recent iteration of the site, but the ones I have met or who I overlapped with are all extremely conscientious and hard-working people and were often forced to work double-duty as jobs were cut but frequently not replaced. My heart goes out to them, and I'm happy to provide recommendations for people I worked with there. [...] The basic issue is that Disney was never particularly interested in running FiveThirtyEight as a business, even though I think it could have been a good business. Although they were generous in maintaining the site for so long and almost never interfered in our editorial process, the sort of muscle memory a media property builds early in its tenure tends to stick. We had an incredibly talented editorial staff, but we never had enough "product" people or strategy people to help the business grow and sustain itself. It's always an uphill battle under those conditions, particularly when it comes to recruiting and retaining staff, who were constantly being poached by outlets like the New York Times and the Washington Post.

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The black motor got stuck in the sand on a protected beach before it got partially submerged with waves breaking over its bonnet.

A 32-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a 16-year-old boy who was fatally shot in broad daylight.

Experts from South China University of Technology have created the world's first 3D-printed penis implant.

Marketing manager Helen Selkin won a harassment case after Charles Bedforth, a director at Opico in Lincolnshire, 'endorsed' Jeremy Clarkson's controversial tweet.

The cordon is very close to a park which is popular for families with a café and children's play area nearby

Jahziah Coke was found collapsed in the hallway of the house with three stab wounds - one of which penetrated six inches into his chest and almost severed a rib - a court was told.

Here's how you can nominate exceptional women for our 2025 Inspirational Women of the Year Awards in association with Marks & Spencer.

Shannon Wolleter, 29, participated in a cruel plot alongside four other men to lure charity worker Anthony Cooper to a location and brutally beat him over a Facebook status row.

The majority of Essex councils are in favour of splitting the county into five larger unitary authority areas instead of the current system of 15 smaller local councils

A man boarded a train where he sat next to a woman and sexually assaulted her, before then following her off the train at Whitechapel station and following her onto an Overground train.

A Singapore Airlines passenger sparked a heated debate about when it is appropriate to confront someone on board a plane after he was seated next to a 'rude' fellow traveler.

Comedian Mindy Kaling has joked about going viral in an apparently 'awkward' moment during her guest appearance on Meghan Markle 's new Netflix show - and is addressing what really happened.

Thirteen people have been arrested and more than 1,200 cannabis plants worth half a million pounds have been seized and destroyed following raids across Essex