12+ hour, 56+ min ago  (620+ words) Britain will be the safest place for children to be online, a minister has said as the Government announced plans to introduce voluntary social media curfews for teenagers. Plans unveiled on Wednesday will see 16 and 17-year-olds prevented from accessing social…...

15+ hour, 6+ min ago  (717+ words) The US military reimposed a blockade on Iranian ports on Wednesday over Tehran’s attacks on ships trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, sparking new strikes on nations hosting American forces as an interim deal to end the war…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (571+ words) A leading human rights charity has said it regrets publishing a report which labelled a sexual violence support centre founded by JK Rowling as “anti-rights”. Amnesty International has removed the report, which it said was published online “without going through…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (373+ words) A BEREAVED mother has spoken out on her views on a proposed maternity commissioner following a damning national report. Rhiannon Stanton-Davies, from Herefordshire, has campaigned for safer maternity services since the death of her newborn daughter Kate in 2009. Last month,…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago  (222+ words) A Herefordshire town council has a youthful new chairman after the regular incumbent was signed off sick. Joe Hamblin was only co-opted onto Ledbury Town Council in April while still in his 20s, having made a name for himself in the…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago  (941+ words) US senator Lindsey Graham, one of Donald Trump’s closest allies in Congress who travelled the globe to advocate for a more aggressive American foreign policy, has died aged 71 after a “brief and sudden illness”, his office said. It did not…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago  (539+ words) This round-up of claims has been compiled by Full Fact, the UK’s largest fact-checking charity working to find, expose and counter the harms of bad information. But “Maya” isn’t real, and the image published alongside the posts appears to have…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago  (302+ words) Ann Widdecombe proved she could lock horns with anyone in the House of Commons, but when an unexpected opportunity came up to embrace the world of ballroom dancing she was happy to let herself be pushed or pulled around. The…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago  (520+ words) Ann Widdecombe, the former MP and MEP who also featured on Strictly Come Dancing, has died aged 78. A statement from her management said: “It is with great sadness that today we announce the death of the Rt Hon Ann Widdecombe,…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago  (255+ words) Hereford and South Herefordshire MP Jesse Norman made the remark in the House of Commons today (July 9), delivering a pointed dig at Reform UK leader Nigel Farage. The MP began by joking that North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, would…...