Adam Hale

1 week ago | bbc.co.uk | Adam Hale

Image source, BBC Weather Watchers/JuniperbeddyImage caption, Blue skies on the beach in Lowestoft, SuffolkYellow heat health alerts have been issued for most of England with temperatures set to soar across the country later this week. Yorkshire and The Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East England, the South East, the South West and London are all covered by the alert which comes into force at 12:00 BST on Wednesday and lasts until 18:00 on Sunday.

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Adam Hale

The BBC understands proposals include a two-hour cap on apps and a 22:00 curfew.

2 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Adam Hale

Ian Russell, whose daughter, Molly, took her own life at 14 after seeing harmful content online, said: "Every day the government has delayed bringing in tougher online safety laws we've seen more young lives lost and damaged because of weak regulation and inaction by big tech." Mr Russell, who backed the previous government's Online Safety Act, said only "stronger and more effective" legislation would "finally change the dial on fundamentally unsafe products and business models that...

2 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Adam Hale |Marc Ashdown

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Areas like Newport in Wales, home to the UK's biggest semiconductor manufacturing facility, will be allowed to decide how investment is targeted in their communities. An £86bn package for the science and technology sector will help fund research into drug treatments and longer-lasting batteries, the government has said ahead of Wednesday's Spending Review.

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Adam Hale

Plans for more patients to get test results via NHS appGetty ImagesThe health secretary says the NHS's move to digital is like "online banking or ordering a takeaway"The NHS app will become the default method of communication for millions more patients in England and save the health service £200m over the next three years, the government has said.