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This was the week that one US jury found Meta and Google’s YouTube intentionally built addictive social media platforms, and another US jury found Meta liable for enabling harm, including child sexual exploitation. It could prove a historic reckoning for Big Tech.Social media critics are hailing thi...

The UK was once a “world leader” in organ transplants, said the BBC’s “File on 4 Investigates”. But it has “fallen behind”.The number of heart transplants carried out in 2024 was, per million people, lower than in most European countries – due to a lack of investment, stretched resources and “outdat...
Almost nine in ten Brits (87%) support the ban on smoking in pubs. This week marked 20 years since the UK’s first ban on lighting up in public buildings came into force in Scotland. Only 10% of the 6,906 adults polled by YouGov said they “somewhat” or “strongly” oppose the pub ban.
6.3 million: The number of vapes and vape pods discarded every week in the UK last year, according to research by recycling campaign group Material Focus. That’s a 23% year-on-year drop, helped by the June 2025 ban on disposable e-cigarettes, but waste-management firms say lithium-ion batteries are ...
The ingredients for life on Earth may have come from outer space. Scientists have found a full set of life-building molecules in a nearly pristine asteroid sample, collected by the Japanese Aerospace Agency and brought to Earth in 2020. Asteroid Ryugu has all five of the primary nucleobases, accordi...
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The explainer Economic uncertainty is a pathway toward bad investments

The Explainer Once ‘world leader’, NHS now lags behind European countries thanks to lack of investment and resources, outdated technology, and failure of ‘opt-out’ law

The Explainer Energy bills set to drop in April, but households warned to prepare for higher costs later this year due to impact of Iran war

The Explainer Islamabad accuses neighbouring Taliban regime of harbouring militants and allowing them ‘safe havens’ from which to attack, with ‘shaky truce’ set to expire

Talking Point US president is buying time to escape the ‘mess he created’, but Iran will ‘drive a hard bargain’

Talking Point Former Labour leader strongly influences government policies, say commentators

Talking Point Former regional boss of Google and GB rowing bronze medallist chosen as new director general, but lack of journalism experience ruffles feathers



Under the Radar ‘After decades of snake oil and broken promises,’ is hair regrowth finally within reach?

Under The Radar Activists accused of blocking migrants from healthcare and schools

Under the Radar Hachette drops horror novel after claims that artificial intelligence was used to write much of it

Speed Read The Pentagon had attempted to label the company a ‘supply chain risk’

Speed Read The ban will begin with the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles

Speed Read About 50,000 TSA agents are on the verge of missing a second paycheck

Speed Read Colbert will pen the script alongside his son
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