Technology

Ministers are launching a consultation on banning under-16s from social media after coming under pressure from dozens of their own backbench MPs.

The creaking water industry is set for a "once-in-a-generation set of reforms", the government has said as it proposes new legislation to overhaul the system.

A new trial has been launched which could see a finger prick blood test "revolutionise" the diagnosis of Alzheimer's, experts have said.

Astronomers have spotted a mysterious cloud in the shape of a bar 2,600 light-years from Earth.

Doctors and medical experts have warned of the growing evidence of "health harms" from tech and devices on children and young people in the UK.