Polling shows many young people favour tougher social media regulation, and UK ministers are debating age limits as part of wider measures for children’s wellbeing; a government consultation is under way and Parliament will discuss the idea this week.
West Yorkshire Combined Authority approved £6.5m to buy 33 ultra-low emission access buses to replace an ageing dial-a-ride fleet used by older, disabled and other passengers; only a small number of the new vehicles will be fully electric, with most described as low-emission diesel.
Officials said Russian forces struck Ukraine overnight with a ballistic missile and many drones; two people were killed in the Kyiv region and other areas reported injuries and infrastructure damage.
Naomi Tekea Craig, a 33-year-old music teacher in Mandurah, pleaded guilty to multiple child sexual offences and police say DNA links her to a child born in January; the matter is scheduled for a District Court sentence mention on March 27.
A new taskforce will meet to coordinate support after ExxonMobil announced the Fife ethylene plant will close next month, putting more than 400 jobs at risk. The Scottish government has allocated £9m over three years to help staff and local communities.
The University of Lincoln has received almost £11m from the NIHR to open the Lincolnshire Unit for Mental Health Research in May; it is one of five regional hubs being set up to strengthen research in underserved areas.
In-Dependence says alcohol accounted for 69% (75) of its assessments last year and many clients showed reduced risk or distress after treatment. The group has secured Social Investment Fund support for gambling therapy for the next three years, though longer-term funding is uncertain.
The United States has told Gavi to phase out the preservative thimerosal and says it will withhold new funding until a plan for removal is developed and initiated.
Excavations at the Xigou site in central China found advanced stone tools dated to about 160,000–72,000 years ago, including a reported hafted (composite) tool that the study describes as the earliest such evidence in East Asia.
Somerset Council declared a 'major incident' after extensive overnight flooding, and the Met Office has issued yellow ice warnings for much of the UK and a rain warning for the South West.
