The platform, which has a German-born founder and is often seen as an alternative to Twitter, gained nearly 30,000 new users on the day Musk had his offer for the social network site accepted.

High-profile inmates at jails including Belmarsh and Whitemoor are styling themselves as 'emirs' and using their 'celebrity' status in efforts to take over prison wings.

Convicted paedophile MP Imran Ahmad Khan has been revealed to have been appointed to a panel on grooming gangs by the Conservative party.

Junior doctor Catriona Cox and consultant physician Dr Zoe Fritz, both of the University of Cambridge, issued the warning in an opinion piece in the British Medical Journal (BMJ).

Anti-borders Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has doubled down on his decision to openly attack the government's asylum policy.