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Media can reveal the strict bail conditions imposed on the so-called Scots College Three after two families retained globally recognised defamation lawyers.

Age verification means that the sector’s biggest players will now have access to information that will only make them richer and more powerful

Headteachers will be "strongly encouraged" to restrict pupils using phones during the school day, Wales’ education minister has said.

The social media ban for under-16s is not a “silver bullet”, the Technology Secretary acknowledged as she faced a backlash from firms which will be hit by the restriction.

Britain’s plans to ban social media for under-16s will push teenagers towards more harmful platforms, the world’s biggest technology companies have said as ministers push to enact the new restrictions by next spring.