first BBC · Fri 16 Oct, 01:27
Porn showing choking or incest to be banned from early November, government says
first BBC · Fri 16 Oct, 01:27
Online pornography depicting strangulation or incestuous relationships will be banned from early November, the government has announced.
first BBC · Fri 16 Oct, 01:27
According to the government, this could include uploading, posting or otherwise making the content available to someone online.
first BBC · Fri 16 Oct, 01:27
Possession, meanwhile, could include keeping an image stored on a phone, computer or in cloud storage, the government says.
first BBC · Fri 16 Oct, 10:47
The government says the process "needs to be well considered", warning that banning traffic could damage local economies.
first BBC · Fri 16 Oct, 10:47
The UK government has warned councils against ill-considered plans to pedestrianise high streets in England.
first BBC · Fri 16 Oct, 10:47
The last high street strategy - which was published in 2021 when the Conservatives were in power - said the government wanted to see more town and city centres "designed with a sense of place and to be attractive to people walking, cycling and using public transport".
first BBC · Fri 16 Oct, 12:51
The government said supplies would not be interrupted but declaring severe drought would ensure "proactive steps are taken to safeguard water before any disruption occurs".
first BBC · Fri 16 Oct, 14:27
Burnham acknowledged that the Scottish government was working on local government reform, but said this had to "move faster".
first BBC · Fri 16 Oct, 17:02
In its response to the report, the government says, external it is committed to reviewing the scheme to ensure it is "fit for purpose and delivered effectively."
first BBC · Fri 16 Oct, 20:11
The government in September said it had listened to the Australians who had backed Contos's campaign, and announced a version of her proposal: forcing big tech to introduce an algorithm switch - but stopping short of requiring it be automatically set to off.
first BBC · Fri 16 Oct, 20:11
The rules for Australia aren't set in stone yet, but the government says following-only feeds must not be harder to use or less functional, that algorithm settings must be "obvious", and that they must not change without an "explicit choice" by the user, even if they leave the app.
first Geopolitics Prime · Fri 16 Oct, 20:14
Back in September, the government said it had cut a $27B military funding shortfall to $20B by trimming and reshuffling spending.
first BBC · Fri 16 Oct, 22:08
Privately, senior SNP figures accept the authority to sanction another referendum lies with Westminster and the UK government says no. So, their focus is seeking to steadily build the case for independence in how they choose to govern.