Licensing outdoor seats saved countless jobs but brings noise and antisocial behaviourContinental Europe has come to the UK – at least when the sun shines. In towns and cities all over the country, alfresco dining has exploded, with thousands of extra …
Coronavirus live news: Iran orders travel ban; more than 75,000 children over 12 sign up for jabs in Ireland
Latest updates: Australia forced into snap statewide lockdown after enduring worst day of pandemic so far; price of NHS tests cut by a fifthNSW in lockdown as premier warns ‘this is literally a war’This is a public health issue’: can Covid-era music fe…
Is Apple’s image-scan plan a wise move or the start of a slippery slope? | John Naughton
The tech giant says its iCloud security update is designed to help weed out images of abuse their children, but activists have voiced concernsOnce upon a time, updates of computer operating systems were of interest only to geeks. No longer – at least i…
Elite UK universities send students out of town as housing squeeze bites
The record numbers who were awarded top A-level grades could find themselves living far from their chosen collegeTop universities are scrambling to find enough accommodation for thousands of extra students, after record numbers netted the high grades t…
Action on sexual abuse images is overdue, but Apple’s proposals bring other dangers | Ross Anderson
The tech giant’s new system for scanning iPhones in the US could enable the massive expansion of state surveillanceLast week, Apple announced two backdoors in the US into the encryption that protects its devices. One will monitor iMessages: if any phot…
UK universities open vaccination centres on campus to encourage student uptake
Institutions offer to train staff and students as volunteers in joint operation with NHS Universities are setting up their own vaccination centres in an attempt to make campuses as safe as possible for the autumn term. And with millions of students arr…
Councils seek funds to fight rise in children’s type 2 diabetes in England and Wales
Local authorities urge minister to step up investments to meet target of halving childhood obesityCouncils are calling for more support to meet the government’s target of halving childhood obesity after recording an “extremely worrying” 60% increase in…
‘It became a compulsion’: how fertility forums took over my life
After years trying for a child without success, I sought solace in online message boards. Before long, I was spending hours a day poring over intimate posts, sharing everything with total strangers. Would it help?Leanne was having her fringe cut when s…
Record number of NHS England patients waiting for routine hospital treatment
Health secretary warns 5.45m figure will rise sharply even further, as result of backlog from pandemicSajid Javid has warned that the number of people needing hospital treatment in England is set to rise sharply, outstripping the new record of almost 5…
‘Systematic failings’ in England’s care system as boy restrained in hospital
High court hears incident meant other seriously ill children had to be moved to nearby hospitalsThe “shameful” case of a violent 12-year-old boy who was detained in hospital by 15 police officers illustrates the “systemic failings” in England’s care sy…