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Forced adoption survivors to get full apology from UK government, says Phillipson

forced adoption practices coerced mothers and caused unimaginable trauma for multiple generations of women and profound, often devastating impacts for their children,” she said. A report by the UK

Findings on healthy life expectancy in UK shed light on its deteriorating health

impact as well as a substantial human cost”. The UK’s two-year fall in healthy life expectancy means it is “diverging from trends seen in most comparable high-income countries”. The huge toll

Tuesday briefing: Palantir’s rise – and why so many oppose its role in the British state

impact on Silicon Valley is vast – many of its most influential founders revere his work alongside Thiel, including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Napster co-founder Sean Parker, who had [a Lord of the Rings

Supreme Court rejects bid to revoke adoption of sisters

UK's highest court](https://supremecourt.uk/uploads/uksc_2025_0039_judgment_e101321d71.pdf) said adoption should be "permanent and irrevocable" except in cases where an adoption decision had been wrongly taken. The two children, known as X and Y, had made

Social media ban - bold and blunt, but no silver bullet

impact older children, aged 16 and 17, as well. A night-time curfew is expected to be part of this. The UK's plan had been dubbed "Australia Plus" and now we know

Huge rise in factory-style dairy farming of ‘battery cows’ in UK as costs rise

forced to “go big” and adopt more-intensive systems to boost productivity. “They feel like they’ve got to do it,” said one farmer, who asked to remain anonymous. ![Calf-rearing hutches at a dairy

Back to books - Sweden's schools give up digital learning

force. Schools have already been allocated more than 2.1bn krona ($200m; £157m) in grants to invest in textbooks and teacher guides. A new curriculum designed to enforce textbook-based learning

Tuesday briefing: Is a social media ban in the UK enough to help protect young people?

impact of unfettered algorithms and endless scrolling on brains of any age – by which I mean almost everyone – whether or not Starmer secures his legacy by saving young minds from digital takeover is incidental

Ukraine is a global surrogacy hub - but that could be about to end

impacted surrogacies, they have nearly bounced back to pre-war levels, experts have told the BBC. But Ukraine's parliament is now considering a bill that would introduce stricter oversight of the surrogacy industry

From tourist tax to digital ID: BBC correspondents on the key bills

adoption of renewables. One feature of UK energy prices is that the price of gas often dictates the price of electricity, as gas-fired power stations are often the bit of energy that helps supply

I gave up my job due to the stress of my child's food allergies

forced to give up her job to look after her daughter due to the "horrific ongoing stress" of living with the five-year-old's life-threatening food allergies.** Katy, from Cornwall, said she thought