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The ban comes after 1,100 responses to a consultation which strongly supported introducing an age restriction on the drinks, external.The new rules will come in via secondary legislation using powers from the Food Safety Act 1990.Too much caffeine can cause a rapid heart rate, abnormal heart rhythms and seizures.Although rare, there have been some deaths linked to excess caffeine.The sugary versions of the drinks can also contribute to obesity and damage teeth, according to The Association of UK Dieticians.Currently any drink, other than tea or coffee, with over 150mg requires a label warning of its high caffeine content that says…

Trump Media & Technology Group, which owns Truth Social, is launching a paid service to give Wall Street firms high-speed access to its most influential posts.From 1 August, instant updates will be delivered from “the highest-ranking” accounts, it said. US President Donald Trump currently has the most followers on the platform.The company behind the app hopes it will create a steady new source of money for the firm which is currently loss-making.It is likely to be aimed at financial traders who want to see market-moving news fast. Trump’s social media posts often cause sudden swings in global markets, especially when…

O’Donnell told the inquiry that, at the end of 2024, he was asked to review thousands of incident reports raised by staff, some dating back to 2021.He said he was instructed by a senior member of staff, who said: “We need to get these gone.”They included incidents involving self-harm, assaults on staff and racial abuse, he explained.”The first thing that popped into my head was there’s an inquiry going on and they’re panicking about these because no-one’s looked at them – that was my first thought and that’s what I still think.”Talking about the way the trust acted at the…

An investigation has been launched into TikTok over child safety measures.The probe by media regulator Ofcom comes a month after the UK government announced that under-16’s would be banned entirely from a range of platforms.Ofcom will examine how the video-sharing app assesses if a user is a child and whether it has adequate systems to prevent children from viewing harmful content.”We’re confident that we meet our Online Safety Act obligations and will work with Ofcom to demonstrate it,” a TikTok spokesperson said.It follows a review by regulator in May which criticised the platform for not being “safe enough” for children…

Anna Sabine was having a lump removed from her thyroid when a nerve to one of her vocal cords was cut.

Older teenagers in the UK will face an overnight social media curfew, the government has announced – though they will be able to opt out of it by changing their account settings.It would mean apps such as Instagram, TikTok and YouTube being set to be unavailable by default to 16 and 17-year-olds between midnight and 06:00.The government also wants “addictive” features such as auto-play and infinite scroll to be set to be disabled, saying – combined with the curfew – the measures will improve teenagers’ focus, sleep quality and family life.However, campaigners such as Ellen Roome, who believes her 14-year-old…

Experts suggest more than 2,700 people may have died from heat-related causes during the heatwaves.

With a packet of biscuits in one hand and her smartphone in the other in the biscuits sucrées aisle of her local Hyper U supermarket west of Paris, Nathalie sees red. Literally.”Look at that!” she says showing me her phone. 0/100 is marked in red lettering.”This is one of Malo’s [her 12-year-old son’s] favourites but it’s not only full of sugar and saturated fats, there are four additives as well including one health risk,” she says.Nathalie clicks on the additive in question: E450. “A mineral which, taken in excess, can lead to bone marrow and kidney problems,” she reads.”Honestly, that…

The study estimates that around 550 people died as a result of the heat between 21 and 29 May, and nearly 2,200 died between 18 and 28 June in England and Wales.May temperatures hit a new UK high of 35.1C at Kew Gardens on May 26 – a significant increase on the previous high mark of 32.8C, which had been set back in 1922 and equalled in 1944.Both heatwaves were caused by a “heat dome” – a stalled area of high pressure that trapped hot air over the region, say experts.The heat dome was made worse by human-induced climate change,…

Over the years, the game has sometimes been a victim of its own hype and global appeal.Police and safety groups once warned players not to become so engrossed in catching the next Psyduck that they got lost or put themselves in danger.The game’s immense popularity sometimes also meant “servers buckled under the strain”, said Reynolds, meaning connectivity problems were “rife for some time”.And while the pandemic was seen as a boon for many in the video game industry, Steranka says the initial strict lockdowns “impacted Pokémon Go probably more than any other game out there”.The game later bounced back as…