UK government “intentionally shutting down dancefloors,” says nightlife industry

It may have ceded to the BBC, but Elon Musk’s Twitter is back under pressure from the world’s public service broadcasters.

It was announced last month that in order to trial a new emergency notification system, all UK mobile phones would receive a practice alert that mimics the real thing at 3pm on Sunday, April 23. The new test aims to alert people of dangers such as flooding, fires or extreme weather, and will provide information on how to keep yourself and your family safe.

Thrill seekers on the UK's biggest rollercoaster were forced to climb down the launch hill after the coaster broke down in high winds.

Patrick Wolf has discussed his experience of being involved in a hit-and-run incident in Italy in 2015.The singer had gone to Italy to visit the villa of the composer Puccini, the same month that his mother was diagnosed with cancer. Following the hit-and-run, he was unable to walk for some time.“Apparently, I got up, covered in blood, and said, ‘Let’s go to the beach!’” Wolf told The Guardian.

Elon Musk’s Twitter has wrongly labeled the BBC as being “government funded.”

Priscilla Presley is shutting down feud rumors!

Gary Lineker has said he still believes his tweet about the Government’s “cruel” asylum policy was “factually accurate”.The Match Of The Day star, 62, told Alastair Campbell during an interview for Men’s Health UK magazine that he stood by his comments, despite the drama it's caused.The BBC has launched an independent review of its social media guidance for freelancers following an impartiality row prompted by Gary's tweets. Gary was taken off air by the broadcaster after posting a tweet in which he said the language used by the Government to promote its asylum plans, in his opinion, sounded similar to 1930s Germany.

Marks and Spencer is set to close the doors to multiple branches across the UK this year - with one location in Scotland shuttering soon.

Attend or alienate. Prince Harry risks forfeiting any chance of reconciling with the royal family if he skips King Charles III’s coronation in May, according to royal expert Alexander Larman.

Paul O'Grady's friend Linda Thorson was visibly upset on Good Morning Britain as she paid tribute to her late friend.

Ed Sheeran has had many musical collaborations over the course of his career, but one wasn't meant to be. In a recent interview with , the singer revealed that JAY-Z turned down an offer to feature on the 2017 megahit «Shape of You.»«We were in touch,» Sheeran told the magazine.

In the time it takes you to reach the end of this paragraph, 15 million emails will have been sent. 30,000 tweets will have been published. Three million Facebook updates will have been made. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of blogs, Instagram posts and news articles will have been added to a running total measured in billions. During the biblical flood, the world was supposedly overflowing with water; today we are drowning in gigabytes.

The Government faced calls to apologise to rape victims for their 'failures' to bring attackers to justice. Angela Rayner accused Justice Secretary Dominic Raab of allowing rapists to 'roam the streets'.

K.J. Yossman Streaming platforms including Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Prime Video will be subject to more regulation in the U.K. following the release of the Government’s new draft Media Bill. New rules are set to be introduced bringing the platforms under the purview of the U.K.’s media regulator Ofcom, which currently oversees both public and private broadcasters. The new Ofcom “content code” is designed to “protect audiences from a wider range of harmful material – such as misleading health claims” according to a press release issued by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (CMS) shortly before the latest draft of the bill was shared. The changes come as viewing habits and technology rapidly change the needs and practices of the screen industries. According to Ofcom, since 2011 linear viewing has dropped by 68% in the 16-24 demographic.

The UK government has published its long-awaited draft Media Bill to bring the U.S. streamers under its regulatory framework and help public broadcasters “embrace the digital age.”

Afghan refugees living in hotels across the UK could be forced out of hotels and pushed into homelessness under new government plans, campaigners have warned.

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC raised concerns about the way the government was going about appointing its new Chairman before the controversial hire of Richard Sharp.

Labour MP Kate Osborne has called on the UK Government to “urgently put forward a compensation package” for women born in the 1950s who have been affected by changes to their State Pension age. An estimated 3.8million women across Great Britain missed out on State Pension payments due to a change in retirement age.

Everyone across the country will soon hear a siren-like noise ringing from their phone as the UK Government tests their new emergency alert system.

Plans to bring forward a planned rise in the State Pension age to 68 have reportedly been put on hold amid falling life expectancy across the UK and fears of a backlash from middle-aged voters. The Financial Times reports that ministers have now decided to delay a decision on the increase until after the next general election.