'Invisible welfare state' and 'Huntley fights for life' The early editions of Friday's papers came out before the result of the Gorton and Denton by-election. The tabloids focus on the attack on child murderer Ian Huntley in prison. "I've done it! I've done it!" headlines the Sun, quoting the apparent …

Bridgerton's first East Asian family is a beautiful thing, say cast 17 hours ago Abu Bakar Yasin ,BBC Newsbeat and Naomi de Souza ,BBC Newsbeat Bridgerton having its first East Asian family is a "beautiful thing", say the newest stars of the hit Netflix show. As part two of season …

Pokémon at 30: Fans explain what the series means to them Have you caught 'em all? It's 30 years since a little game called Pocket Monsters launched in Japan - marking the start of a phenomenon that would evolve into a behemoth. An animated TV series, movies, a trading card …

This week, the war in Ukraine entered its fifth year, Nasa delayed the launch of its mission to the Moon again, and Olivia Dean and Sam Fender reached number one in the charts a staggering 35 weeks after their single was released. But how much attention did you pay to …

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has launched a review into whether RAF bases were used by Jeffrey Epstein. It is expected the review, first reported by the Telegraph, will look into records and emails, while Defence Secretary John Healey was said to have ordered officials to turn over every stone …

Netflix has backed away from its proposal to buy Warner Bros Discovery, clearing the way for Paramount Skydance to win a months-long battle for one of Hollywood's most storied studios. Warner Bros, which put itself up for sale last year, on Thursday said Paramount's latest bid was "superior" to the …

6 hours ago Maia Daviesand Chris Graham At least one American citizen was shot dead and another injured by Cuban officials intercepting a speedboat off its coast on Wednesday, a US official has said. Border guards shot dead four people and injured the remaining six aboard the Florida-registered speedboat. Cuba …

Instagram investigating AI profiles 'fetishising' disabled people 5 hours ago Jacob EvansBBC News Instagram's parent company, Meta, is investigating AI-generated social media accounts that sexualise disabled people appearing on its platform. It comes after the BBC flagged dozens of profiles showing AI-generated images of women with disabilities, including Down's syndrome …

If you have been hit by relentless rain and flooding this winter you might well be expecting the weather to have broken some records. Provisional statistics from the Met Office show that is not the case, with rainfall so far this season, for the UK as a whole, just 9% …

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey says his technology firm Block is laying off almost half its workforce because artificial intelligence (AI) "fundamentally changes what it means to build and run a company. " "Within the next year, I believe the majority of companies will reach the same conclusion and make similar …