30th May 2021

More people identifying as lesbian, gay or bisexual in UK than ever before, says @ONS. Notable increase in over 65s. But one-third of LGB people in the UK are between 16 & 24. Around one in 15 people in this age group are LGB (6.6% & growing). Bravo! https://t.co/BgDaIKRMv4— Peter Tatchell (@PeterTatchell) May 28, 2021

Under the current system, only those with six months or less to live are able to have their benefits claims fast-tracked, with others facing reviews every three years even if they have been diagnosed with a terminal illness.

The mass grave was found during a survey of the former residential school for indigenous people.

BREAKING Boris Johnson married Carrie Symonds today in a secret ceremony at Westminster Cathedral.https://t.co/PbcpDG02zj— Dan Wootton (@danwootton) May 29, 2021

Experts say the noninvasive saliva tests are as accurate and easier to use as throat and nasal swabs in detecting COVID-19

Artists are harnessing NFTs to sell their work but ignoring the vast amount of fossil fuels needed to power them , says technology writer Adam Greenfield

Both sides in the ‘natural versus manmade’ debate remain deadlocked as the search for the source of Sars-CoV-2 goes on, says science writer Stephen Buranyi

Migrants who have overstayed their visas will lose access to the NHS under new border rules, it has been reported.

Nancy Kelley says she is excited about its path despite claims it is taking an "extremist stance".

Woman whose father died in care home demands health secretary release risk assessment as part of court case

EU citizens stopped by Border Force officers tell of being detained and treated ‘like criminals’

Retaliation over Belarus airspace row results in cancellation of flights from French and Austrian carriers

Millennials born between 1980–85 know how to work across generational divides

New figures show Black mothers are more than twice as likely to experience stillbirths as white women. We spoke to Carina White of Black Mums Upfront, who wants more action to understand these worrying statistics.

Dominic Cummings’ attempt to cover for Rishi Sunak is an absurd revision of history. Sunak designed Eat Out To Help Out and invited discredited anti-lockdown “experts” to No.10 to successfully stop a second lockdown.Sunak is a key villain in all this.https://t.co/bXN6NY7DzV— Owen Jones 🌹 (@OwenJones84) May 26, 2021

Emergency departments DID NOT WANT to send the elderly with covid or suspected covid back to care homes.We wanted to test them.However, PHE and the government only allowed us to test those who were being admitted to hospital.Matt Hancock is not telling the truth today.— Dr. Mike 😷Wear a mask😷 (@EmergMedDr) May 27, 2021

While it won't be surprising to any of us that far right extremist groups are recruiting people using propaganda identical to the UK's GC movement, it is interesting to see it in a report by The International Centre for the Study of RadicalisationScary times https://t.co/ZstEURr7nj— Katy Montgomerie 🦗 (@KatyMontgomerie) May 27, 2021

With this year's system of teacher-assessed grades, the DfE has shifted all the blame on to teachers, says David James

Why the politician who comes out best of Dominic Cummings’ testimony wasn’t mentioned at all, writes @stephenkb. https://t.co/WIBhHevBLm— New Statesman (@NewStatesman) May 27, 2021

Lukashenko hijacked a plane in order to arrest Roman Protasevich for his role as founder and editor-in-chief of Nexta. I spoke to his successor, @TadeuszGiczan https://t.co/mhqQzUWmmi— ido vock (@idvck) May 26, 2021

Covid-19 infection rates are 25% higher today than they were on the 3 May.Has Boris Johnson got a plan? Will we do anything about it? Does anybody care? Has the opposition got anything to say?— Liam Young (@liamyoung) May 26, 2021

Maybe it’s just me, but this looks a lot like a #Syria election official filling out people’s ballots one-by-one. Perhaps it’s 9 for #Assad & 1 for Mar’i… spin/cycle/repeat.Credit to @Qidlbi for the video. pic.twitter.com/VHPBLSJS6b— Charles Lister (@Charles_Lister) May 26, 2021

The fact a teacher feels they can fire out racist abuse to @MarcusRashford on social media without any fear of the ramifications shows how pathetic the social media companies have been in their "attempts" to control this pic.twitter.com/Yx4vKbCu4w— Paul Higham (@SportsPaulH) May 27, 2021

The BBC has uncovered allegations of cold temperatures, sickness, lice and abuse, through a series of interviews with children and staff at US detention camps for children.

Patients are struggling to get appointments as GPs report a surge in appointments being booked.

Eighty drug dealing phone lines were identified and 292 weapons seized across the UK in a week.

Exclusive: Families with babies and young children forced into ‘state of destitution’ amid botched transfer of asylum debit card contracts, say charities

Minister says rules could change as a Tory MP who sexually harassed an employee faces suspension.

As the last of the American and Nato forces withdraw from Afghanistan, concern is growing for women and girls in the country. Over the past month there's been a wave of attacks against prominent women, while peace talks between the government and the Taliban flounder. And fears are mounting that…

The PM's ex-adviser apologises to the families of those who died unnecessarily for mistakes that were made.