Doug Beattie to continue as Ulster Unionist leader after ‘horrific’ tweets

Leader wins party support after facing accusations of misogyny and racism over historical social media posts

Online safety bill ‘a missed opportunity’ to prevent child abuse, MPs warn

Committee report says draft bill is neither clear nor robust enough to tackle some harmful content

Faster internet speeds linked to lower civic engagement in UK

Study finds involvement in political parties, trade unions and volunteering falls as web speeds rise

‘Waiting is mental torture’: how Hostile exposes the human cost of Britain’s immigration policies

Sonita Gale’s Bafta-longlisted documentary is a difficult watch, but it shows powerfully the pain inflicted on innocent people by a broken system

MPs criticise cyber agency for not aiding China rights group after it was hacked

Ipac’s website went offline following comments about lawyer Christine Lee reportedly seeking to influence MPs

End-to-end encryption protects children, says UK information watchdog

Information commissioner defends role of privacy protections in face of government-backed campaign

Kwasi Kwarteng rejects Tory donor’s plan for £1.2bn subsea cable

Aquind Energy’s project faced fierce opposition over national security and environmental concerns in UK and France

PM-supporting pork pie front page puzzles Sun pundits

Paper causes confusion with allusions to Johnson ‘cutting the mustard’ while being ‘in a pickle’

Hostile review – documentary highlights nastiness of UK immigration policy

Sonita Gale’s film reveals how the ‘hostile environment’ declared in 2013 persecuted foreign nationals, a good number of whom were keeping the NHS going

Boris Johnson’s faster broadband promise is being broken, say MPs

UK ‘little nearer to closing great digital divide’ between cities and rural areas, says committee

Treasury plans crackdown on ‘misleading’ cryptocurrency ads

Move to change law would see assets subject to the same FCA rules as shares and insurance

Rosie Holt: the satirist whose ‘Tory MP’ video had so many fooled

She began creating them as an outlet during the first lockdown, now the actress’s spoof sketches are a massive internet hit

Book readers have realised that you can’t replace the feel of turning a real page

Record sales show that even the ability to carry thousands of books in one portable electronic device is not enough

Cryptocurrency ads reach record levels on London transport

Mayor urged to implement promised ban on gambling adverts on TfL – and to extend it to crypto companies

Intoxicating, insidery and infuriating: everything I learned about Dominic Cummings from his £10-a-month blog

Since he left Downing Street, Boris Johnson’s former adviser has been setting out his worldview – and settling scores – on his Substack. Could it help us understand the most notorious man in British politics?