A 21-year-old man who attempted to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II with a crossbow was encouraged by a computer-programmed chatbot which he believed to be in a relationship with.

Advocates of introducing assisted suicide have shown their true colours by wanting to liberalise laws which are still merely on their first reading.

Mermaids, a controversial charity which advocates for ‘affirming care’ for children who identify as transgender has lost in an unprecedented legal battle to remove a gender-critical charity of its charitable status.