Facebook has blamed a "faulty configuration change" for an outage that prevented the company's 3.5 billion users from accessing its apps and services, including Whatsapp and Instagram, for nearly six hours.

With Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram all down for hours on Monday night, it was only a matter of time before memes emerged to poke fun at the situation.

Boris Johnson has branded climate change activists who have blocked motorways and caused disruption in recent weeks "irresponsible crusties".

The Catholic Church in France showed complete and sometimes cruel indifference to people who suffered sexual abuse at the hands of clergy for decades, a commission investigating the abuse has found.

A life-changing drug treatment is to be released to thousands of people in England in what has been described as a historic moment for people with sickle cell disease.

Nearly half of the toys purchased from third-party sellers via online marketplaces were unsafe for children to play with, a new study has found.

Greggs has announced plans to accelerate the pace of new store openings despite admitting disruption from staff and ingredient shortages in the UK supply chain crisis.

Rape conviction rates are "disgracefully low", Policing Minister Kit Malthouse has admitted, as he acknowledged that "there is a problem" with violence against women and girls.

There are nearly 1,800 more streets across Britain where the average home is valued at more than £1m compared with a year ago, new figures have shown.

Even on a Monday morning, the beaches would usually be bustling in the place that calls itself "Surf City USA".