April 2019

Update: 12.01pm, Mon 1 April: Ooops, this story isn't correct. Sorry, we made a FOOL of ourselves by publishing it... The national smart meter rollout has been temporarily halted after ministers raised concerns that newer devices were becoming "too smart for their own good" and in some cases could take control of other networked household electronics such as TVs, radios and speaker systems.

Millions of workers have received a pay rise today as the national minimum wages rises kick in.

Passengers will no longer have to pay to spend a penny in the busiest train stations, as all toilets in Network Rail-operated stations are free to use from today.