NHS England has come under fire for failing to protect gender-confused teenagers from cross-sex hormones, just weeks after ending the routine prescription of puberty-blocking drugs for under-18s.

Children are set to be better protected from violence, bad language and sexual content in films under the British Board of Film Classification’s (BBFC) updated guidelines.

Welsh schools are adopting ideologically driven polices on gender identity in the absence of clear national guidance, a new report has revealed.