Phones

Update was due to arrive from April 8 that would ask users permission to upload their venue history if they test positive (Danny Lawson/PA)

NHS Covid-19 app update which breaks Apple and Google rules delayed

April 12, 2021

The app has climbed to the top of Apple’s free chart amid serious debate about the issue of women’s safety (WalkSafe/PA)

Downloads of women safety app WalkSafe soar following Sarah Everard murder

March 17, 2021

A Samsung Galaxy phone

Raw Deal helps key worker get her money back for phone she worried would go on fire

September 17, 2020

Several videos claiming to show 5G towers on fire were posted to a page on Facebook (Steve Parsons/PA)

Theories linking coronavirus to 5G are baseless, networks say after mast fire

April 3, 2020

Citizens Advice found three of the four largest mobile phone providers - Vodafone, EE and Three - continued to charge customers extra for a handset after it had been paid off as part of their fixed deal. (Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)

Teachers urge fresh curbs on pupils’ phones in the classroom

May 26, 2019

Thomas and William Johnson with their phones (Andrew Cawley / DC Thomson)

Twin peeks: Identical brothers are able to unlock each other’s phone

November 26, 2018

Donald Macleod is in favour of a phone ban for kids (iStock)

Donald Macleod: Zut alors! French ban on kids’ phones should be imported to Scotland

December 18, 2017