Parents can block children from talking to certain people and get detailed screen-time insights on site popular with under-13s

Parents can now block their children from communicating with specific friends or playing certain games on Roblox, an online gaming platform popular with children.

The changes form part of a suite of safety updates intended to give parents more control over their child’s experience on the platform.

The drama teachers behind the young actors in the Netflix smash say their lack of recognition ‘has caused wide upset’

Adolescence’s stratospheric success has catapulted its young cast of unknown actors into the limelight. Reams of headlines have suggested that they have come from nowhere – yet the grassroots regional drama schools that trained them say this overlooks their hard work.

To find undiscovered talent for the show, Adolescence’s casting director, Shaheen Baig, visited two northern drama schools that work with children from underrepresented and deprived communities.