TikTok is trialling a new monthly ad-free subscription service, with other social media companies reportedly considering similar plans. It’s understood the tests are in an English-speaking market outside the US, but the company has declined to comment on exactly where. Is the future of social media in paid subscriptions?

As the trial of Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX gets underway in New York, we hear from a lawyer in the UK representing investors who lost their money held in FTX.

And with an announcement on the future of HS2 expected imminently Will Bain looks at the case for and against the project.