Today, Ofcom, the communications regulator, begins enforcing new rules to protect the UK's children online. The new rules ...

Ellen Roome, 48, has been left not knowing why her son Jools Sweeney died for years, after she found his body in his room on 13 April 2022, having spoken with him on the phone earlier in the ...

Ellen Roome wants a change to the Data Bill and says she will not stop until she understands ... Ellen Roome's 14-year-old son Jools Sweeney took his own life in 2022 in what she believed was a ...

Image caption, Ellen Roome with her 14-year-old son Jools Sweeney, who was discovered unconscious in his bedroom at home in April 2022. 5 May 2025.

Ellen Roome has been campaigning to change the law since her 14-year-old son Jools Sweeney took his own life three years ago. Ms Roome, 48, has been campaigning for an amendment to the law that ...

Ms Roome said that Jools' social media is the one thing that was not investigated after his death. "There was nothing offline when Jools died - there was no bullying, no mental health issues.

A mum has called on social media companies to be legally obliged to provide children's data to grieving parents "now, before its too late". Ellen Roome, 48, from Cheltenham, said she may never ...

Ellen Roome, 48, a businesswoman from Cheltenham, is seeking answers about why her 14-year-old son Jools Sweeney died in April 2022, believing it could have been an online challenge gone wrong.

Jools Sweeney, 14, took his own life in April 2022. Jools Sweeney, 14, took his own life in April 2022. Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent.

News; Midlands News; Mental Health; Mum's vow after son, 14, killed himself in 'online challenge' Ellen Roome has been campaigning for changes to the government's Data Bill since her son Jools ...

Ellen Roome is attempting to access the social media account of her son Jools Sweeney, 14, after he was found dead in his bedroom in April 2002, amid fears he fell foul of an online "game" ...

Ellen Roome, from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, has been fighting for a change in law since her 14-year-old son, Jools Sweeney, took his own life in April 2022.