A Telegraph chatbot called Thornton, an advocacy platform connecting Pink News readers with LGBT causes and a commercial tool aiming to create a new revenue stream for hyperlocal news have all received funding from Google.

Pink News will launch an advocacy platform designed to help readers connect with LGBT causes around the world after being granted €299,338 (£266,665) in the latest round of Google’s Digital News Innovation Fund.

The LGBT news website will part-fund the new platform Google money and said work will begin shortly with the aim of launching in 2019.