diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index f06598b62..f2714a8cc 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import os
 import re
 
 import dateutil
+import datetime
 import urllib
 from flask import (
     Flask,
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ from pygments import highlight
 from pygments.lexers import JavascriptLexer
 from pygments.formatters import HtmlFormatter
 from werkzeug.exceptions import abort
+from babel.dates import format_timedelta
 
 from app.notify_client.api_client import ServiceAPIClient
 from app.notify_client.api_key_api_client import ApiKeyApiClient
@@ -100,6 +102,7 @@ def create_app():
     application.add_template_filter(valid_phone_number)
     application.add_template_filter(linkable_name)
     application.add_template_filter(format_date)
+    application.add_template_filter(format_delta)
 
     application.after_request(useful_headers_after_request)
     application.after_request(save_service_after_request)
@@ -185,6 +188,17 @@ def format_date(date):
     return date.strftime('%A %d %B %Y')
 
 
+def format_delta(date):
+    date = dateutil.parser.parse(date)
+    native = date.replace(tzinfo=None)
+    difference = native - datetime.datetime.now()
+    return format_timedelta(
+        datetime.timedelta(seconds=difference.total_seconds()),
+        add_direction=True,
+        format='short'
+    )
+
+
 def valid_phone_number(phone_number):
     try:
         validate_phone_number(phone_number)
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/components/pill.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/components/pill.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..42c56869f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/components/pill.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+.pill {
+
+  display: flex;
+
+  a, span {
+    display: block;
+    padding: 10px;  
+    flex-grow: 1;
+    text-align: center;
+
+    &:first-child {
+      margin-left: 0;
+    }
+
+    &:last-child {
+      margin-right: 0;
+    }
+
+  }
+
+  a {
+    background: $panel-colour;
+    color: $link-colour;
+    border: 1px solid $panel-colour;
+    position: relative;
+
+    &:hover {
+      color: $text-colour;
+    }
+
+    &:active,
+    &:focus {
+      z-index: 10;
+    }
+  }
+
+  span {
+    border: 1px solid $grey-1;
+    color: $text-colour;
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/components/table.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/components/table.scss
index ddb9c5eef..5455046c5 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/components/table.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/components/table.scss
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@
     width: 15px;
   }
 
+  p {
+    margin: 0 0 5px 0;
+  }
+
 }
 
 .table-field-heading {
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/main.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/main.scss
index 7bcfc9d86..2504e5ff1 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/main.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/main.scss
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ $path: '/static/images/';
 @import 'components/email-message';
 @import 'components/api-key';
 @import 'components/vendor/previous-next-navigation';
+@import 'components/pill';
 
 @import 'views/job';
 @import 'views/edit-template';
diff --git a/app/main/views/jobs.py b/app/main/views/jobs.py
index 032653432..cf5a3128e 100644
--- a/app/main/views/jobs.py
+++ b/app/main/views/jobs.py
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 import time
+import itertools
 
 from flask import (
     render_template,
     abort,
     jsonify,
-    request
+    request,
+    url_for
 )
 from flask_login import login_required
 from werkzeug.datastructures import MultiDict
@@ -26,14 +28,18 @@ from app.utils import (
 
 
 def _parse_filter_args(filter_dict):
+
     if not isinstance(filter_dict, MultiDict):
         filter_dict = MultiDict(filter_dict)
-    out_dict = MultiDict()
-    if 'type' in filter_dict:
-        out_dict.setlist('template_type', filter_dict.getlist('type'))
-    if 'status' in filter_dict:
-        out_dict.setlist('status', filter_dict.getlist('status'))
-    return out_dict
+
+    return MultiDict(
+        (
+            key,
+            (','.join(filter_dict.getlist(key))).split(',')
+        )
+        for key in filter_dict.keys()
+        if ''.join(filter_dict.getlist(key))
+    )
 
 
 @main.route("/services/<service_id>/jobs")
@@ -144,7 +150,32 @@ def view_notifications(service_id):
         notifications=notifications['notifications'],
         page=page,
         prev_page=prev_page,
-        next_page=next_page
+        next_page=next_page,
+        request_args=request.args,
+        type_filters=[
+            [item[0], item[1], url_for(
+                '.view_notifications',
+                service_id=current_service['id'],
+                template_type=item[1],
+                status=request.args.get('status', '')
+            )] for item in [
+                ['Emails', 'email'],
+                ['Text messages', 'sms'],
+                ['Both', '']
+            ]
+        ],
+        status_filters=[
+            [item[0], item[1], url_for(
+                '.view_notifications',
+                service_id=current_service['id'],
+                template_type=request.args.get('template_type', ''),
+                status=item[1]
+            )] for item in [
+                ['Successful', 'sent,delivered'],
+                ['Failed', 'failed,complaint,bounce'],
+                ['Both', '']
+            ]
+        ]
     )
 
 
diff --git a/app/templates/components/pill.html b/app/templates/components/pill.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2ca56fa25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/templates/components/pill.html
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{% macro pill(
+  title,
+  items=[],
+  current_value=None
+) %}
+  <nav role='navigation' class='pill' aria-labelledby="pill_{{title}}">
+    <h2 id="pill_{{title}}" class="visuallyhidden">{{title}}</h2>
+    {% for label, option, link in items %}
+      {% if current_value == option %}
+        <span aria-hidden="true">{{ label }}</span>
+      {% else %}
+        <a href="{{ link }}">{{ label }}</a>
+      {% endif %}
+    {% endfor %}
+  </nav>
+{% endmacro %}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/templates/components/table.html b/app/templates/components/table.html
index f6a1ed0fe..5f96508ce 100644
--- a/app/templates/components/table.html
+++ b/app/templates/components/table.html
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@
   {% endcall %}
 {%- endmacro %}
 
+{% macro link_field(text, link) -%}
+  {% call field() %}
+    <a href="{{ link }}">{{ text }}</a>
+  {% endcall %}
+{%- endmacro %}
+
 {% macro boolean_field(yes) -%}
   {% call field(status='yes' if yes else 'no') %}
     {{ "Yes" if yes else "No" }}
diff --git a/app/templates/views/notifications.html b/app/templates/views/notifications.html
index 6c669f521..d58771beb 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/notifications.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/notifications.html
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 {% extends "withnav_template.html" %}
-{% from "components/table.html" import list_table, field, right_aligned_field_heading %}
+{% from "components/table.html" import list_table, field, text_field, link_field, right_aligned_field_heading, hidden_field_heading %}
 {% from "components/previous-next-navigation.html" import previous_next_navigation %}
+{% from "components/page-footer.html" import page_footer %}
+{% from "components/pill.html" import pill %}
 
 {% block page_title %}
   Activity – GOV.UK Notify
@@ -8,50 +10,96 @@
 
 {% block maincolumn_content %}
 
-    <h1 class="heading-large">Activity</h1>
-    <p>
-      <a href="{{ url_for(".view_notifications", service_id=current_service.id, page=1) }}">All messages</a>
-    </p>
-    <p>
-      <a href="{{ url_for(".view_notifications", service_id=current_service.id, type="sms", page=1) }}">Text messages</a>&emsp;
-      <a href="{{ url_for(".view_notifications", service_id=current_service.id, type="email", page=1) }}">Email messages</a>
-    </p>
-    <p>
-      <a href="{{ url_for(".view_notifications", service_id=current_service.id, status=['delivered'], page=1) }}">Successful messages</a>&emsp;
-      <a href="{{ url_for(".view_notifications", service_id=current_service.id, status=['failed'], page=1) }}">Failed messages</a>
-    </p>
+  <h1 class="heading-large">
 
-    {% call(item, row_number) list_table(
-      notifications,
-      caption="Recent activity",
-      caption_visible=False,
-      empty_message='You haven’t sent any notifications yet',
-      field_headings=['Recipient', 'Template', 'Type', 'Job', 'Status', 'Time'])
-    %}
-      {% call field() %}
+    {%- if (request_args.get('template_type', '') == '') and (request_args.get('status', '') == '') -%}
+
+      Activity
+
+    {%- else -%}
+
+      {% if request_args.get('status') != '' %}
+        {% for label, option, _ in status_filters %}
+          {% if request_args.get('status') == option %}
+            {{ label }}
+          {% endif %}
+        {% endfor %}
+      {% endif %}
+
+      {% if request_args.get('template_type') == '' %}
+        emails and text messages
+      {% else %}
+
+        {% for template_label, template_option, _ in type_filters %}
+          {% if request_args.get('template_type') == template_option %}
+            {% if request_args.get('status', '') == '' %}
+              {{ template_label }}
+            {% else %}
+              {{ template_label | lower }}
+            {% endif %}
+          {% endif %}
+        {% endfor %}
+
+      {% endif %}
+
+    {%- endif -%}
+
+  </h1>
+  
+  <div class='grid-row bottom-gutter'>
+    <div class='column-half'>
+      {{ pill(
+        'Type',
+        type_filters,
+        request_args.get('template_type', '')
+      ) }}
+    </div>
+    <div class='column-half'>
+      {{ pill(
+        'Status',
+        status_filters,
+        request_args.get('status', '')
+      ) }}
+    </div>
+  </div>
+
+  {% if notifications %}
+    <p class="heading-small bottom-gutter">
+      <a href="{{ request.url }}&amp;download=csv" download>Download as a CSV file</a>
+    </p>
+  {% endif %}
+
+  {% call(item, row_number) list_table(
+    notifications,
+    caption="Recent activity",
+    caption_visible=False,
+    empty_message='No messages found',
+    field_headings=['Recipient', 'Status', 'Started'],
+    field_headings_visible=False
+  ) %}
+
+    {% call field() %}
+      <p>
         {{ item.to }}
-      {% endcall %}
-      {% call field() %}
+      </p>
+      <p class="hint">
         <a href="{{ url_for('.view_template', service_id=current_service.id, template_id=item.template.id) }}">{{ item.template.name }}</a>
-      {% endcall %}
-      {% call field() %}
-        {{ item.template.template_type }}
-      {% endcall %}
-      {% call field() %}
+        sent from
         {% if item.job %}
           <a href="{{ url_for(".view_job", service_id=current_service.id, job_id=item.job.id) }}">{{ item.job.original_file_name }}</a>
+        {% else %}
+          an API call
         {% endif %}
-      {% endcall %}
-      {% call field() %}
-        {{ item.status }}
-      {% endcall %}
-      {% call field() %}
-        {{ item.created_at | format_datetime }}
-      {% endcall %}
+      </p>
     {% endcall %}
-    <p class="table-show-more-link">
-      <a href="{{ request.url }}&download=csv">Download csv</a>
-    </p>
-    {{ previous_next_navigation(prev_page, next_page) }}
 
-{% endblock %}
\ No newline at end of file
+    {{ text_field(item.status|title) }}
+
+    {% call field(align='right') %}
+      {{ item.created_at|format_delta }}
+    {% endcall %}
+  {% endcall %}
+
+  {{ previous_next_navigation(prev_page, next_page) }}
+
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3b1b1088c..7647b9166 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Flask-Bcrypt==0.6.2
 credstash==1.8.0
 boto3==1.2.3
 Pygments==2.0.2
+Babel==2.3.3
 
 git+https://github.com/alphagov/notifications-python-client.git@0.3.1#egg=notifications-python-client==0.3.1