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Health

NHS Pays Out £20m Over Surgeon’s Controversial Mesh Procedures

The NHS has disbursed more than £20 million in damages following a major scandal concerning a Bristol surgeon whose artificial bowel mesh procedures caused injury...

Apr 21

Health

Health visitors overwhelmed as caseloads soar to 1,000 families per worker

Health visitors in England are facing difficulties under "unmanageable" caseloads of as many as 1,000 families each, the Institute of Health Visiting has raised concerns,...

Apr 20

Health

The Risky Business of Asking AI for Medical Guidance

Millions of people are turning to artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT, Gemini and Grok for healthcare recommendations, drawn by their accessibility and apparently personalised answers....

Apr 19

Health

Pregnancy RSV vaccine slashes newborn hospital admissions by over 80%

A vaccine given during pregnancy is substantially lowering hospital admissions among newborns with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), with UK health officials reporting a decrease of...

Apr 18

Health

Britain’s Vaccine Programme Hailed as Historic Achievement by Covid Inquiry

Britain's Covid-19 vaccination programme has been described as an "extraordinary feat" by the Covid inquiry, representing a rare moment of praise for the authorities' pandemic...

Apr 17

Health

Alzheimer’s Drugs Hailed as Breakthroughs Face Credibility Crisis

Respected medical scientists have concluded that so-called "breakthrough" Alzheimer's drugs are unlikely to deliver meaningful advantages to patients, despite years of hype surrounding their development....

Apr 16

Technology

Apple Charts New Course with Hardware Chief John Ternus at the Helm

Technology

Apple Charts New Course with Hardware Chief John Ternus at the Helm

Apple has revealed a major executive reshuffle, designating John Ternus as its new chief executive to take over from Tim Cook after fifteen years leading...

Apr 18

Anthropic’s Mythos AI Model Sparks Global Security Alarm

Apr 17 · Technology

Dating Apps and Video Platforms Adopt Iris Scanning to Verify Real Users

Apr 16 · Technology

White House seeks dialogue with Anthropic over advanced AI security tool

Apr 15 · Technology

Digital Twins Transform Workplace Productivity and Raise Legal Questions

Apr 14 · Technology

World

Trump Demands Iran Deal Before Lifting Strait of Hormuz Blockade

World

Trump Demands Iran Deal Before Lifting Strait of Hormuz Blockade

Donald Trump has announced that the United States will not remove its embargo on Iranian ports until Tehran agrees to a deal, heightening pressure as...

Apr 14 · Brein Fenman

Louisiana shooting leaves eight children dead in domestic tragedy

World

Louisiana shooting leaves eight children dead in domestic tragedy

A father has killed seven of his own children and an eighth unrelated child in a shooting spree in Shreveport, Louisiana, in what police have...

Apr 13 · Brein Fenman

Decorated Australian Soldier Faces War Crime Murder Charges

World

Decorated Australian Soldier Faces War Crime Murder Charges

Australia's most-decorated active soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, has pledged to fight five war crime murder charges in his first public statement since being arrested last week....

Apr 12 · Brein Fenman

Oil prices tumble as Iran pledges Strait of Hormuz access

World

Oil prices tumble as Iran pledges Strait of Hormuz access

Oil prices have fallen sharply after Iran announced the Strait of Hormuz would remain "completely open" to commercial shipping throughout the ceasefire in the US-Israel...

Apr 11 · Brein Fenman

Unexpected Ceasefire Leaves Israel’s North Questioning Leadership

World

Unexpected Ceasefire Leaves Israel’s North Questioning Leadership

Israel's communities in the north were greeted with an unexpected truce deal between Israel and Lebanon on Tuesday, negotiated by United States President Donald Trump...

Apr 10 · Brein Fenman

Science

Government to Decouple Electricity Prices from Volatile Gas Markets

Science

Government to Decouple Electricity Prices from Volatile Gas Markets

The government is poised to reveal a major restructuring of Britain's energy pricing framework on Tuesday, designed to sever the link between unstable gas market...

Apr 19

Science

Conservationists Fear Mass Toad Deaths After Surprise Reservoir Drainage

Apr 18

Science

Wales Divided Over Renewable Energy Expansion Plans

Apr 17

Science

The Cost Conundrum: Why Affordability Trumps Purity in Net Zero

Apr 16

Science

Artemis II Crew Return With Message of Unity and Hope

Apr 15

Politics

Senior Diplomat Set to Defend Silence Over Mandelson Vetting Failure

Apr 15

Politics

Five Critical Questions Facing Starmer in Commons Mandelson Showdown

Apr 14

Politics

Starmer Would Have Rejected Mandelson, Lammy Insists Amid Vetting Crisis

Apr 13

Politics

Foreign Office Chief Set to Answer MPs Over Mandelson Security Clearance Controversy

Apr 12

Business

UK jobless rate surprises with unexpected drop to 4.9%

The UK's jobless rate has surprised economists with an unexpected fall to 4.9% in the period ending February, based on the latest figures from the...

Apr 17

Business

Suspicious Trading Patterns Shadow Trump’s Major Policy Announcements

Market observers have detected a concerning pattern of suspicious trading activity that consistently precedes Donald Trump's key policy announcements during his second term as US...

Apr 16

Business

Why a third of young British men still live at home

More than one in three young men in the United Kingdom are now living with their parents, marking a significant shift in living arrangements over...

Apr 15

Business

Mortgage rates begin recovery as geopolitical tensions ease

Mortgage rates have started to recover after hitting peaks during heightened geopolitical tensions, with major lenders now making "meaningful" decreases to products for fresh applicants....

Apr 14

Business

Global Finance Chiefs Voice Alarm Over Powerful New AI Security Threat

Finance ministers, monetary authorities and high-ranking bank officials have expressed serious concern over a cutting-edge artificial intelligence model that threatens the security of global financial...

Apr 13

Business

UK Economy Surges Ahead of Middle East Crisis Uncertainty

The UK economy has exceeded expectations with a robust 0.5% growth in February, based on official figures published by the Office for National Statistics, substantially...

Apr 12