Category: News
Study of new personalised cancer therapies could ‘transform’ how the disease is treated
Scientists are embarking on a large-scale clinical study of new personalised cancer therapies which could give clinicians are real-time view of how well treatments are [more…]
Doubts grow over Labour’s VAT plan for private schools
Government plans to impose VAT on private schools from 1 January next year may have to be delayed because of warnings from unions, tax experts [more…]
Waiter! Soho’s cafe society confused after law changes on tipping
Whoever said it’s better to give than to receive wasn’t talking about tipping. Waiters around the UK should be starting to receive a £200m-a-year bonanza [more…]
UK ‘resolutely committed’ to its overseas territories, says foreign minister
The UK is “resolutely committed” to all of its overseas territories, the responsible foreign minister said, after Argentina vowed to gain “full sovereignty” of the [more…]
Assisted dying supporters court Tories to bolster cross-party appeal
Supporters of an assisted dying law in England and Wales are battling to stop the issue from splitting along party political lines after all four Tory leadership [more…]
Canada’s carbon tax is popular, innovative and helps save the planet – but now it faces the axe
Mass hunger and malnutrition. A looming nuclear winter. An existential threat to the Canadian way of life. For months, the country’s Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre [more…]
Mpox vaccination begins in DRC after 859 die this year
Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have begun vaccination against mpox, nearly two months after the disease outbreak that spread to several [more…]
Arab spring dreams in ruins as Tunisia goes to polls against backdrop of repression
Tunisia will hold a presidential election on Sunday against the backdrop of a crackdown on dissent and human rights violations committed against undocumented migrants seeking [more…]
Wind and rain to hit UK as remnant of Hurricane Kirk passes by
Britons may have to brace for a blast of wind and rain next week as the tail end of Hurricane Kirk passes by. The Met [more…]
Sky News pulls out of Boris Johnson interview over recording ban
Sky News has pulled out of an interview with Boris Johnson after its political editor was told she could not make an audio recording or [more…]
