Dover Museum seeks people to help share ‘disability narratives’
Dover Museum is looking for people with lived experience of deafness, disability or neurodiversity to help with its collections. Curating Visibility fellow Karl Mercer and the team have researched stories from across thousands of years of Dover’s history. They have found objects and stories about smugglers, gladiators, illustrators, soldiers, Channel swimmers and medieval pilgrims. Now […]
New 3D printers could transform space construction
University of Glasgow Dr Gilles Bailet tested his 3D printer on a zero-gravity flight On-board manufacturing for spacecraft is one small step closer with the development of new 3D printing technology in zero gravity. Dr Gilles Bailet, from the University of Glasgow’s James Watt School of Engineering, has been awarded a patent for a system […]
Warning over ‘alienating’ technology plans
A council’s plans to introduce new technology, including artificial intelligence, have faced criticism, with councillors warning of a lack of digital skills and broadband coverage. Much of Dorset Councils’ transformation programme to improve services while saving money, will be based about a wider use of technology to allow the public to interact with the authority. […]
University of East Anglia finds cash rewards help smokers quit
Giving money, vouchers or returning cash deposits to people who smoke has helped them give up the habit, new research has found. A study led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) found that offering rewards helped people quit smoking with success rates continuing long after incentives had stopped. The research also explored how offering […]
Gaza ceasefire talks resume in Qatar with signs deal is close – live updates
What would ceasefire deal involve?published at 09:05 Greenwich Mean Time 09:05 GMT Rushdi AbualoufGaza correspondent More information now on how a potential ceasefire deal would look. Revealing some potential details of the agreement, a Palestinian official told the BBC that “the detailed technical discussions took considerable time”. Both sides agreed that Hamas would release three […]
Stagecoach East’s ‘safe space’ buses for women hailed success
Emma Baugh/BBC Stagecoach buses across Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and Bedfordshire have signage on them to call out abuse against women and girls Bus drivers have stepped in “numerous times” to assist potentially vulnerable or abused women since a new scheme was launched three months ago. Stagecoach East has joined Businesses Against Abuse across Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and […]
Judge clears way for Trump election interference report
President-elect Donald Trump would have been convicted of illegally trying to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election – which he lost – if he had not successfully been re-elected in the 2024, according to a Department of Justice report released to Congress. “The admissible evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction […]
Inside the Chinese factories fuelling the company’s success
Xiqing Wang/BBC The BBC spoke with factory workers in Guangzhou’s Panyu neighbourhood, the so-called “Shein village” The hum of sewing machines is a constant in parts of Guangzhou, a thriving port on the Pearl River in southern China. It rattles through the open windows of factories from morning until late at night, as they finish […]
Victims want action, child abuse inquiry chair Alexis Jay says
‘The time has passed for more inquiries’ Victims “clearly want action” and do not need a new national inquiry into grooming gangs, the woman who led a seven-year probe into child sexual abuse has said. Prof Alexis Jay told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that “people should get on with” implementing her reforms and “locally […]
What are the challenges facing the government’s AI action plan
Getty Images Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has unveiled plans for the development of the UK’s artificial intelligence (AI) industry, vowing to make Britain “one of the great AI superpowers”. A raft of proposals include new AI “growth zones”, where the construction of key infrastructure such as data centres will be prioritised, and the development […]