Who is Elon Musk and what is his net worth?
Reuters It seems like not a day goes by without billionaire Elon Musk making headlines. The boss of X (formerly Twitter), Tesla and SpaceX is the world’s richest person and has used his platform to make his views known on a vast array of topics. He has also charged ahead with human brain chip trials […]
Cambridgeshire farmer fears impact of tax changes for sector
JOZEF HALL/BBC Cambridgeshire farmer Tom Mead is worried about changes made in the government’s Budget A farmer has said he believed that the government’s forthcoming Budget could force more people to leave the agricultural industry. Tom Mead, from Meads Farm in Foxton, Cambridgeshire, said the current state of the sector already leaves farmers with slim […]
Royal Papworth Hospital ‘lungs in a box’ could boost transplants
Royal Papworth Hospital The machine, nicknamed “lungs in a box”, is designed to mimic the human body A new machine which keeps lungs alive outside of the body could “transform” the number of people receiving transplants, surgeons hope. The breakthrough has come at Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridgeshire after it became the first in the […]
Sugar in first 1,000 days linked to poor health later
Getty Images Cutting sugar in the first 1,000 days of a baby’s life – from conception to the age of two – appears to reduce the risk of developing significant health issues in adult life, say researchers. The team analysed the impact of the end of sugar-rationing in the UK, which led to a rapid […]
King joins Raye and Apple boss at Battersea Power Station market
Watch: King meets star Raye at Battersea Power Station King Charles got into the festive spirit with an enthusiastically received visit to a Christmas market in Battersea Power Station in south-west London. A community choir was singing the carol We Three Kings as he arrived – and they had at least one real-life King there […]
Is the future of French cheese at stake?
Alamy Earlier this year, cheese fans panicked following the publication of new research on essential cheesemaking moulds, certain the end was nigh for beloved Brie and Camembert. It was an outsized reaction, according to Jeanne Ropars, the co-author of the very study that made such noise in the first place. “I must emphasise that there […]
Speed up plans to criminalise deepfake abuse, ministers told
UK Parliament Baroness Owen was the youngest member of the House of Lords when she became a peer last year Ministers have been urged to speed up plans to criminalise the creation of sexually explicit deepfake images. Conservative peer Baroness Owen has proposed a law to make it an offence to create or solicit intimate […]
How Peebles is becoming a hotbed of pizza making
SOSE The Food Punks project is aimed at helping young people learn cooking skills and build confidence It is a long way from the bustling backstreets of Naples to the more sedate main thoroughfare through Peebles. However, a food which is synonymous with the Italian city is now helping to offer an opportunity to young […]
Wearable tech can monitor our health but why are doctors so sceptical?
Oura Smart rings have built-in sensors that monitor the wearer’s heart rate and other health issues Wearable tech – currently dominated by smart watches – is a multi-billion dollar industry with a sharp focus on health tracking. Many premium products claim to accurately track exercise routines, body temperature, heart rate, menstrual cycle and sleep patterns, […]
The environmental campaigners fighting against data centres
Julie Bolthouse Julie Bolthouse is opposing new data centre planning applications in Northern Virginia Environmental campaigner Julie Bolthouse points out that Northern Virginia has the world’s largest concentration of data centres. This is not something she is thrilled about. “We’re the Wall Street of the data centre industry,” says Ms Bolthouse, who is a director […]