AI is trained to spot warning signs in blood tests
Getty Images AI can potentially spot much more from a blood test than currently possible This is the third feature in a six-part series that is looking at how AI is changing medical research and treatments. Ovarian cancer is “rare, underfunded, and deadly”, says Audra Moran, head of the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance (Ocra), a […]
Grimsby: Inside Britain’s ‘worklessness capital’
Kevin Shoesmith/BBC News John Burns, who sleeps under a bridge near Grimsby Dock Tower, is sceptical about plans to get people working again Grimsby is Britain’s “worklessness capital”, figures suggest. With the government setting out plans to “Get Britain Working”, BBC News visited the town to find out what locals think. Father-of-one John Burns tells […]
Ontario launches major US ad campaign amid Trump’s tariff threat
Ontario has launched a multi-million dollar US ad campaign, touting itself as an “ally to the north” following Donald Trump’s threat of tariffs on all Canadian goods. President-elect Trump has said he would impose a 25% tariff on all Canadian and Mexican goods on his first day in office unless both countries secured their shared […]
Why ‘digital twins’ could speed up drug discovery
Adsilico AI can produce many versions of a digital heart This is the first of a six-part series on how AI is changing medical research and treatments. The heart in front of me beats and moves like a human organ, but has no blood flowing through it, nor does it live in a human body. […]
American Airlines flights delayed after all services grounded on Christmas Eve
Passengers report progress at some airportspublished at 13:06 Greenwich Mean Time 13:06 GMT Further to the FAA lifting the nationwide “groundstop”, some individuals on social media are reporting that the problem has been resolved. In a video posted on X, by a CBS reporter at Fort Lauderdale, a gate agent announces a flight to Philadelphia […]
Can RFK Jr make America’s diet healthy again?
Getty Images RFK Jr has pledged to tackle ultra-processed foods, food dyes and additives Robert F Kennedy Jr has set his sights on changing how Americans eat and drink. From the dyes in Fruit Loops cereal to seed oils in chicken nuggets, Kennedy – who is President-elect Trump’s choice to lead the Department of Health […]
Job losses as luxury yacht firm Fairline taken over
A luxury yacht manufacturer has been sold to a company specialising in clean propulsion technology, leading to redundancies. Fairline Yachts, founded in 1967 in Oundle, Northamptonshire, was purchased by Arrowbolt after private equity firm Hanover Investors sold its stake. The BBC understands several people at the Oundle site have been made redundant and there could […]
Is the world’s fastest-growing big economy losing steam?
Getty Images Between July and September, India’s economy slumped to a seven-quarter low of 5.4% Is the world’s fastest-growing big economy losing steam? The latest GDP numbers paint a sobering picture. Between July and September, India’s economy slumped to a seven-quarter low of 5.4%, well below the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) forecast of 7%. […]
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta donates $1m to Trump fund
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has donated $1m (£786,000) to an inauguration fund for President-elect Donald Trump. The tech giant’s boss, Mark Zuckerberg, dined with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort in November, having sought to repair his and his firm’s relationship with Trump following the election. Trump previously was highly critical of […]
Tractors block A5 and A14 in farmers’ inheritance tax protest
Mick Moore Farmers drove up and down the A5 near the Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal Farmers have snarled up dual carriageways with their tractors as they protest about the Labour government’s changes to inheritance tax on family farms. About 75 tractors from Essex and Suffolk have staged a go-slow drive on the A14 near […]