Kent NHS Trust piloting artificial technology in paediatrics
An NHS trust in Kent is piloting artificial technology (AI) in its community paediatric service in an effort to free up clinicians to devote more attention to patients. Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust has begun a three month pilot, using AI in up to 5,000 consultations to generate notes and summary letters. The hope […]
How would no-deal affect Northern Ireland?
Getty/MCCAIG Tick tock, tick tock. Brexit day looms large on the horizon. Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he is planning to leave the European Union on 31 October, come what may. The political rhetoric from London has toughened and divisions appear to have intensified. Parliament has rejected leaving without an agreement, but with little sign […]
Met Police launches crackdown on mobile phone thefts
The Met Police said it seized more than 1,000 handsets in the crackdown A clampdown on the “industrial-scale” crime of mobile phone-snatching across London has resulted in 230 people being arrested by the Metropolitan Police in the past week. In its battle against the “scourge of mobile phone crime”, the force said it had also […]
Meat supplier Russell Hume falls into administration
Getty Images A meat supplier being investigated by the Food Standards Agency has fallen into administration with the loss of almost 270 jobs. KPMG has been appointed as administrators to Derby-based Russell Hume Limited. Its meat products were recalled last month and chains including Wetherspoon took them off their menus. The FSA said its investigation […]
FA Cup: Could flood-hit Gloucester City finally be returning home after 12 years?
With their £1.4m ground ruined and a new season about to start, Gloucester entered into a groundshare deal for the 2007-08 campaign with Forest Green Rovers, 16 miles away in Nailsworth. They then spent two seasons playing in Cirencester – 23 miles away – where they won promotion to the sixth tier of English football […]
Australia bans DeepSeek on government devices over security risk
Tom Gerken Technology reporter Getty Images Australia has banned DeepSeek from all government devices and systems over what it says is the security risk the Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup poses. DeepSeek stunned the world in January when it unveiled a chatbot which matched the performance level of US rivals, while claiming it had a […]
Meat-free Monday for island’s primary schools sparks row
Getty Images Primary schools on Anglesey have gone “meat free” on Mondays A decision to offer primary school pupils a meat-free Monday menu has been questioned by local councillors and farming unions. The menu has been introduced for infants and juniors across Anglesey, as part of a new £8m contract. One county councillor – who […]
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on ‘terrifying’ writer’s block during pregnancy
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie says the writer’s block she experienced after becoming pregnant with her first child was “terrifying”. “It’s a really frightening place to be, because writing is the thing that gives me meaning,” the acclaimed Nigerian author, 47, tells the BBC’s Emma Barnett. “I’m not sure that it was just entirely physiological but something […]
Plans progress for London artificial surfing lake
Endless Surf The artificial surfing facility would be the second of its kind in the UK London could get “a slice of the ocean inland” as plans for a £50m artificial surfing lake progress, the company behind it has said. The Wave wants to develop 56 acres of land in the Lee Valley regional park […]
Network Rail fined £3.41m over track worker Tyler Byrne’s death
Network Rail has been fined £3.41m over the death of a track worker in south-west London who died after he was struck by a train. Tyler Byrne, 30, from Aldershot in Hampshire, was killed after a train travelling at about 76mph (120 km/h) hit him as he was working on tracks in Surbiton in February […]