Swavesey boy, 7, to get Hero Arm after Egham benefactor steps in
Hannah Morgan/PA Media Seven-year-old Louie Morgan-Kemp said he dreamt of doing “stuff other children can do” A seven-year-old boy born without a right hand is to get a “robotic arm” after a benefactor stepped in and offered to pay the full £13,000 for it. Louie Morgan-Kemp, from Cambridgeshire, had been fundraising to get himself the […]
NHS at ‘tipping point’ and minister’s Whatsapp fears
Pressures facing the NHS make the front pages of many of Scotland’s newspapers. The Daily Telegraph reports that the “full extent of the crisis” has been exposed with the publication of the number of people on waiting lists. The number of GPs has also fallen to a record low. The Metro writes that one in […]
TikTok fined £12.7m for misusing children’s data
NurPhoto TikTok has been fined £12.7m by the UK’s data watchdog for failing to protect the privacy of children. It estimated TikTok allowed up to 1.4 million UK children aged under 13 to use the platform in 2020. The video-sharing site used the data of children of this age without parental consent, according to an […]
Extreme weather ‘cost Scottish farmers £161m’
Getty Images The report found sheep farmers suffered the biggest hit as a result of the Beast from the East Scotland’s farmers lost up to £161m last year due to extreme weather, according to an environmental charity. WWF Scotland found the losses equated to about 6% of the total agricultural output of the previous year. […]
Devon and Cornwall Police drones launched to monitor unsafe driving
Alamy The force said it was the first time the machines had been used to monitor motorists Police drones have begun recording motorists across the South West of England in an effort to stop “poor driving”, a force has said. Devon and Cornwall Police officers said its drone unit was working with officers to monitor […]
What is Brain rot, the Oxford University 2024 word of the year?
Getty Images Are you spending hours scrolling mindlessly on Instagram reels and TikTok? If so, you might be suffering from brain rot, which has become the Oxford word of the year. It is a term that captures concerns about the impact of consuming excessive amounts of low-quality online content, especially on social media. The word’s […]
Government white paper likely to be delayed to 2022
Reuters Ministers say much of northern England has been left behind by previous governments The government’s white paper on “levelling up” all regions of the UK is likely to be delayed until next year, it has been confirmed. The document, focusing on industry, skills and transport, had been expected to be published before Christmas. It […]
Bowen: Syria’s rebel offensive is astonishing
Getty Images The reignited war in Syria is the latest fallout from the turmoil that has gripped the Middle East since the Hamas attacks on Israel on 7 October last year. The attacks, and Israel’s response, upended the status quo. Events in Syria in the last few days are more proof that the war gripping […]
China pushes traditional remedies amid outbreak
Getty Images Covid-19 has given new momentum to Beijing’s push to internationalise traditional medicine As scientists race to develop a vaccine for Covid-19, Beijing has been championing traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) as a way to treat the disease. TCM is one of the world’s oldest forms of medical practice and includes a range of treatments […]
Government to miss 40 new hospitals target
Getty Images The government is likely to miss its target to build 40 new hospitals by 2030, the spending watchdog has said. The National Audit Office (NAO) said in a report that the project had been beset by delays. It also warned that cost-cutting and inaccurate modelling of future demand could mean new hospitals are […]