GPs turn to AI to help with patient workload
Deepali Misra-Sharp Dr Deepali Misra-Sharp uses AI to help take notes This is the fifth feature in a six-part series that is looking at how AI is changing medical research and treatments. The difficulty of getting an appointment with a GP is a familiar gripe in the UK. Even when an appointment is secured, the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
New AI hub ‘to create 1,000 jobs’ in Liverpool City Region
A new Artificial Intelligence (AI) hub planned for Merseyside is set to create 1,000 jobs over the next three years, the government said. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said he wanted to make the UK one of the world’s AI “super powers” as a way of boosting economic growth and improving public services. Global IT […]
Plan to ‘unleash AI’ across UK revealed
Getty Images The government said AI will boost public sector productivity, while also helping teachers and small business owners Artificial intelligence presents a “vast potential” for rejuvenating UK public services, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said on Monday. In a speech setting out the government’s plans to use AI across the UK to boost growth […]
Welsh Refugee Council staff ‘harassed’ after Musk shares X post
Reuters Elon Musk shared a social media post which suggested that the Welsh Refugee Council was using videos of young girls to “entice” migrants to the UK Staff at a refugee charity say colleagues have had “their lives threatened” after Elon Musk shared a post which suggested videos of girls were being used to “entice” […]
India races to prepare huge Prayagraj gathering
Getty Images Thousands of Hindu holy men have been arriving in Prayagraj to participate in the Kumbh Mela festival Authorities in India are racing against time to get the city of Prayagraj ready to host the Hindu festival Kumbh Mela, described as humanity’s biggest gathering. About 400 million pilgrims are expected to attend the 45-day […]
Ilona Maher, Luke Jerram and snowy scenes
PA Media Global rugby star Ilona Maher made her Bristol debut on Sunday, and delighted fans by taking time to sign autographs and take selfies afterwards Flights diverted, yellow and amber warnings, the sound of car windscreens being scraped at dawn – winter has definitely had its grip on Bristol this week. But away from […]