‘Covid baby’ explanation starting to feel like an excuse, say some teachers, as quarter of children begin reception in nappies Some children are starting reception school “unable to climb a staircase”, while others use Americanisms in their speech because of too much screen time, according to a survey of teachers. […]
Emission targets could derail project as campaigners say net zero commitment cannot be met if expansion happens Reeves urged to rethink plans for airports and roads Heathrow third runway: promises, protest and U-turns Rachel Reeves caused a furious backlash as she insisted a third runway at Heathrow was “set up […]
President signs executive order instructing preparation of facility to house 30,000 immigrants at US naval base in Cuba US politics – live Donald Trump has signed an executive order to prepare a huge detention facility at Guantánamo Bay that he said could be used to hold up to 30,000 immigrants […]
Depending on version downloaded, app approaches its answers with preamble of reasoning that it then erases We tried out DeepSeek. It worked well, until we asked it about Tiananmen Square and Taiwan Users experimenting with DeepSeek have seen the Chinese AI chatbot reply and then censor itself in real time, […]
Chancellor to announce plans to improve infrastructure in region to put it at forefront of science and tech advances Rachel Reeves is unveiling plans to create “Europe’s Silicon Valley” between Oxford and Cambridge as she stakes the government’s success on kickstarting economic growth and putting more pounds in people’s pockets. […]
Witnesses describe surging crowds that crushed people on the banks of the Ganges as they arrived to take a dip at holy site India crowd crushes – latest updates Dozens of people are feared to have died in multiple crowd crushes at India’s Kumbh Mela festival, local officials at the […]
Audit watchdog finds 58 critical IT systems assessed in 2024 had ‘significant gaps in cyber-resilience’ The threat of potentially devastating cyber-attacks against UK government departments is “severe and advancing quickly”, with dozens of critical IT systems vulnerable to an expected regular pattern of significant strikes, ministers have been warned. The […]
President makes major concession to Israeli PM, US ally who is wanted by international court for war crimes Donald Trump has invited Benjamin Netanyahu to be the first foreign leader to visit the White House, in a major concession to a US ally who is wanted by the international criminal […]
The ‘manosphere’ and Hindu nationalism were also identified by report commissioned after last summer’s riots Hindu nationalism, misogyny and the “manosphere” have been identified as breeding grounds for extremism in a leaked report commissioned by Yvette Cooper after last summer’s riots. The home secretary’s “rapid analytical sprint” also dismissed claims […]
There were 55,033 diagnoses of prostate cancer in England in 2023 compared with 47,526 diagnoses of breast cancer Prostate cancer is now the most commonly diagnosed in England, surpassing breast cancer for two consecutive years, according to analysis by a leading charity. In 2023 there were 55,033 prostate cancer diagnoses […]