Matthew Carr-Gomm Danielle Carr-Gomm died after stopping her insulin at a slapping therapy workshop in 2016 The family of a diabetic woman who died when she went to a slapping workshop and stopped taking her insulin have called for greater regulation for alternative therapies. Danielle Carr-Gomm, 71, died at a retreat run by Hongchi Xiao […]
The new Labour government has shelved £1.3bn of funding promised by the Conservatives for tech and Artificial Intelligence (AI) projects, the BBC has learned. It includes £800m for the creation of an exascale supercomputer at Edinburgh University and a further £500m for AI Research Resource, which funds computing power for AI. Both funds were unveiled […]
As the war enters its 890th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Saturday, August 3, 2024. Fighting Ukraine’s military says it attacked overnight Russia’s Morozovsk airfield and a number of oil depots and fuel storage facilities in the Russian regions of Belgorod, Kursk and Rostov. The Russian Ministry of Defence […]
Getty Images A global sell-off in stock markets gathered pace as weak US jobs growth stoked fears about a slowdown in the world’s largest economy. Nasdaq, the tech-heavy US index, dropped by more than 2% on Friday, dragged lower by Intel and Amazon, after the companies reported disappointing results. Official data showed employers added 114,000 […]
Chester Zoo has celebrated the birth of what it said was one of the rarest animals on earth. The Cheshire attraction said the Persian onager was born to mum Azita after a year-long pregnancy. Onagers hail from the semi-desert regions of Iran, and are related to domestic donkeys. The foal was named Jasper, whose Persian […]
Home Office minister warns those planning on organising further disorder ‘we will be watching you’ There is potential for more violence in the wake of the Southport attack, a Home Office minister has said, as he warned those planning on organising further disorder “we will be watching you”. Asked how concerned the government is about […]
BBC It had been the NHS’s longest-running and bitterest pay dispute – responsible for hundreds of thousands of cancelled operations and appointments. And then, suddenly, word came on Monday that the British Medical Association was recommending that its 50,000 junior doctor members accept a fresh offer from the new government. It sounded almost too good […]
An Australian government review has found that “serious failures” by the Israeli military led to drone strikes on an aid convoy that killed seven workers in Gaza. The strike on 1 April killed charity workers from the World Central Kitchen (WCK) from Australia, Canada, Poland, the UK and the US, as well as their Palestinian […]
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentAug 2, 2024, 02:23 AM ET LOS ANGELES, California — Erik ten Hag has challenged Manchester United’s new owners to “prove” they back him by sticking with him during difficult periods next season. Ten Hag has kept his job despite finishing eighth in the Premier League last season and the club’s new leadership […]
Palestinian group calls for ‘day of furious rage’ to coincide with funeral of Haniyeh who was assassinated in Iran. Funeral ceremonies for Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh are to be held in Qatar after his assassination in Iran deepened fears of a widening regional conflict. Haniyeh, the Palestinian armed group’s political chief, will be buried on […]