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New Omicron variant has ‘topped out’ in Scotland – Whitty

The new Omicron variant has “topped out” in Scotland – but is still predicted to have a “significant wave” in England, the nation’s chief medical officer has said. Professor Sir Chris Whitty said he expects the BA.2 variant to reappear over autumn ...

30 Mar 2022 at 20:25

3D-printed fingertip has sense of touch like human skin, study suggests

Researchers have created a new 3D-printed fingertip that has a sense of touch like human skin and could help improve prosthetics. While machines might be able to beat the world’s best chess player, they lack the ability to pick up a chess piece ...

06 Apr 2022 at 01:25

Camilla meets Bernardine Evaristo at Clarence House

The Duchess of Cornwall has welcomed Booker Prize-winning author Bernardine Evaristo to her Clarence House home. The pair met on Tuesday to mark the writer’s appointment as the new president of the Royal Society of Literature, of which Camilla ...

05 Apr 2022 at 16:55

Royal Society: Content removal alone will not halt internet misinformation

Removing harmful scientific misinformation from the internet is not a viable solution for eradicating the issue, a report by the Royal Society has warned. The UK’s national academy of science has said governments and online platforms must ...

19 Jan 2022 at 04:25

Canterbury suburbs home to some of Britain’s earliest humans, study finds

The Canterbury suburbs were home to some of Britain’s earliest humans, new discoveries have revealed. The research confirms that Homo heidelbergensis, an ancestor of Neanderthals, occupied southern Britain between 560,000 and 620,000 ...

22 Jun 2022 at 01:01

Lockdown pursuits lead to hospital admissions for injuries

Thousands of people needed hospital care after sustaining injuries while they took part in popular lockdown activities, figures suggest. As the nation faced repeated lockdowns and restrictions, people put extra efforts into DIY, ...

03 Jan 2022 at 08:25

Hospital admissions as lockdown pursuits lead to accidents and injuries

03 Jan 2022 at 01:25

Parents urged to take flu spray offer for children after warning from Australia

Parents in the UK have been urged to take up the offer of a flu nasal spray for their children after a “large number” of youngsters needed hospital care after catching flu in Australia. Dr Dame Jenny Harries, chief executive ...

26 Oct 2022 at 17:28

Scotland

Scottish ministers slam ‘reckless attitude’ to UK environment plans

The UK Government has been accused of taking a “reckless attitude” to environmental policies following legislative proposals outlined in its mini-budget. Scotland’s Environment Minister Mairi McAllan and Biodiversity ...

29 Sept 2022 at 16:15

Historic ceremony sees leading institutions reaffirm their loyalty to King

The King has reflected on the “profound loss” of his mother as he embraced a 17th century tradition to mark his reign in which some of the nation’s leading institutions reaffirmed their loyalty to the monarch. ...

09 Mar 2023 at 15:21

NHS in ‘endless hamster wheel’ due to PM’s focus on waiting lists – NHS leader

The Prime Minister’s focus on cutting waiting lists means the NHS is in an “endless hamster wheel” with the main focus on hospital care instead of preventing ill health in the first place, an NHS leader has ...

15 May 2023 at 13:32

Scotland

RSPB concerned over fall in number of corncrakes in Scotland

The falling number of corncrakes in Scotland is “worrying”, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has said. RSPB Scotland’s annual survey of corncrakes found there were 824 calling males in ...

02 Nov 2022 at 01:01

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