A t least 20% of Brexit supporters would vote differently if they were asked now, a poll of hundreds of people on BBC Question Time has found. Audience members were quizzed on whether Brexit was the right thing to do, with the results showing 70% still agreed, 20% would voteContinue Reading
Our research suggests the age people find out they're autistic does not necessarily impact their quality of life afterward. Lightspring/ Shutterstock A growing number of people are discovering that they are autistic in adulthood. This is especially the case among women, with a number of celebrities – such as modelContinue Reading
Building a profile of someone can make it easier for criminals to gain access to their personal accounts. Metamorworks / Shutterstock Warnings about artificial intelligence (AI) are ubiquitous right now. They have included fearful messages about AI’s potential to cause the extinction of humans, invoking images of the Terminator movies.Continue Reading
T he Conservatives have selected a councillor as their candidate to fight the by-election to replace scandal-hit David Warburton as the MP in Somerton and Frome. Faye Purbrick, who sits on Yeovil Town Council and Somerset county council, was chosen to contest the vote likely to take place on JulyContinue Reading
W innie Ewing, who was the SNP’s first female parliamentarian, has died aged 92, her family have announced. Known as Madame Ecosse, Winifred Margaret “Winnie” Ewing is perhaps best known for marking her shock victory in the Hamilton by-election in 1967 with the declaration: “Stop the world, Scotland wants toContinue Reading
L ondon Mayor Sadiq Khan has warned the capital faces “a wave of repossessions” and asked the government to step in to help homeowners. He said the government must use Friday’s mortgage summit, called by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt who has asked the bosses of Britain’s banks to Downing Street toContinue Reading
A second SNP MP has announced that he will stand at the next general election, saying he could not be certain that he would be able to cope with the physical and mental demands of another five years in office. Peter Grant, who represents Glenrothes and Central Fife, announced heContinue Reading
D owning Street has declined to say whether former Tory London mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey should take up the peerage given to him in Boris Johnson’s resignation honours. Mr Bailey has come under pressure to turn down his peerage after a video emerged of a mid-lockdown Christmas party at ConservativeContinue Reading
Gertjan Hooijer/Shutterstock Climate change is already having, and will continue to have, a significant effect on global health. This is likely to be greatest in rural poorer populations in sub-Saharan Africa. However, richer countries, such as the UK, will also probably be on the receiving end of emerging infectious diseaseContinue Reading
The two companies have made major investments in AI companies. kovop / Shutterstock Microsoft and Google have recently made big investments in two of the most valuable companies in artificial intelligence (AI). OpenAI, which developed ChatGPT, has received a staggering investment of US$10 billion (£7.8 billion) from Microsoft, while GoogleContinue Reading
