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Junior doctors hail ‘positive meeting’ with Health Secretary
Junior doctors in England held “collaborative talks” with the Health and Social Care Secretary, medics have said as they hailed a “positive first step” towards ending their long-running dispute over pay. More talks are expected to take place next week, Dr Vivek Trivedi and Dr Robert Laurenson, co-chairmen of theContinue Reading
Labour voters wants Starmer to ditch his Brexit red lines and rejoin the single market
New polling shows that the vast majority of voters who went to the polls to vote for a Keir Starmer government want Labour to drop its Brexit “red lines” and reverse the Tory legacy on Europe. Asked about whether Labour should reconsider its stance on the single market, customs unionContinue Reading
Dyson to cut around 1,000 UK jobs
Dyson is planning to axe more than a quarter of its UK jobs as part of a major restructuring. The vacuum cleaner manufacturer is to cut around 1,000 of its roughly 3,500 jobs in the UK, it told staff in an email on Tuesday morning. The company, which also makesContinue Reading
Novak Djokovic storms out of BBC Wimbledon interview after snapping at reporter
Novak Djokovic stormed out of his interview with the BBC, with the Serb upset that several questions concerned the crowd that he hit out at during a fourth-round Wimbledon win over Holger Rune. The second seed complained that the Centre Court supporters were using Rune’s name to mock him, turningContinue Reading
NASA spots ‘surprise’ X shapes in Earth’s atmosphere | News
NASA has discovered “surprise” X and C shapes in the Earth’s atmosphere – and scientists are struggling to explain them. While these alphabetical shapes have been observed before, Nasa’s Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk mission sees them more clearly than other instruments have and is now finding themContinue Reading
Ticketmaster warns North American customers after major hack
Ticketmaster has alerted its North American customers to take precautionary measures following a significant cyberattack in May. Overnight emails sent to Canadian users urged vigilance against identity theft and fraud. The breach, affecting 560 million customers worldwide, saw hackers steal personal details which are now being sold online. Despite repeatedContinue Reading
Edinburgh-based fintech platform Recast raises $5 million in funding round led by Morpheus Ventures
Recast, the pioneering Edinburgh-based fintech-for-media platform, has successfully closed a $5 million funding round. This round was led by prominent US-based venture capital firm Morpheus Ventures, with additional investments from Airstream Ventures and Cooley. Recast aims to grant consumers access to any digital content while ensuring a fair and immediateContinue Reading
BBC Radio 2 DJ Steve Wright’s cause of sudden death revealed
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Steve Wright’s cause of death has been revealed, with a certificate disclosing the DJ suffered a ruptured stomach ulcer. The BBC radio hostContinue Reading
Amazon’s Coventry workers vote in historic union ballot
Amazon workers at the Coventry warehouse have begun voting in a landmark trade union recognition ballot, potentially granting them collective bargaining rights over pay and conditions for the first time in the UK. More than 3,000 employees at the West Midlands hub are participating in the vote, which culminates onContinue Reading
Vodafone and Meta scheme cuts mobile network traffic and boosts video quality
Mobile phone users can view more high-quality short-form videos as a result of a new technological collaboration between Vodafone and Facebook parent company Meta. The two firms said they have worked together to free up network capacity for mobile users – testing it in 11 regions in Europe – toContinue Reading