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How a surfing sea otter revealed the dark side of human nature
We like to think of sea otters as cute but they can be aggressive. rbrown10/Shutterstock Surfers often talk about how the sport helps them reconnect with nature, but a recent episode involving an otter with a love for surfboards shows just how brittle our love for wildlife really is. TheContinue Reading
Health leaders warn NHS ‘struggling to catch its breath’ amid strikes
B ack-to-back strikes by junior doctors and consultants will leave the NHS “struggling to catch its breath”, health leaders have said. Junior doctors in England went out on strike from 7am on July 13 to 7am on July 18. The five-day walkout was the longest in NHS history and isContinue Reading
Starmer faces party row over decision to keep two-child benefit cap
A row over Labour’s plan to keep the Conservatives’ two-child benefit cap, which has been blamed for pushing families into poverty, spilled over into a meeting of the parliamentary party on Monday evening. It is understood that a number of Labour MPs raised the issue, after Sir Keir Starmer onContinue Reading
Sunak admits crunch by-elections will prove ‘difficult’ for Tories
B y-elections this week will be difficult, Rishi Sunak admitted, as the Conservatives battle to save seats in three crunch local polls. All eyes in Westminster will be on the by-elections in Uxbridge and South Ruislip, Selby and Ainsty as well as Somerton and Frome on Thursday, with Labour andContinue Reading
The Barbie ban and China’s hold over Hollywood
Vietnam has banned the new “Barbie” film because it features a map showing China’s claim to the South China Sea. The map appears for only a split second on the screen, but it caught the attention of Vietnam’s National Film Evaluation Council for including the controversial “nine-dash line”, which isContinue Reading
Uxbridge Tory candidate admits it will be ‘challenging’ to win by-election
T he Tory candidate for Uxbridge and South Ruislip has admitted it will be “very difficult” for the party to hold on to Boris Johnson’s former seat in Thursday’s by-election. Steve Tuckwell, who is a Conservative councillor for South Ruislip, said he is working “incredibly hard” to secure a victory,Continue Reading
Stem cell therapies: why they’re expensive, unproven and often dangerous
Rogue clinics selling stem cell therapies are popping up everywhere. There are thousands of them around the world, and they claim to be able to cure everything from autism to cerebral palsy. The highest concentration of stem cell therapy clinics is in the US, Mexico, India and China. And peopleContinue Reading
Understanding time may be the key to the race against climate change
Es sarawuth/Shutterstock Something has to change. Politicians and environmental organisations have invested millions trying to influence people’s behaviour and tackle the climate crisis. But it’s not working. No G20 country is on track to meet their climate goals. So instead, researchers are turning their attention to the link between people’sContinue Reading
Labour would make training AI to spread terrorism a criminal offence – Cooper
A new law aimed at preventing extremist groups from training artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots to spread terrorism would be introduced under a Labour government, Yvette Cooper will say. In a major speech on Monday, the shadow home secretary will set out the party’s approach to national security, including action toContinue Reading
Former Tory MP says sexual misconduct claims against him ‘withdrawn’
F ormer Somerton and Frome MP David Warburton has said allegations of sexual misconduct against him have been withdrawn. Mr Warburton was suspended by the Conservative Party in April 2022 and resigned last month after a probe into the complaints. A Westminster watchdog launched a reinvestigation into the claims afterContinue Reading