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NHS watchdog launches inspection of troubled trust after The Independent exposed failures
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email The NHS’s care watchdog has launched an inspection of a troubled trust after The Independent exposed delays in diagnosing and treatingContinue Reading
Oil and gas has long-term future if UK Government backs industry, report says
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 Sign up to our free breaking news emails The UK risks accelerating the decline of the oil and gas industry despite overwhelming industryContinue Reading
HMRC Warns 700,000 Workers Over ‘Bills of Exchange’ Tax Avoidance Scam
HM Revenue & Customs has fired a fresh warning shot at Britain’s flexible workforce, urging an estimated 700,000 umbrella workers, and the agencies and end-clients that engage them, to steer well clear of a rapidly growing scheme that claims, falsely, that personal IOUs can be used to settle a taxContinue Reading
Tail belonging to strange ostrich-like dinosaur discovered off coast of Canada
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email An 80-million-year-old tail found on a small island off the coast of British Columbia was the clearest evidence yet that ostrich-likeContinue Reading
ReVision Implant Raises €4m for Brain-Powered Vision Implant
Belgian neurotechnology business ReVision Implant has closed an oversubscribed €4 million funding round, in a deal that pushes one of Europe’s most ambitious brain-interface ventures out of the laboratory and into the early stages of clinical work. The raise, drawn entirely from private investors, attracted both existing backers and aContinue Reading
Gary Lineker’s firm backs Invisible Media & Backyard Cricket
Goalhanger, the production house behind some of Britain’s most successful podcasts, has formally moved into the venture business. The company has unveiled Goalhanger Ventures, a new investment and partnerships arm designed to back creator-led media businesses with credible plans to scale across video, audio, social, live and commercial channels. TheContinue Reading
Southampton and Middlesbrough on fresh collision course after Spygate drama
While they wouldn’t admit it, the EFL hierarchy was probably relieved by the outcome, given Tigers owner Acun Ilicali had indicated he could take legal action had they lost. Victory for semi-final losers Boro would have potentially opened another can of worms. While aggrieved at being kicked out of theContinue Reading
Nursery costs: Bridget Phillipson orders CMA review of hidden childcare fees for parents
Stay on top of the latest political news with our View from Westminster newsletter Get the latest political headlines with our free email Get the latest political headlines with our free email Bridget Phillipson has urged the competition watchdog to investigate hidden charges faced by parents attempting to access government-fundedContinue Reading
Sonny Rollins death: One of last great post-war jazz legends dubbed the ‘Saxophone Colossus’ dies aged 95
Get the inside track from Roisin O’Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Sonny Rollins, one of the defining musicians of postwar jazz and among the last surviving stars of theContinue Reading
The Mediterranean secret to keeping your home cool in a heatwave
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email At a seminar on building cooling strategies in the late 1990s, I vividly remember hearing that “in 30 years’ time, theContinue Reading