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- Sat Jan 27, 2024 5:18 pm
- Forum: Business & Politics
- Topic: UK News and Discussions
- Replies: 1072
- Views: 556422
Re: UK News and Discussions
Post Office chairman Henry Staunton ousted amid government row. Saturday 27 January 2024 16:25, UK The chairman of the Post Office is being forced out of the role amid frustration in Whitehall over the state-owned company’s governance as it reels from the Horizon IT scandal. Sky News has learnt tha...
- Sat Jan 27, 2024 3:41 pm
- Forum: Off Topic & General Discussion
- Topic: The Movies Thread
- Replies: 101
- Views: 100591
Re: The Movies Thread
Jason Reitman wants the Ghostbusters to stop spooks around the globe Sat, 27 January 2024 at 10:00 am GMT Jason Reitman wants to make a 'Ghostbusters' movie set in another country. The 46-year-old writer is at the helm of the franchise following 2021's successful sequel 'Ghostbusters: Afterlife' an...
- Sat Jan 27, 2024 10:36 am
- Forum: Business & Politics
- Topic: Post-Brexit News and Discussions
- Replies: 203
- Views: 184836
Re: Post-Brexit News and Discussions
Stormont: Details of deal offered to DUP beginning to emerge 1 hour ago It is still unclear whether the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is prepared to accept a deal from the government and return to Stormont. But the contours of a possible deal are starting to emerge. The DUP has been boycotting de...
- Fri Jan 26, 2024 7:46 pm
- Forum: Military & War
- Topic: World War III speculation
- Replies: 24
- Views: 16798
Re: World War III speculation
LBC Radio was talking about this today. Given the situation in Ukraine, and the longer-term potential for escalation in Europe, there's been speculation among senior UK figures that it could happen at some point. I would personally refuse, and find the idea completely insane. https://twitter.com/Yo...
- Fri Jan 26, 2024 5:34 am
- Forum: Business & Politics
- Topic: Post-Brexit News and Discussions
- Replies: 203
- Views: 184836
Re: Post-Brexit News and Discussions
UK halts trade negotiations with Canada over hormones in beef ban 6 hours ago The UK has stopped its trade talks with Canada, after nearly two years of negotiations on a post-Brexit agreement. Trade between the two countries currently takes place under the terms of a deal the UK rolled over from it...
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 8:34 pm
- Forum: Biology & Medicine
- Topic: Diabetes news, discovery and discussion thread
- Replies: 86
- Views: 85716
Re: Diabetes news, discovery and discussion thread
Weight loss injection to be made available in UK within weeks Thu 25 Jan 2024 19.43 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/jan/25/weight-loss-injection-mounjaro-uk-kwikpen-type-2-diabetes#img-1 A new weight loss injection will be available in the UK within weeks to treat thousands of patients...
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 8:10 pm
- Forum: AI & Robotics
- Topic: Autonomous Vehicles News & Discussions
- Replies: 203
- Views: 196724
Re: Autonomous Vehicles News & Discussions
Tesla set to erase $70 billion in valuation after Musk's sales warning January 25, 2024 6:36 PM GMT Tesla (TSLA.O), opens new tab tumbled nearly 11% on Thursday after CEO Elon Musk warned sales growth would slow this year despite price cuts that have already hurt margins and raised investor concern...
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 7:59 pm
- Forum: Energy & the Environment
- Topic: Energy & the Environment News and Discussions
- Replies: 670
- Views: 904999
Re: Energy & the Environment News and Discussions
Minister vows to end water firms’ pollution self-monitoring in England Wed 24 Jan 2024 17.05 GMT The environment secretary has told water companies in England that they will no longer be able to monitor and report on pollution from their own treatment works. Steve Barclay told the privatised indust...
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 7:56 pm
- Forum: Biology & Medicine
- Topic: COVID-19 News and Discussions
- Replies: 2162
- Views: 1558090
Re: COVID-19 News and Discussions
UK government wasted nearly £10bn on unused Covid PPE, figures show Thu 25 Jan 2024 18.40 GMT Ministers have been accused of throwing away taxpayers’ money “as if it were confetti” after official figures revealed that the government wasted nearly £10bn on defective or unusable personal protective e...
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 7:31 pm
- Forum: Business & Politics
- Topic: Post-Brexit News and Discussions
- Replies: 203
- Views: 184836
Re: Post-Brexit News and Discussions
Warning EU border system has lasting "negative impacts" 1 hour ago The Port of Dover and ferry companies have warned of "serious and lasting negative impacts" if the EU's new border IT system is implemented this autumn. It said if the current plans go ahead "communities, bu...