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Can EU’s €200B ‘InvestAI’ Initiative Close Europe’s AI Gap with U.S. and China?

Communications of the ACM

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Welfare bill passes after Keir Starmer offers late concession

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Starmer set to offer Labour MPs further welfare bill concession

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Births in England and Wales increase for first time since 2021

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Children crossing Channel from France exposed to teargas, report says

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Man, 92, jailed for 1967 rape and murder of Louisa Dunne in Bristol

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Why it’s so easy for the US to cut children’s access to healthcare: ‘There’s no right to these programs’

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Labour rebel claims Starmer risks defeat on welfare bill with ‘loads’ of MPs planning to vote against it – UK politics live

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Solar project reimagines railway network as clean energy lifelines 

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NHS repeatedly failing in care of stroke patients, watchdog says

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No 10 plan to avert Labour welfare rebellion in chaos amid division over scale of concessions

Mon

Most women in England and Wales report abusive behaviour to them or others, poll finds

Mon

Health inequality is linked to gross disparities in wealth | Letters

Mon

The way to tackle obesity in the UK is to make healthy food affordable. But the government won’t admit it | Zoe Williams

Mon

I do not need a £100 hairbrush. So why have I spent so long fantasising about one?

Mon

I was a big orca fan – but their skincare regime is giving me the ick | Emma Beddington

Mon

Bridget Phillipson says she wants more young people in UK to have children

Mon

Carers like me connect patients and doctors – so why are we so often made to feel invisible? | Emily Kenway

Mon

‘We want to change the way humans relate to the rest of the natural world’

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Unsung observatory worker was UK’s first professional female astronomer, experts say

Mon

People having IVF should get time off work for appointments, say UK campaigners

Mon

The grip secret: it could be the key to a long and healthy life – here’s how to improve yours

Mon

NHS will use AI in warning system to catch potential safety scandals early

Sun

Extra cost of being disabled in UK to rise by almost 12% in five years, says Scope report

Sun

Starmer’s disability benefit concessions are not enough, says rebel Labour whip

Sun

Britain in 2025: sick man of Europe battling untreated illness crisis

Sun

Downing St has a radical change in mind for the NHS: shifting its focus from treatment to prevention

Sun

Cutting personal independent payments: potentially devastating or justified? | Letters

Sun

Starmer says he lost grip on Labour welfare revolt due to focus on foreign affairs

Sun

NHS hospital funding in England could be tied to patient satisfaction

Sat

‘Unless you see it, you can’t believe how bad it is’: the peer demanding a minister for porn

Sat

NHS manager ordered to stop selling ‘sleep drug-laced’ children’s gummies

Sat

Transgender campaigners call for European rights body to report on UK

Sat

A clear set of actions is needed to improve NHS maternity services | Letters

Fri

Ethical questions surround the NHS sampling babies’ DNA | Letter

Fri

US supreme court rules key provision of Obamacare constitutional

Fri

Colombia gangs lure children to join ranks via TikTok, UN warns

Fri

Smoking, drinking too much and being overweight ‘puts one in 50 adults in England at risk of early death’

Fri

Third U-turn in a month leaves Keir Starmer diminished

Fri

Tories accuse Starmer of ‘humiliating U-turn’ as climbdown over welfare bill confirmed – UK politics live

Fri

No 10 climbs down over welfare bill in move to win over Labour rebels

Fri

What went right this week: the good news that matters

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Black children arrested in London ‘15% more likely to be criminalised’ than white children

Fri

How farm fires intensify Delhi’s post-monsoon smog problem

Fri

People dying early of cancer costs UK economy £10.3bn a year, study finds

Thu

Anna Wintour steps down as editor-in-chief of American Vogue

Thu

Chris and Sarra Hoy awarded freedom of the City of London

Thu

One in four young people in England have mental health condition, NHS survey finds

Thu

Starmer offers ‘massive concessions’ on welfare bill to Labour rebels

Thu

The Emerging Face of Digital Dentistry

Communications of the ACM

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Parents, not teachers, can beat child obesity | Letter

Thu

Met officers’ strip-search of black girl at school was gross misconduct, panel finds

Thu

Rules that protect UK homeowners from repossessions may be scrapped

Thu

Keir Starmer confirms No 10 is offering concessions to Labour welfare rebels

Thu

‘Amazing for blind people’: app helps cricket fan find way around Lord’s

Thu

Minister says Labour’s welfare bill rebels ‘trying to do their job well’ as No 10 considers concessions – UK politics live

Thu

UK schools and offices not equipped for impact of global heating, report warns

Thu

As an NHS GP, I can now prescribe weight-loss jabs – but a quick fix for obesity is not what we need | Helen Salisbury

Thu

Equivalent of one child in every British classroom now born via IVF, data shows

Thu

Hundreds of weight loss and diabetes jab users report pancreas problems

Wed

Starmer pushes back at Streeting doubts over budget for assisted dying

Wed

Scientists criticise cut in UK funding for global vaccination group

Wed

Keir Starmer dismisses Labour welfare cuts rebellion as ‘noises off’

Wed

UK graduates facing worst job market since 2018 amid rise of AI, says Indeed

Wed

The fast food chain helping tackle child exploitation

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Poorest parts of England to get £2.2bn more for NHS to cut care inequalities

Wed

‘Reconnecting’ defence with society: the public outreach aims behind UK’s army cadet drive

Wed

Class no longer main dividing line in UK politics, survey shows

Wed

‘Life is brutal. Running helps’: the 17-year-old who faced despair – and ran the length of Britain

Wed

Nearly 100,000 adults in England denied state-funded social care due to cuts

Wed

Millions of children at risk as global vaccine rates fall, study finds

Tue

Widespread Labour dissent over welfare bill is sign things are going very badly for Starmer

Tue

US rests case against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs in sex-trafficking and racketeering trial

Tue

BBFC asks government to extend monitoring role to include online pornography

Tue

Let overseas-trained dentists get to work | Letters

Tue

I wish I had known more about alcohol when I started drinking | Arwa Mahdawi

Tue

Tobacco exposure killed more than 7m people in 2023, study finds

Tue

Keir Starmer says ‘clear moral case’ for disability benefit reforms despite rebellion by MPs

Tue

Get some earplugs – and never remove wax at home: 16 ways to protect your hearing, chosen by audiologists

Tue

Europe’s pledge to spend more on military will hurt climate and social programmes

Tue

Love & Trouble review – raw study skilfully unpeels the PTSD that threatens to wreck a marriage

Tue

Man who developed psychosis after being jailed for 13 years on indefinite sentence moved to hospital

Tue

Britain has a messy relationship with money - no wonder we’re so divided over doctors’ pay | Polly Toynbee

Tue

From Brazil to Britain: rainforest guardians unite in a bid to heal the land

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How can RFK Jr ‘Make America healthy again’? He is ignoring the two biggest killers of American children | Devi Sridhar

Tue

Big fall in support for struggling families in England, charity says

Tue

Labour MPs launch major rebellion to stop welfare bill

Jun 23

Vapes threaten to undo gains in tackling dangers of tobacco, health leaders warn

Jun 23

Advancements in Weather Prediction

Communications of the ACM

Jun 23 7m read

There are more C-section births in the UK than ever, so why is the stigma against them still so strong? | Hannah Marsh

Jun 23

Co-operative business: a recipe for resilience in turbulent times

Jun 23 4m read

Majority of children will be overweight or obese in nine areas of England by 2035, study shows

Jun 23

Bacardi Breezers to BuzzBallz: why gen Z aren’t the booze buzzkills we’ve been led to believe

Jun 23

Domestic abuse is ‘public health emergency’, experts say after critical NHS report

Jun 22

Campaigners look to Historic England to save Black British site Bridge Park in London

Jun 22

I was diagnosed with PCOS – and was soon drowning in misinformation

Jun 22

Wes Streeting questions affordability of setting up NHS assisted dying service

Jun 22

‘We’re here to spot predatory men’: the new force patrolling Dua Lipa’s Wembley show

Jun 22

Aqua lungs: how Rod Stewart’s underwater swimming may help his singing

Jun 21

Alcohol should have labels warning drinkers of cancer risks, charities say

Jun 21