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Scotland and Northern Ireland netball teams qualify for 2027 World Cup
Scotland and Northern Ireland have secured their places at the 2027 Netball World Cup following a qualifying tournament in East Kilbride. T…
Government reforms to corporate reporting aim to save businesses £450m annually
The government is cutting administrative requirements for small and medium-sized enterprises, removing reporting forms that currently total…
Report highlights how home electrification can protect UK households from energy price shocks
A new report from Ember suggests that adopting technologies like heat pumps, rooftop solar, and home batteries can shield British household…
UK banks complete first interbank payments using tokenised deposits
Major lenders including Lloyds, NatWest and Barclays have successfully moved funds between rival institutions using blockchain technology f…
Government invests £20m to roll out AI for NHS chest X-ray analysis
The government has allocated £20 million to ensure all NHS trusts in England use AI for chest X-ray analysis by 2029. By acting as a second…
UK defence contractors to create 40,000 new jobs and apprenticeships
Major defence contractors are set to open 40,000 new roles, including apprenticeships and work placements, as part of a government-led init…
Pharmaceutical investment in the UK reaches £167.2m in the first half of 2026
Foreign direct investment in the UK pharmaceutical industry has more than doubled compared to the entirety of 2025, reaching £167.2m in the…
Balfour Beatty to hire 2,000 new staff across the UK over the next two years
Construction firm Balfour Beatty is expanding its UK workforce from 14,000 to 16,000 to help deliver new energy and infrastructure projects…
Over half of rural Yorkshire now connected to high-speed broadband
The government's Project Gigabit has reached more than 50 per cent of rural Yorkshire, bringing high-speed internet to thousands of homes a…
High-mileage electric cars are more reliable than petrol models, study finds
An analysis of 47.4 million MOT tests shows that electric vehicles with over 90,000 miles on the clock are significantly less likely to fai…
Bereavement leave rights in Great Britain to include step and half relatives
From April, employees across Great Britain will be entitled to two weeks of unpaid leave following the death of a wider range of family mem…
Nearly four million records of enslaved people in former British colonies are now searchable online
Ancestry and University College London have digitised 300,000 pages of registers documenting the lives of enslaved people across 20 former …