Scotland’s Food Price Debate Pits Affordability Against Producer Survival
A proposed cap on essential food prices in Scotland has intensified debate over how to make healthy diets affordable without weakening farmers and small producers. The SNP pledged during the…
Free Sports Schemes Help UK Families Stay Active as Costs Rise
Families across the UK can access free tennis, cricket, running and disability-inclusive sports programmes as the cost of organised activity becomes a growing concern. While football is often considered inexpensive…
Russian Authorities Used Cellebrite Tool After Company Ended Sales, Report Finds
Russian authorities used Cellebrite technology to access the iPhone of opposition politician and human rights activist Andrey Pivovarov months after the company said it had stopped serving government customers in…
Netherlands Presses US Lawmakers Over Chip Bill Targeting ASML Sales to China
Dutch Trade Minister Sjoerd Sjoerdsma travelled to Washington this week to oppose proposed US legislation that could sharply restrict ASML’s ability to sell and service semiconductor manufacturing equipment in China.…
Half of London Businesses Report Workforce Skills Gaps as AI Adoption Rises
Half of London businesses say their existing workforce lacks some of the skills and capacity needed to meet current organisational requirements, as artificial intelligence changes roles across the capital. A…
VLC Developer Jean-Baptiste Kempf Raises $5 Million for Robot Control Startup Kyber
Jean-Baptiste Kempf, the lead developer behind VLC Media Player, has raised $5 million for Kyber, a Paris-based startup developing real-time infrastructure for remotely controlling robots, drones, and other connected machines.…
ASML Denies US Concerns That EUV Chipmaking Equipment Reached China
ASML has denied claims that one of its extreme ultraviolet lithography systems, or any component specifically designed for those machines, was shipped to China. The response followed reports that US…
Aurigny CEO Questions Break-Even Target After Airline Records £6.3 Million Loss
Aurigny chief executive Nico Bezuidenhout has questioned whether Guernsey’s publicly owned airline should still be required to break even when about 70% of its operations now involve essential lifeline services.…
UK Watchdog Investigates Ryanair Fees For Parents Sitting With Children
The UK’s competition watchdog is investigating whether Ryanair unfairly charges parents to sit beside their children on flights. The Competition and Markets Authority said the airline’s mandatory family seat typically…
Spain Tourism Heads For Another Record As Housing Tensions Grow
Spain could receive 100 million international tourists in 2026 as geopolitical instability redirects some travellers from the Middle East and eastern Mediterranean. The expected growth is also adding pressure to…
Bank Of England Holds Interest Rates As Energy Costs Raise Prospect Of An Increase
The Bank of England has kept its benchmark interest rate at 3.75% for a third consecutive meeting, leaving borrowing costs at their lowest level since February 2023. Further cuts had…
Waste Companies Propose Up To £5 Deposit On Vapes To Boost Proper Disposal And Cut Fires
Waste companies are calling for a refundable deposit of up to £5 on vapes to incentivize proper disposal and reduce lithium battery fires in bin lorries and waste facilities. The…
UK Proposes National Blacklist To Ban Abusive Air Passengers From All Airlines
The UK government is proposing a national blacklist that would prevent abusive air passengers from flying with any airline by allowing carriers to share information on disruptive travelers. The scheme…
UK Visa Portal Exposed Thousands Of Passports And Selfies
The third-party site UK Visa Portal publicly exposed thousands of passport images and selfie photos uploaded by applicants, a security lapse that TechCrunch says affected at least 100,000 documents before…
Pope Leo XIV calls for AI oversight in first encyclical
Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, warns that artificial intelligence is intensifying older problems such as inequality, war, democratic erosion, and concentrated power. The document argues that AI must be…
University Of Cambridge Deploys Geospatial AI Foundation Model To Map Declining Hedgehog Habitats
Researchers at the University of Cambridge are processing satellite imagery via an artificial intelligence tool called Tessera to pinpoint and monitor the native hedgehog habitats disappearing across Great Britain. The…
Standard Chartered To Cut Thousands Of Back Office Roles In Global Automation Move
Standard Chartered announced a strategic plan to reduce its back-office headcount by more than 15% by the year 2030 as the institution accelerates its adoption of artificial intelligence and automated…