UK edges closer to rejoining EU’s ?85bn Horizon science programme

Read More The UK is on the brink of doing a deal to return to the EU’s ?85bn science research programme Horizon Europe. Diplomatic sources say negotiations to become an associate member will continue over the weekend and the two sides are close to agreement after three months of talks, largely over the cost of […]

Keir Starmer to say class ceiling must shatter to let children get ahead

Read More Britain needs to shatter its snobbish “class ceiling” that prevents children from getting ahead, Keir Starmer is to argue in a speech setting out his fifth and final “mission” aimed at removing barriers to opportunity. Speaking at a college in Gillingham, Kent, the Labour leader will argue that students must be taught creativity […]

Lung cancer diagnoses of UK women to outnumber men’s for first time

Read More The number of women diagnosed with lung cancer in the UK is expected to overtake men this year for the first time, according to projections that have prompted calls for women to be as vigilant about the disease as they are about breast cancer. Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer […]

Will Ben & Jerry’s Be the Next Bud Light?

Social media users are calling for a Bud Light-style boycott of Ben & Jerry’s after the ice cream brand tweeted on the Fourth of July that “the US exists on stolen Indigenous land.”