What is the winter fuel payment, how much is it worth and who can get it?
Getty Images Millions of pensioners will lose winter fuel payments under changes being brought in by the government. Chancellor Rachel Reeves said that future payments would only be made to…
How Hitchin parents pushed to delay phones for school children
DJ McLaren/BBC Some secondary schools in Hitchin, such as Hitchin Boys and The Priory, have already announced their plans to join William Ransom Primary School to be ‘phone-free’ Parents have…
Climate change supercharged Europe’s floods, scientists warn
AFP Local residents rescue a woman from rising flood waters in the Romanian village of Slobozia Conachi Central Europe’s devastating floods were made much worse by climate change and offer…
Myopia: One in three children are short-sighted
Getty Images Children’s eyesight is steadily getting worse with one in three now short-sighted or unable to see things in the distance clearly, a global analysis suggests. The researchers say…
Tech Life: Will AI replace call centre workers?
We speak to the man who says AI will create call centre jobs – rather than replace them. Source link
The challenge of preserving coastal forests
Vishal Jaiswal Vishal Jaiswal turned a childhood hobby into a profession Vishal Jaiswal has been flying drones since he was young. Now 27, that childhood hobby has become his profession.…
Is there a £22bn ‘black hole’ in the UK’s public finances?
No 10 Downing Street Ahead of her speech at the Labour party conference, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has once again blamed the Conservatives for leaving a “£22bn black hole” in the…
Will sustainable aviation fuels take off?
Ross Jarman Ihab Amed working on the test jet engine In a building on the edge of a business park outside Sheffield, researcher Ihab Ahmed is preparing to fire up…
Would you use AI to help?
Jason Brown Jason Brown was happy with the AI input into his holiday to Ireland When Jason Brown organised his summer holiday to Amsterdam and Ireland this year, he didn’t…
Why hundreds of Samsung workers are protesting in India
Reuters More than a thousand workers are participating in the strike For the past 11 days, about 1,500 workers of South Korean technology giant Samsung Electronics have been striking work…