Nurse’s death linked to weight-loss drug Mounjaro approved on NHS
BBC Susan McGowan died two weeks after taking tirzepatide – brand name Mounjaro The death of a nurse from North Lanarkshire has been linked to the use of a weight-loss…
How mines control driverless trucks
Zoe Corbyn Fifty of these giant driverless trucks work in the Greater Nammuldi iron ore mine It doesn’t get much more remote than this. I’m in inland Western Australia, at…
More lung-cancer cases detected earlier
BBC An NHS mobile lung-cancer screening clinic in Gorton, Manchester. A lung-cancer screening programme that sees mobile clinics visit local communities in England has detected the disease earlier in more…
experts hail breakthrough in bid to save native bird
Desert National Park A great Indian bustard chick was recently conceived through artificial insemination in India’s Rajasthan Last month brought good news for the great Indian bustard, a critically endangered…
China is trying to fix its economy. Trump could derail those plans
Reuters Donald Trump and Xi Jinping at their last face-to-face meeting in 2019 China is expected to unveil new measures to boost its flagging economy, as it braces for a…
Extra GSCE and A-level exam support reaches all-time high
BBC News Hannah says access to special arrangements during exam season “utterly shifted” her school life The number of students requiring additional help during exams has reached an all-time high.…
The rise and fall of China’s viral maths ‘prodigy’
Getty Images The maths contest results prompted a nationwide debate about China’s schools and academic pathways A 17-year-old girl in China hailed as a genius in a mathematics contest cheated,…
Forty-three monkeys on the loose after escaping from US research lab
Police are on the hunt for 43 monkeys that escaped from a research facility in South Carolina after a keeper left their pen open. The rhesus macaque fugitives busted out…
Vladimir Putin hails ‘courageous’ Donald Trump after election win
EPA Vladimir Putin has congratulated Donald Trump on his election victory, calling him a “courageous man”. Speaking at an event in the Russian city of Sochi, the Russian president said…
Prince of Wales says its been hardest year of his life
Getty Images The Prince of Wales has been visiting South Africa for his Earthshot Prize The Prince of Wales has described the past year as the “hardest year” of his…