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British GP Dr Asif Ahmed took to social media to raise the alarm about what he labelled 'one of the most chronically undiagnosed conditions out there'.

The huge flocks in South Shields, South Tyneside, have sparked fear in locals who now have to guard their plates outside cafes and restaurants.

British tourists are wasting a whopping £794 million a year by leaving travel prep to the last minute, according to a new study.

Harvey Willgoose, 15, died from a stab wound to the heart after he was attacked by another pupil in the courtyard of All Saints Catholic High School in Sheffield on February 3.

Chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor said inmates were able to order from a 'menu' of illicit substances while sitting in their cells for 22 hours a day.

Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic will announce Tuesday the launch of a $22.5 million AI training center for members of the American Federation of Teachers, according to details inadvertently published early on a publicly accessible YouTube livestream. The National Academy for AI Instruction will be based in New York City and aims to equip kindergarten through 12th grade instructors with "the tools and confidence to bring AI into the classroom in a way that supports learning and opportunity for all students." The initiative will provide free AI training and curriculum to teachers in the second-largest US teachers' union, which represents about 1.8 million workers including K-12 teachers, school nurses and college staff. The academy builds on Microsoft's December 2023 partnership with the AFL-CIO, the umbrella organization that includes the American Federation of Teachers.

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They cited an incident last month where more than 20 drivers carried out the action

Mr McMurdock resigned the whip on Saturday, shortly before The Sunday Times published a story about loans worth £70,000 given to two businesses -  one of which had no staff.

Three men have been found guilty at the Old Bailey of an arson attack on a warehouse linked to Ukraine on behalf of the terrorist Wagner Group.

Beijing 's military 'endangered personnel' participating in an EU-led mission, the German foreign ministry said. It added that Beijing's ambassador to Berlin had been summoned.

Love Island couple Alex and Olivia Bowen announced they were expecting a baby girl in February and the expecting dad has shared an update as they prepare to welcome their daughter

A 43-year-old mother from Bromley in South East London, has revealed an early symptom before her bowel cancer diagnosis.

This year, France recorded more than 230,000 people crossing the border into Switzerland alone - more than double the 99,500 noted 20 years ago.

Move targets European orgs wary of cross-border data exposure

Linux veteran SUSE has unveiled a new support package aimed at customers concerned about data sovereignty.…

The days of sharing intimate moments with your partner via a screen may be drawing to a close.

One of the world's top fencers has been cleared of charges that she used performance enhancers after she was found to have tested positive for a banned substance from an intimate moment.

Alarm is growing about Labour targeting entrepreneurs as the government frantically tries to balance the books.

The hosting duo opened the latest episode of the long-running ITV daytime show in a change to their usual greeting.

If a deal looks too good to be true, it probably is

The US General Services Administration (GSA) has announced an agreement with Oracle it claims offers a 75 percent discount on the vendor's license-based technology.…

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: The herbicide ingredient used to replace glyphosate in Roundup and other weedkiller products can kill gut bacteria and damage organs in multiple ways, new research shows. The ingredient, diquat, is widely employed in the US as a weedkiller in vineyards and orchards, and is increasingly sprayed elsewhere as the use of controversial herbicide substances such as glyphosate and paraquat drops in the US. But the new piece of data suggests diquat is more toxic than glyphosate, and the substance is banned over its risks in the UK, EU, China and many other countries. Still, the EPA has resisted calls for a ban, and Roundup formulas with the ingredient hit the shelves last year. [...] Diquat is also thought to be a neurotoxin, carcinogen and linked to Parkinson's disease. An October analysis of EPA data by the Friends of the Earth non-profit found it is about 200 times more toxic than glyphosate in terms of chronic exposure. [...] The new review of scientific literature in part focuses on the multiple ways in which diquat damages organs and gut bacteria, including by reducing the level of proteins that are key pieces of the gut lining. The weakening can allow toxins and pathogens to move from the stomach into the bloodstream, and trigger inflammation in the intestines and throughout the body. Meanwhile, diquat can inhibit the production of beneficial bacteria that maintain the gut lining. Damage to the lining also inhibits the absorption of nutrients and energy metabolism, the authors said. The research further scrutinizes how the substance harms the kidneys, lungs and liver. Diquat "causes irreversible structural and functional damage to the kidneys" because it can destroy kidney cells' membranes and interfere with cell signals. The effects on the liver are similar, and the ingredient causes the production of proteins that inflame the organ. Meanwhile, it seems to attack the lungs by triggering inflammation that damages the organ's tissue. More broadly, the inflammation caused by diquat may cause multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, a scenario in which organ systems begin to fail. The authors note that many of the studies are on rodents and more research on low, long-term exposure is needed. The report notes that the EPA is not reviewing the chemical, "and even non-profits that push for tighter pesticide regulations have largely focused their attention elsewhere." "[T]hat was in part because U.S. pesticide regulations are so weak that advocates are tied up with battles over ingredients like glyphosate, paraquat and chlorpyrifos -- substances that are banned elsewhere but still widely used here. Diquat is 'overshadowed' by those ingredients."

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