Kate McGoughEducation reporter BBC/Kate McGough Parents protest outside Parliament this week ahead of reforms to special educational needs Individual care plans for children with special educational needs should not be scrapped, say MPs. A new Education Select Committee report also calls for new minimum standards of support for special educational needs and disabilities (Send) in…
A hospital boss has apologised after a Kent emergency department resorted to using its cafe as a makeshift ward. A&E staff at William Harvey Hospital in Ashford decided to screen off the building’s cafe on Tuesday to create space for treating patients. East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust said the move was due to…
By Bloomberg Published September 18, 2025 Bernard Arnault’s family is installing LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE executives to lead recently-acquired Paris FC, a sign the luxury billionaire is intent on reviving the commercial fortunes of the club. Jean-Marc Gallot – LVMH Jean-Marc Gallot, up until now head of LVMH’s Champagne brand Veuve Clicquot, will…
By Bloomberg Published September 18, 2025 Swiss watch exports tumbled in August as Chinese demand remained weak and stiff US tariffs went into effect. A watch by TAG Heuer – Divulgação Exports fell about 17% from a year earlier, the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry said in a statement Thursday. All main markets saw…
We are very excited to present you Tails 7.0, the first version of Tails based on Debian 13 (Trixie) and GNOME 48 (Bengaluru). Tails 7.0 brings new versions of many applications included in Tails. Dedication Tails 7.0 is dedicated to the memory of Lunar (1982–2024). Lunar was a traveling companion for Tails, a Tor volunteer,…
In Alaska’s Brooks Range, rivers once clear enough to drink now run orange and hazy with toxic metals. As warming thaws formerly frozen ground, it sets off a chemical chain reaction that is poisoning fish and wreaking havoc on ecosystems. As the planet warms, a layer of permafrost — permanently frozen Arctic soil that locked…
University of Warwick astronomers have uncovered the chemical fingerprint of a frozen, water-rich planetary fragment being consumed by a white dwarf star outside our Solar System. In our Solar System, it is thought that comets and icy planetesimals (small solid objects in space) were responsible for delivering water to Earth. The existence of these icy…
An international research collaboration has used advanced computer simulations to investigate how faint radio signals from the early Universe, soon to be observed from missions on the far side of the Moon, could shed light on the fundamental properties of dark matter, reports a new study published in Nature Astronomy on September 16, 2025. Ordinary…
New research using NASA’s Perseverance rover has uncovered strong evidence that Mars’ Jezero Crater experienced multiple episodes of fluid activity — each with conditions that could have supported life. By analyzing high-resolution geochemical data from the rover, scientists have identified two dozen types of minerals, the building blocks of rocks, that help reveal a dynamic…
Australia, one of the world’s biggest polluters per capita, will aim to cut its carbon emissions by at least 62% compared to 2005 levels over the next decade. The nation – which has faced global criticism for its continued reliance on fossil fuels – had previously pledged to reduce greenhouse gases by 43% by 2030….
