Spending Review to include £86bn for science and tech

Marc Ashdown Business correspondent Getty Images Areas like Newport in Wales, home to the UK’s biggest semiconductor manufacturing facility, will be allowed to decide how investment is targeted in their communities. The government has said it will spend £86bn on the science and technology sector by the end of this Parliament, ahead of Wednesday’s Spending…

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Air India crash is first involving a Boeing 787

Aviation consultant Andrew Charlton said it appeared from footage of the crash that the plane was “struggling to get lift” as it took off.  Videos from the scene showed the plane slowly descending soon after take-off, before crashing. “There is no evidence of a major explosion during the short flight but it is much too early…

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Martha Mills doctor’s failings ‘particularly grave’

Philippa Roxby Health reporter Mills/Laity family photograph/PA Wire Martha Mills died from sepsis in a London hospital in 2021 The failings of a doctor responsible for Martha Mills’ care, who died from sepsis, amounted to “gross negligence” and were “particularly grave”, a medical tribunal says. Her death gave rise to Martha’s Rule in hundreds of…

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