Chancellor Rachel Reeves will announce at Davos that the UK will reimburse visa fees and offer fast-track sponsor licences for selected international firms in AI, life sciences and sustainable energy.
An Esri report recommends that schools distinguish universal wellbeing initiatives from targeted support for students with complex mental health needs, and it calls for stronger teacher mental health literacy and links to external services.
Anthony Hopkins has donated personal items from the first British Airways Concorde commercial flight (21 January 1976) to the National Museum of Flight at East Fortune. The archive includes boarding passes, luggage tags, promotional material and an in‑flight menu signed by many passengers.
Martin Luther King Jr Day was marked by parades, services and museum events across the US, but many observances carried a cautious tone because of concerns about racial and social equality and recent immigration enforcement actions.
Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese has received an invitation from US President Donald Trump to join a new 'Board of Peace' linked to a 20-point plan for Gaza, and his office says the offer will be reviewed through proper processes.
Ministers have opened a consultation on whether to ban social media use by under-16s and on related school phone measures; peers will vote on a related amendment to set an age limit at 16 on Wednesday.
The government has opened a consultation on measures including a possible ban on social media for under-16s and limits on addictive app features, while Ofsted will begin checking school mobile phone policies on inspections immediately.
A former Marine in Greene County held a fundraiser at Whiskey Bent Farms that drew about 300 people and raised roughly $1,800 to support his plan for a veterans home.
Parts of south-west England saw the Aurora Borealis on 19 January after a coronal mass ejection from the Sun, with pink, red and green colours reported over Devon and Cornwall around 21:30 GMT.
Ahmed Al‑Ahmed, who was seriously wounded after disarming an attacker at Bondi Beach, says he has been hurt by criticism about a A$2.5 million fundraiser while continuing medical recovery.
