Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced a major Northern Powerhouse Rail investment to connect Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Bradford, Sheffield and York with faster, more frequent services, saying it responds to long-standing underinvestment.
The EPA announced it will stop monetizing the health and monetary benefits of reducing PM2.5 and ozone and will instead focus on industry compliance costs and emissions quantification. Undetermined at this time.
A Cheshire dairy farmer who previously stopped HS2 taking about 300 acres says a new government plan for a north–south rail line has revived uncertainty over the family's farm and local properties.
Letters report delays in Care Quality Commission registration that are preventing a psychiatrist from offering regulated ADHD assessments, and a parent describes a short NHS assessment that led quickly to stimulant and later antidepressant prescriptions.
Clan relaunched its Shetland wellbeing centre in November and is inviting Shetland residents to complete an online survey, open until 31 January, to inform local cancer support services.
Wikipedia launched in January 2001 and has grown into a globally used, volunteer-edited encyclopedia; recent AI competitors such as Grokipedia, launched in October 2025, have expanded rapidly and prompted debate about the role of human editing and AI.
Researchers including Cardiff University scientists extracted woolly rhinoceros DNA from the stomach of a 14,400-year-old wolf found near Tumat, Siberia, and report the evidence points to a rapid population collapse linked to climate warming rather than human hunting.
Researchers analysing a roughly 14,400‑year‑old wolf from Siberia recovered woolly rhinoceros DNA from preserved stomach tissue; genetic comparisons suggest the species remained genetically healthy until a rapid population collapse near its extinction.
The prime minister said the delay of Damien Egan's planned September visit to Bristol Brunel Academy, postponed because a pro-Palestine demonstration was planned to coincide with the end of the school day, was "very concerning".
Several Devon hospital emergency departments report very high numbers of seriously ill patients and long waits, and trusts say staff are prioritising the sickest patients.
