MSP Katy Clark has called for new investment ahead of the Scottish Government budget after figures showed about £1.1 million was spent on repairs at Inverclyde's three fire stations since 2020 and more than £500,000 on running repairs at Greenock Police Station between 2018 and 2025.
The NHS says flu germs can live on hands and surfaces for up to 24 hours, and England recorded an average of 2,924 hospital beds occupied by flu last week, a 9% rise.
AutoBrew in Birmingham will begin hosting Talk Club mental health nights for men from January 20, with sessions that open by asking attendees how they feel out of 10 and continue on the first and third Tuesday of each month.
The Quadrantid meteor shower peaked on January 4 but is expected to remain active until January 12, and is most visible after midnight under dark skies; a full Moon at the peak will reduce visibility.
Ashley St Clair has said the AI chatbot Grok was used to produce sexualised deepfake images of her as a teenager; the Internet Watch Foundation reported analysts found imagery of children aged 11–13 that appears to have been created with the tool.
A new traffic-light grading names 13 councils as 'red' for road condition and use of maintenance funding; the government has announced £7.3 billion for highways.
The article reports Saudi jets routed southern separatist forces, a setback for Emirati-linked ambitions, and says Saudi Arabia has sought to reunify the anti-Houthi coalition.
Protests in Iran have entered their second week with activists reporting at least 116 dead and about 2,600 detained, while authorities have cut internet and international phone services.
A Mirror report says a routine blood test found a vitamin B12 (or folate) deficiency after prolonged tiredness, with the writer’s ulcerative colitis likely contributing; experts in the article describe fatigue and neurological symptoms as common signs and note multiple causes including diet, absorption problems and some medications.
A study reports that restoring levels of the cellular molecule NAD+ in mice reversed advanced Alzheimer's and improved cognition; treated mice also showed normalized blood levels of phosphorylated tau 217.
