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‘Is this Britain or Soviet Union?’: Elon Musk hits out after video appears to show man arrested for Facebook comments | UK News
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Elon Musk has ramped up his row with the UK as he branded the prime minister “two-tier Keir” and questioned if it was “Britain or the Soviet Union” after a man was apparently arrested over Facebook comments. The billionaire owner of X has been engaged in a war of words with Sir Keir Starmer over…
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Mounjaro: New weight loss drug approved for use in Britain to be available ‘within weeks’ | UK News
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An American weight loss drug approved in a four-dose injection pen format for use in Britain could be available “within weeks”. Mounjaro, also known as tirzepatide, is a diabetes drug that was authorised by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to help obese and overweight adults lose and manage weight in November last…
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4,000 year-old plague DNA found in Britain may boost study of infectious diseases | UK News
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Plague DNA has been found dating back 4,000 years, making it the oldest evidence of the disease in Britain. The discovery by researchers could help to understand which genes are “important in the spread of infectious diseases”, one of them said. Scientists from the Francis Crick Institute (FCI) have identified three cases of Yersinia pestis…
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Britain is a big part of the new space race – and could become a global launch pad | Science & Tech News
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Britain is a big part of the new space race, but you probably didn’t know it. More satellites are built here than anywhere outside California. But because we don’t launch them, it goes unnoticed. It began with telecommunications satellites the size of double-decker buses that bring us hundreds of TV channels and connect us to…
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UK at risk of ‘brain drain’ as scientists leave Britain to avoid losing EU research funding | UK News
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A total of 22 UK-based scientists have now decided to leave Britain rather than lose their EU research funding, as uncertainty continues around the future of Research and Development (R&D) support post-Brexit. Scientists and engineers have told Sky News the UK’s position as a world leader in research is at risk from “significant brain drain”…
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Without these chips, we are in big trouble – and Britain has no strategy | Business News
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There are many factories around the world, but few look anything like semiconductor fabs. These places – fabrication plants, to give them their full name – are otherworldly in all sorts of respects. Bathed in yellow light and populated by workers wearing head-to-toe white suits, visiting one of them feels like entering the world depicted…