London weather: Capital and south east to be hit by torrential rain as Met Office issues severe weather alert September 15, 2015 London and the South East will be hit by extremely heavy showers on Wednesday, the Met Office has warned. The UK's weather service has issued a yellow weather warning for the area, which means people should plan ahead due to possible travel delays. It said the warning will be updated “as confidence in developments increases”. [...]
Here comes the UK biotech boom: Four key healthcare trends to look out for in 2016 September 15, 2015 As an investment area, the healthcare industry flourished in the first half of 2015. But some investors are now showing signs of caution, as the sector fails to provide any clear long-term direction. There is no denying that biotech companies have achieved great success over the past three years thanks to market-changing innovations, but [...]
Would Jeremy Corbyn add a dose of homeopathy to the NHS? He believes it works, after all September 15, 2015 What would the NHS be like if Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn became Prime Minister? It would certainly remain publicly-funded – that he's adamant about. It would also focus more on tackling mental health issues, as his appointment of the shadow cabinet's first ever “mental health minister” indicates. But what about alternative types [...]
The North-South life expectancy divide: You’ll live around two years longer if you live below Yorkshire September 15, 2015 Across the nation, Britons are living much longer than they used to. In fact, new figures released by Public Health England show that average life expectancy has gone up from 75.9 to 81.3 since 1990. That's an increase of 5.4 years – a significant improvement that exceeds the gains made my many of our [...]
IBM hires ex-Thomas Cook boss Harriet Green to lead new data-focused business September 14, 2015 IBM has confirmed the appointment Harriet Green, former chief executive of Thomas Cook, to lead two new business divisions – the Internet of Things and Education Business. In a statement, the New York-based technology company said these units were being launched to “apply the company’s considerable strengths in Big Data, advanced analytics and cognitive [...]
Teenager dies from Ebola in Sierra Leone as disease makes a come-back September 14, 2015 A 16-year-old girl died in Sierra Leone today after catching the Ebola virus, the National Ebola Response Centre (NERC) confirmed. The victim came from the city of Makeni in the northern Bomabli district, where no new case had been reported for 169 days. According to AFP, the girl was hospitalised on Saturday, after [...]
From West to East: These five cities will take over as the world’s biggest tech centres in the future September 14, 2015 Berlin, London, Tel Aviv – these cities are all becoming synonymous with startups, and fierce competitors to Silicon Valley. But successful new technology firms are no longer limited to developed economies, with thousands now making gains in emerging markets in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. According to data from the World [...]
UK drug company Acacia Pharma plans £150m flotation on London Stock Exchange September 14, 2015 The UK's life sciences sector received yet another boost this morning, when Cambridge-based drug company Acacia Pharma announced its plan to float on the London Stock Exchange next month. The firm, which specialises in developing new treatments for debilitating conditions arising from surgery, intends to sell a 25 per cent stake of the company [...]
The next two years will be the hottest on Earth, but the UK is set for a cold spell September 14, 2015 The world's average temperature is set to reach a record high this year and next, according to a report by the Met Office. This is because of a combination of the effects of greenhouse gases and a major El Nino event currently taking place in the Pacific. El Ninos are characterised by the [...]
Switzerland is the world’s best country to grow old in, while the UK falls into 10th place September 10, 2015 Home to chocolate, cheese, and one of the world’s most robust economies, Switzerland is the country where old people enjoy the highest quality of life, according to a study from the University of Southampton. By scoring 96 countries on a number of well-being factors for the over-60s, the researchers found that the top of [...]
