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US intelligence ‘have no reports on Russian businessman’s death on British soil’
An inquest heard a letter from the US Embassy stated intelligence officials did not have evidence of Russian involvement in any plot to kill Alexander Perepilichnyy
Brexiter Lord Ashcroft advises UK companies to move to Malta to secure “European base”
Staunch Brexiter Lord Ashcroft has advised UK firms to move to Malta after Brexit. In a blog on Conservative Home the outspoken peer said "as a hard-nosed, self-made businessman, I believe that Malta represents the best destination for ambitious UK firms that must have a post-Brexit presence in the European Union". He said the "diverse, open-market economy" makes it an attractive place to move for UK firms that "have understandably decided, particularly in a period of uncertainty, that they will need...
Machine learning predicted Germany wins World Cup, but now AI tips England for final
Nobody bats an eyelid any more when various aquarium and zoo animals develop psychic abilities enabling them to predict World Cup scores. This year The Three Lions Pub in Bristol even has a regular dressed as an octopus predicting scores. But as it’s 2018, things have got a lot more sophisticated. A German team of machine learning researchers simulated 100,000 match eventualities to predict Germany to win the World Cup. But with Germany bowing out at the group stage of...
Immunotherapy drug for skin disease could boost hormone treatment for prostate cancer
Researchers believe combination with established treatment could improve outcomes in prostate cancer Clinical trials planned to assess psoriasis drug in men with advanced disease New treatment has potential to work in larger proportion of patients than existing immunotherapies A new form of immunotherapy reactivates the response to hormone treatment in advanced prostate cancer, a study in mice and human prostate cancer cells has found. Hormone therapy is a mainstay of prostate cancer treatment – but tumour cells can grow resistant,...
Religious all-girls school rapped by Ofsted for censoring textbooks & refusing to teach kids about reproduction
The Orthodox Jewish all-girls high school was slammed for blanking out pictures of men and women standing together in textbooks - and teachers even crossed out bare ankles in science books.
Shocking images of huge fire sweeping Saddleworth Moor as 30 homes are evacuated
The blaze has been declared a "major incident" and the army is on standby
Vegan group’s ‘animal torture’ claim ad given all clear despite complaint from scientist
The poster for Go Vegan World featured a mouse touching a human hand with the words "They trust us. We torture them for research."
Women with dense breast tissue ‘more likely to get cancer’
Researchers found that women with mammographically dense breast tissue have higher recall and biopsy rates and increased odds of screen-detected and interval breast cancer
Business survey results signal “absolute disaster” if government doesn’t get a grip on Brexit very soon
A UBS survey of 600 companies that spells out the reality of a Brexit "dividend" for British business could signal disaster if the government doesn't get a grip on the process soon, Professor Brian Cox has said today. The physicist posted results from a recent business survey that showed 35 per cent of companies plan to reduce UK investment post-Brexit. A further 41 per cent plan to move a large amount of capacity out of the UK and 42 per...