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E-gate failure shows UK is unprepared for the EU’s new Entry/Exit scheme

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[ Europe’s border checks are set to change as part of post-Brexit travel arrangements (Photo: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg via Getty Images) More than 270 e-gates rolled out at 15 air and rail ports across the UK since a pilot at Manchester and Stansted airports in 2008 were installed to make border control cheaper and more efficient … Read more

Long Covid patients could get more targeted care due to ‘telltale’ traces in blood

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[ People with long Covid have distinct patterns of inflammation detectable in the blood which could potentially be targeted with immune therapies, the largest study of its kind has revealed. In an analysis of more than 650 people who had been hospitalised with severe Covid-19, patients with prolonged symptoms showed evidence of immune system activation. … Read more

Hope for end to insulin jabs for diabetics as scientists trial ‘arm pancreas’

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[ Scientists hope a clinical trial of a revolutionary new treatment for type 1 diabetes will pave the way for an end to regular insulin injections and blood sugar monitoring. The treatment involves transplanting lab grown insulin-producing cells into the arms of diabetes patients, just below the skin, that will work in the same was … Read more

Can your nose-picking habit lead to Alzheimer’s? What science says |

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[ Nose-picking, often dismissed as a harmless habit, has come under scrutiny due to a recent study published in Biomolecules, revealing a potential link to Alzheimer’s disease. While Alzheimer’s is already a concerning condition affecting millions globally, this new research sheds light on how seemingly unharmful actions like nose-picking might contribute to its development. Image: … Read more

Why Morrisons abandoned the four-day working week

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[ Morrisons has ditched its four-day working week for head office employees following complaints from staff about working weekends. The trade-off for working a four-day week, introduced in 2021 at its office in Bradford, West Yorkshire, was to work 13 Saturdays a year, the equivalent of one every four weeks. This, however, has proved unpopular … Read more

Eat Out to Help Out scheme may have broken the law and cost lives, Covid bereaved families say

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[ Bereaved relatives who lost loved-ones during the pandemic believe Rishi Sunak may have broken the law through his Eat Out to Help Out scheme. The scheme will come under scrutiny from the official inquiry into the Covid pandemic when the Prime Minister appears on Monday. The Treasury policy was designed to kickstart the economy … Read more