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BBC The table full of coats and outerwear for babies and toddlers was popular It is a simple mission: ensure everyone in London is wrapped up warm for winter. This year, WrapUp London will collect and distribute about 20,000 unwanted or outgrown coats and gift them to homeless charities, women’s refuges and family centres. A…
A food sharing charity said it had provided more than 500,000 meals to those in need across Devon and Cornwall this year and was ramping up its operation in the run up to Christmas. Charity FareShare South West (FSSW), which works with local supermarkets and farmers, said this year more than 800 tonnes of produce…
Shanaz Musaferand Natalie Sherman AFP via Getty Images Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro says escalating pressure from the US comes down to one thing: Washington wants to grab the South American nation’s vast oil reserves. This week the American military seized an oil tanker, which was allegedly carrying Venezuelan oil being shipped in violation of US…
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at blocking states from enforcing their own artificial intelligence (AI) regulations. “We want to have one central source of approval,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday. It will give the Trump administration tools to push back on the most “onerous” state rules,…
An inquiry into the role of the UK government’s economic forecaster is being launched by a group of MPs, after the body came under intense scrutiny in the run-up to the Budget. The Treasury Committee will examine the Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) first 15 years and consider potential reforms, including any improvements or changes…
Chris BaraniukTechnology Reporter Kromek Very few organisations can supply cadmium zinc telluride Lying on your back in a big hospital scanner, as still as you can, with your arms above your head – for 45 minutes. It doesn’t sound much fun. That’s what patients at Royal Brompton Hospital in London had to do during certain…
BBC The rise in Tube fares was part of a funding deal with the government The cost of travelling on the London Underground, the Overground and the Elizabeth line is set to rise by 5.8% next year, the mayor of London has confirmed. The increase is 1% above the rate of inflation and will come…
President Donald Trump has launched a scheme offering fast-tracked US visas to wealthy foreigners who can pay at least $1m (£750,000). The card will give buyers a “direct path to Citizenship for all qualified and vetted people. SO EXCITING! Our Great American Companies can finally keep their invaluable Talent,” Trump said on social media on…
John LaurensonBusiness reporter, Lugano, Switzerland AFP via Getty Images Shops and restaurants across the Swiss city of Lugano now accept bitcoin In a McDonald’s by a lake surrounded by mountains, in the centre of the Swiss city of Lugano, a customer orders coffee. “Can I pay with bitcoin?” he asks, and the person behind the…
Simon Jack,Business editorand Archie Mitchell Watch: GSK boss Dame Emma Walmsley lays out competitions facing the UK The US is the best place for a business to invest, the boss of one of the UK’s biggest pharmaceutical companies has said. Dame Emma Walmsley, chief executive of vaccines and medicines giant GSK, said it will invest…
