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UK Civil servants request to stop work over arms sales to Israel

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Civil servants overseeing arms exports to Israel have requested to "cease work immediately" over fears they...
Civil servants overseeing arms exports to Israel have requested to "cease work immediately" over fears they could be complicit in war crimes in Gaza.Officials in the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) have raised concerns with senior civil servants that they may be liable if it is deemed Israel has broken inter...
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Headless, dog-sized robot to patrol Alaska airport to prevent bird strikes

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A headless robot about the size of a labrador will be camouflaged as a coyote to...
A headless robot about the size of a labrador will be camouflaged as a coyote to ward off migratory birds and other wildlife at Alaska's second largest airport.The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities said it will be based at the Fairbanks airport to "enhance and augment safety and operations". ...
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Children to no longer be prescribed puberty blockers, NHS England confirms

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Children will no longer be prescribed puberty blockers at gender identity clinics, NHS England has confirmed....
Children will no longer be prescribed puberty blockers at gender identity clinics, NHS England has confirmed. Puberty blockers, which pause the physical changes of puberty such as breast development or facial hair, will now only be available to children as part of clinical research trials. The government said it wel...
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Radical idea to protect 'doomsday' Thwaites Glacier with 62-mile long curtain

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Scientists are designing a radical 62-mile long curtain to protect Antarctica's so-called "doomsday" Thwaites Glacier from...
Scientists are designing a radical 62-mile long curtain to protect Antarctica's so-called "doomsday" Thwaites Glacier from melting.The largest glacier on Earth is nicknamed the "doomsday" glacier because it would drastically drive up sea levels around the world if it melted entirely, though this would take hundreds ...
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Joe Biden says he would sign bill banning TikTok

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Joe Biden has said he would sign legislation banning popular video-sharing app TikTok in the United...
Joe Biden has said he would sign legislation banning popular video-sharing app TikTok in the United States.Legislation passed through the US House Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously on Thursday calling on China's ByteDance to divest its ownership of TikTok or effectively face a US ban. Republican House Speake...
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'Pandemic Babies' developed 'fascinating' protection against common condition

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Lockdowns imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic saw changes in newborn babies that may have protected them...
Lockdowns imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic saw changes in newborn babies that may have protected them against allergies, according to a study.Infants raised when coronavirus social distancing restrictions were in place were found by Irish researchers to have more of the beneficial microbes acquired after birth f...
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Yulia Navalnaya’s X account was suspended

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Alexei Navalny's widow Yulia Navalnaya has had her account suspended on social media platform X. It...
Alexei Navalny's widow Yulia Navalnaya has had her account suspended on social media platform X. It is unclear why her account was suspended by the social network, formerly Twitter - which is owned by Elon Musk. "Account suspended," a notice said on the site.Mr Navalny, 47, was a high-profile and vocal critic of Rus...
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More faulty UK Post Office IT wrecks lives

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At least 18 people have now come forward raising concerns over a second IT system used...
At least 18 people have now come forward raising concerns over a second IT system used by the Post Office, Sky News understands.Accounting software, Capture, was installed by several post offices around the country in the mid to late 90s - before the notorious Horizon system was rolled out. Hundreds of sub-postmaste...
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Chernobyl's mutant wolves appear to have developed resistance to cancer

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Mutant wolves roaming the deserted streets of Chernobyl appear to have developed resistance to cancer -...
Mutant wolves roaming the deserted streets of Chernobyl appear to have developed resistance to cancer - raising hopes the findings can help scientists fight the disease in humans.A nuclear reactor exploded at the Chernobyl power plant in Ukraine in 1986 - with more than 100,000 people evacuated from the city as the ...
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Cosmonaut breaks record for most time spent in space: 878 days and 12 hours

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Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko has set a new world record for the most time spent in...
Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko has set a new world record for the most time spent in space.The 59-year-old clocked up a cumulative total of more than 878 days and 12 hours outside the Earth's atmosphere - the equivalent of nearly two-and-a-half years - on Sunday morning. Mr Kononenko celebrated the milestone on bo...
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Tony Blair issues call for NHS medical records to be sold to fund treatments

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Sir Tony Blair and Lord Hague have issued a joint call for NHS medical records to...
Sir Tony Blair and Lord Hague have issued a joint call for NHS medical records to be sold to fund the development of cutting-edge treatments. Britain's former prime minister and the ex-Conservative leader have produced a report of more than 40 recommendations on regulation and state support, to help the UK remain at...
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UK police increasingly using polygraph tests

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I'm officially a bad liar.With a blood pressure cuff pumped tight around my arm, straps around...
I'm officially a bad liar.With a blood pressure cuff pumped tight around my arm, straps around my chest monitoring my breathing, and sensors on my fingers to pick up any traces of sweat, veteran polygraph test examiner Don Cargill says he can easily spot the signs I've told him a fib. I've denied writing the number ...
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Scale of methane leaks from fossil fuel production and landfills exposed

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The vast scale of methane leaks from fossil fuel production and landfill sites has been exposed...
The vast scale of methane leaks from fossil fuel production and landfill sites has been exposed by analysis carried out exclusively for Sky News.Around 1,300 "super-emitters" of the potent greenhouse gas have been identified so far in 2023 by the monitoring company Kayrros, which uses satellites to detect plumes of ...
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Music streaming service SoundCloud tunes up for sale

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