A compact team used two Quantum7 desks for house and monitors and an SD7B in Zen Broadcast’s OB ‘Little Buddha’, making the truck the Optocore clock source to enable a pre‑show recording pass and three performances in two days for the charity gala. The Mountbatten Festival of Music returned to…

Freedom-of-information returns compiled by the Royal College of Nursing show 4,054 recorded incidents of physical violence against A&E staff in 2024, broadly double the figures reported in 2019. Unions and clinicians link the surge to overcrowding, long waits, understaffing and rising mental‑health presentations, and say immediate protection measures must be…

An AI assistant declined a user’s request to produce content advocating for a specific political party and instead offered three safer options: a neutral rewrite scrutinising Labour’s governance, an impartial briefing of Reform UK’s policies, or a balanced media-analysis of rhetoric versus policy. The exchange underlines how generative platforms limit…

The trial of Dartford councillor Ricky Jones has opened after video of him making a slashing gesture while denouncing far‑right demonstrators circulated widely. Jones denies encouraging violent disorder; jurors will consider whether his words and actions, in a febrile national context and amplified by social media, crossed the legal threshold.…

A 180-tonne mass of congealed wet wipes — roughly the weight of two double-decker buses — is being excavated from a 250-metre stretch of the River Thames near Hammersmith Bridge in an operation led by the Port of London Authority and Thames Water. Authorities say the deposit poses an ecological…

Crews led by the Port of London Authority, Thames Water and Thames21 removed an estimated 180 tonnes of compacted wet wipes from a 250-metre stretch near Hammersmith Bridge, exposing a largely invisible urban pollutant. Volunteer monitoring and charity surveys warn plastic-containing wipes are breaking down into microplastics, fouling the foreshore…

Average private rents on newly let properties in Great Britain fell year-on-year in July for the first time since August 2020, led by a roughly 3% drop in London and improved availability in some regions. Industry analysts caution the pause is fragile: rents on renewed tenancies are still climbing and…

Hamptons’ lettings index shows the average rent on newly let properties fell 0.2% year‑on‑year in July — the first annual decline since August 2020 — driven by an around 3% drop in Greater London. The national cooling masks sharp regional differences and ongoing pressure on households: renewal rents rose roughly…

Researchers at King’s College London describe KCL‑HO‑1i, an orally available haem oxygenase‑1 inhibitor that in mice converted immunologically “cold” tumours into “hot” ones, increasing CD8+ T‑cell infiltration and boosting responses to standard chemotherapy. The lead programme has been taken forward by spin‑out Aethox Therapeutics, which plans a first‑in‑human study, but…

The Chancellor’s move to replace the long‑standing non‑dom regime with a residence‑based system from 6 April 2025 has coincided with a sharp uptick in high‑net‑worth relocations. Monaco estate agents report double‑digit rental inflation and fierce competition for family apartments, prompting warnings from Reform UK about capital flight even as ministers…

BulkSMS has been repositioned as the anchor product of new parent brand Celerity in a move the company says will marry SMS reliability with richer, multi‑channel messaging and deeper analytics. A complementary product, Kero, is due to begin a phased rollout in September to offer interactive multimedia messages, developer APIs…

Ambulance trusts across England have spent roughly £27.5m on specialist bariatric transport in recent years, either buying reinforced vehicles and lifting kit or paying private contractors. North West Ambulance Service has paid nearly £15m and says it will purchase bespoke vehicles to curb private‑hire bills as rising obesity and hospital…