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Brexit: Special sitting for MPs to decide UK’s future 0
- BUSINESS
- October 9, 2019
Image copyright UK Parliament MPs will be called to Parliament for a special Saturday sitting in a decisive day for the future of Brexit. Parliament will meet on 19 October after a crunch EU summit – seen as the last chance for the UK and EU to agree a deal ahead of 31 October deadline.
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DeepMind timeline: The history of the UK’s pioneering AI firm | Startups 0
- TECHNOLOGY
- October 4, 2019
DeepMind’s efforts to achieve artificial general intelligence have won the firm both plaudits and critics since it was founded in 2010. The firm’s research into deep learning techniques convinced the search engine giant Google to spend £400 million on the company in 2014, but it has since incurred heavy losses and while its scientific discoveries have earned
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The UK’s Minister for Implementation lays out his innovation roadmap | Emerging tech & innovation 0
- TECHNOLOGY
- September 23, 2019
“If you check my Wikipedia page, and I don’t advise you do, you’ll see that this isn’t necessarily my area of expertise,” Simon Hart, MP and the government’s newly appointed Minister for Implementation told the audience of techUK’s fifth annual public services conference yesterday. “I’m just an average end user from West Wales,” says Hart.
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The Rise in Trendy Gins – and ‘Bottomless’ G&T Brunches – Risks Fuelling the UK’s drink Problem 0
- HEALTH
- August 18, 2019
The rise in trendy gins – and ‘bottomless’ G&T brunches – risks fuelling the UK’s drink problem, warns Priory expert · Gin was the fastest-growing alcohol category across western Europe last year, with sales up 41% in the UK · Gin is often targeted at women, with marketing campaigns and packaging which appeal to females;
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UK weather: ‘Odds on’ for UK’s hottest day on Thursday 0
- BUSINESS
- July 24, 2019
Image copyright PA Media Thursday could be the UK’s hottest day on record, forecasters have said. Temperatures in London could reach a record-breaking 39C (102.2F) on Thursday, beating the previous all-time high of 38.5C recorded at Faversham in Kent in 2003. The Met Office said there is a 60% chance that the record will be
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Eurovision 2019: UK’s last-placed entry has score lowered 0
- BUSINESS
- May 23, 2019
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Despite the last place finish, Rice said he enjoyed his Eurovision experience The UK’s last-placed Eurovision Song Contest entry has had its score lowered by five points, organisers say. A revision of scores means Michael Rice’s song Bigger Than Us only picked up 11 points from Saturday’s final. The contest
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