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£17 million to boost skills and diversity in AI jobs
Up to £17 million in government funding will create more scholarships for AI and data science conversion courses, helping young people from groups underrepresented in the tech industry including women, black people, and people with disabilities and people...2023-11-20 411 0 -
Middle East Minister visits Bahrain and Qatar for talks on crisis in Israel and Gaza
UK Middle East Minister Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon meets Dr Al-Khulaifi, Minister of State at the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs. • Middle East Minister Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon visits Bahrain and Qatar for...2023-11-20 433 0 -
Landmark deal to boost nation’s health and save NHS £14 billion
A landmark deal has been agreed that is set to save the NHS £14 billion over 5 years in medicines costs, enable patients to access the latest lifesaving treatments more consistently and boost the UK’s position...2023-11-20 400 0 -
UK’s agri-food and drink attachés backing British food and drink
The UK’s agri-food and drink attachés were welcomed to 10 Downing Street marking the start of a week meeting ministers and the nation’s food producers. The eleven attachés based in British embassies and consulates around the...2023-11-20 710 0 -
UK Development Minister arrives in Egypt in push for more critical lifesaving aid for Gaza
UK Minister for Development and Africa Andrew Mitchell will be visiting Cairo for discussions on how to get significantly more aid into Gaza. The Minister will discuss how to enact humanitarian pauses in the fighting as...2023-11-19 408 0 -
Antibiotic resistant infections and associated deaths increase
The latest national surveillance data, announced at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) annual conference in Leeds today, shows that an estimated 58,224 people in England had an antibiotic resistant infection in 2022 – a rise of...2023-11-19 355 0 -
Biggest prostate cancer screening trial in decades to start in UK
Thousands of men’s lives could be saved, and their loved ones spared the tragedy of losing someone to cancer, as a major new prostate cancer screening trial is set to get under way in the UK...2023-11-19 366 0 -
Birmingham’s Warm Welcomes set to reach 300 venues
Hundreds of community centres, libraries, places of worship and other venues have all opened their doors to offer Warm Welcomes across Birmingham during the Cost of Living crisis. And this winter, the city’s Warm Welcomes network...2023-11-19 2892 0 -
University of Birmingham Dubai appoints new Provost
The University of Birmingham Dubai has appointed Professor Yusra Mouzughi as its Provost, the University’s most senior academic leader in Dubai. Professor Mouzughi takes up her new role on 8 January 2024 and will lead the...2023-11-18 612 0 -
Footballer Patrick Bamford and comedian Joe Wilkinson front new BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 5 Live podcast ‘My Mate’s a Footballer’
Listen to the first episode of ‘My Mate’s a Footballer’ here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0grxpyk A new podcast promising sport and comedy is available on BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 5 Live from Thursday 16 November. In this 20-part...2023-11-18 627 0
