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Customers face heating problems if meters not replaced

Around 175,000 Scottish energy customers face major problems with their home heating systems if they do not have their meters upgraded in the coming months.

03/10/2024

NHS Covid booster jab campaign gets under way - all you need to know

The NHS has started offering autumn Covid boosters to the most vulnerable. Many pharmacies also now sell the Covid jab privately. The following groups can have an NHS Covid booster between 3 October and 20 December: over-65s people aged between…

03/10/2024

First newborns join screening for 200 rare diseases

The new study uses genome sequencing to detect more diseases earlier, when they can still be treated.

03/10/2024

Sex charge tutor case reveals ‘massive' safeguarding hole

A man charged with sexual assault has been advertising as a private tutor for children, the BBC finds.

03/10/2024

The fierce battle over the 'Holy Grail' of shipwrecks

Colombia and a US firm are fighting over a shipwreck in the Caribbean Sea that could be worth $18bn.

03/10/2024

Kellogg's cereal factory set to create 130 jobs

Kellogg's has said it will create 130 jobs at Europe's "largest cereal factory" in north Wales. Kellanova, the company which manufactures the cereal, has announced it is investing £75m at its site in Wrexham.

02/10/2024

The chancellor says she needs to raise £20bn. How might she do it?

The chancellor says there is a black hold in the public finances. Evan Davis asks how it might be filled.

02/10/2024

Woman becomes oldest Miss Universe contestant at 81

How would you like to spend your 80s? Some gardening, maybe learning a language, a bit of travelling, spending time with the grandchildren. Or perhaps entering an international beauty contest with the ultimate aim of launching your modelling career…

01/10/2024

'Human race needs to expand beyond Earth,' says Prof Brian Cox

The UK’s best-known particle physicist on whether he would be keen on an out of this world experience.

01/10/2024

Looking for a pay rise? Try datacentre construction

If someone had asked Billy Keeper five years ago what a datacentre was, he admits: “I would not have had a clue.” The 24-year-old joined specialist electrical firm Datalec Precision Installations as a labourer straight from school.

01/10/2024

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