35 h. ago New York City expects biggest nurses strike as nearly 15,000 set to walk off job

Strike, amid an intense flu season, is expected to disrupt activity at institutions such as Mount Sinai and MontefioreThousands of nurses are set to walk off the job at several of New York City’s largest hospitals on Monday, staging a strike amid an intense flu season.The action comes three years after a previous strike that compelled some of the same hospitals to move patients elsewhere and reroute ambulances. Continue reading...

Events

69 h. ago Jobs in Wales with salaries of £30,000 or more offering you the chance to change your life in 2026

As people start to settle into the groove of a new year many will be looking for a fresh start or a new change and there are plenty of opportunities to explore

Economics

4 d. ago US economy undershoots expectations to add just 50,000 jobs in December

Latest sign labour market is cooling after years of strong growth

Events

4 d. ago Woman 'nearly died' after botched £15,000 boob job started leaking green fluid

Lisa Hart, 45, has revealed how she nearly died following a £15,500 boob job after her breast implant started leaking following the reduction

Economics

4 d. ago Chess: Hastings Masters guards tradition and produces an English co

IM Alex Golding, 22, who earned nearly £2,000, is among the rising talents aiming to match the leading English grandmastersHastings is the grandfather of international chess tournaments, first staged in 1895 and then every year since 1920, with breaks for war and pandemics. Its vintage years were the 1930s, 50s and 70s, when world champions and challengers lined up to compete, while the badminton legend Sir George Thomas and the Bletchley Park codebreaker Hugh Alexander both shared first after defeating renowned opponents.Nowadays, Hastings has publicity problems, sandwiched as it is between the London Classic and Tata Steel Wijk and Zee, and running simultaneously with the Magnus Carlsen show in the World Rapid/Blitz. Continue reading...

Politics

8 d. ago The chatbot will see you now: how AI is being trained to spot mental health issues in any language

Calls to a clinic in Uganda are helping create a therapy algorithm that works in local languages, as specialists look to technology to address the global mental health crisisWhen patients telephone Butabika hospital in Kampala, Uganda, seeking help with mental health problems, they are themselves assisting future patients by helping to create a therapy chatbot.Calls to the clinic helpline are being used to train an AI algorithm that researchers hope will eventually power a chatbot offering therapy in local African languages. Continue reading...

Science

1 week ago From targeting growing sectors to attending job fairs – here’s how to make your job application stand out

THE January jobs rush begins today – but this year, the hiring landscape looks very different. Vacancies have plunged 12 per cent compared to January 2025. There are still around 723,000 jobs on offer, but the number of open roles has slipped to below pre-pandemic levels. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate has nudged up to five...

Society

1 week ago US applications for jobless benefits fell below 200,000 last week with layoffs historically low

Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as layoffs remain low despite a weakening labor market

Politics

1 week ago Tata Steel offshoot UKSE seals 50 years in Scotland with 18,000 jobs created and future pledge

“We’re fuelled by the energy of the businesses we work with, and more determined than ever to help build Scotland’s future economy” – Scott Webb, UKSE

Events

1 week ago AI forecast to put 200,000 European banking jobs at risk by 2030

Morgan Stanley analysts predict roles in back and middle offices will bear brunt

Events

2 w. ago Tensions between Saudis and Emiratis over future of Yemen reach boiling point

Dispute has potential to create civil war in south of Yemen and spill over into neighbouring countriesTensions between the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia over the future of Yemen and the imminent possibility of the declaration of an independent southern state have reached boiling point with Saudi Arabia in effect accusing the UAE of threatening its future security.The dispute has the potential to create a civil war within the south of Yemen and also spill over into other disputes including in Sudan and the Horn of Africa where the two countries often find themselves backing opposite sides. Yemen could yet become only one theatre in which the two vastly wealthy Gulf states vie for political influence, control of shipping lanes and commercial access. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago 'Amazing' Channel 5 thriller set to return as creator addresses future

The chilling four-part series, which aired on Channel 5 earlier this year, featured the likes of Robson Green and Jason Watkins.

Politics

2 w. ago ‘This will be a stressful job’: Sam Altman offers $555k salary to fill most daunting role in AI

New head of preparedness at OpenAI will face unnerving in-tray amid fears from some experts that AI could ‘turn on us’The maker of ChatGPT has advertised a $555,000-a-year vacancy with a daunting job description that would cause Superman to take a sharp intake of breath.In what may be close to the impossible job, the “head of preparedness” at OpenAI will be directly responsible for defending against risks from ever more powerful AIs to human mental health, cybersecurity and biological weapons. Continue reading...

Economics

2 w. ago I was there: Red Roses lifted the Rugby World Cup with a roar like no other

A sell-out crowd for the final helped deliver a once-in-a-lifetime experience as England’s captain Zoe Aldcroft raised the trophy after defeating Canada Recalling the moment that England’s captain, Zoe Aldcroft, lifted the Rugby World Cup still brings goosebumps. Twickenham was bathed in September sunshine, there was not one empty green seat and when the Gloucester-Hartpury star raised the silverware with gold streamers and fire pyrotechnics, the roar from the crowd was a sound unmatched at any other women’s rugby game I have attended.England had rewarded the home fans as they executed the perfect gameplan against Canada, the in-form team who were the underdogs despite knocking out the six-time champions New Zealand in the semi-final. The stadium was sold out with a women’s rugby record of 81,885 creating an electric atmosphere. Future World Cup finals will be sell-outs with a party-feel celebration but I am unsure if anything will be able to replicate the feeling on 2025 final day ...

Politics

2 w. ago Almost 150,000 children were living in jobless households this Christmas as number of homes without an income hits 11

There were 1.52 million youngsters living in a house where not a single adult family member is employed as of September, according to data from the Office for National Statistics.

Society

2 w. ago Farage criticised for £400,000 job promoting physical gold as pension investment

Exclusive: Reform leader promotes Direct Bullion – but experts say commodity is not for everyday investorsNigel Farage has been criticised over his £400,000-a-year second job promoting the idea that people should buy physical gold and put it into their pension pots.Farage is paid more than four times his MPs’ salary for the four-hour-a-month job at Direct Bullion, where he has featured in Facebook and YouTube videos. Continue reading...

Economics

3 w. ago SNP MSP sends Keir Starmer P45 in row over how many Scots are losing North Sea oil and gas jobs

Rachel Reeves has firmly denied as many as 1,000 jobs were being lost across Scotland's offshore energy sector each month - a figure regularly repeated by Nationalists.

Society

3 w. ago UK retail bloodbath as 74,000 jobs gone in 'record low' 2025

It's traditionally the time of Christmas shopping - but retail bosses say the number of jobs in the sector is at a record low, with 74,000 lost in a year and more than 300,000 gone in the last decade

Events

3 w. ago Reeves’s rejection of North Sea job cuts claim a ‘new low’, say Flynn

The Chancellor said she does not believe 1,000 jobs are being lost every month in the oil and gas sector.

Politics

3 w. ago Reeves dismisses claim 1,000 jobs lost a month in North Sea due to windfall tax

The Chancellor said job losses pre-dated the windfall tax

Politics