Why Le Mans is more important than you realise
The 100th anniversary of the first edition of the Le Mans 24 Hour race tapped into the event’s glorious past. What it might mean for the next 100 years of motoring is just as profound.
Day: June 13, 2023
UK judges to be given powers to dismiss oppressive Slapps lawsuits at early stage
Amendments to bill address concerns that strategic lawsuits against public participation stifle free speechOppressive lawsuits brought by wealthy individuals to evade scrutiny and intimidate critics are to be defined in English and Welsh law for the fi…
Hamilton star Reuben Joseph to play Macbeth for the RSC
The West End actor says the Shakespearean role has ‘the disastrous consequences of ambition’ in common with Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical“They think me Macbeth,” sings Reuben Joseph in the West End production of Hamilton, quoting the Scottish king’s fam…
Three-day strike by doctors in England expected to have ‘enormous impact’
Junior doctors are seeking a 35% salary rise to restore the value of their pay to 2008-09 levelsAlmost all routine NHS care in England will be disrupted for three days this week when junior doctors strike in their latest attempt to force ministers to i…
Home Office expands scheme to pardon those criminalised for gay activity
Women will be able to apply for convictions and cautions under repealed or abolished offences to be wipedA scheme to pardon people unjustly criminalised for alleged gay or lesbian activity has been expanded, the Home Office has announced.For the first …
AI could be most substantial policy challenge ever, say Blair and Hague
Report says British state is poorly prepared for radical changes that AI could unleashArtificial intelligence could represent the most substantial policy challenge ever faced by the UK and urgent action is needed to avoid falling behind rival powers su…
UK innovators get £4.3m to develop space-based solar power
Minister says technology to collect energy and beam it to Earth could help boost UK’s energy securityUK universities and tech companies are to receive £4.3m in government funding to develop space-based solar power.The technology, which collects energy …
Ukraine Claims More Small Advances in Counteroffensive
Military analysts said it would take weeks or months to gauge the success of the attacks Ukraine mounted last week across a broad stretch of the front lines.