Products like Dekoda can run up to $600 and photograph your every bowel movement – but who owns that data? ou can buy a smart ring to track your sleep activity or a smartwatch to monitor your heartbeat, so perhaps it makes sense that health tech’s next frontier has come for your toilet. Behold: Dekoda, … Read more
After overdoses left them with brain injuries and lasting complications, Americans are struggling to get proper care. Experts call it another epidemic John-Bryan “JB” Jarrett was supposed to be fishing on the Saturday morning of Labor Day weekend, September 2020. Over dinner the night before, he told his mom, Jessica, he wanted to be on … Read more
Former Lambeth children’s services director Annie Hudson pulls out following intense media coverage A national grooming gang inquiry ordered by Keir Starmer is facing further disruption after one of two candidates who had been shortlisted to lead it withdrew from the process. Annie Hudson, a former director of children’s services for Lambeth, told survivors on … Read more
Former PM tells Covid inquiry that children were ‘paying a huge, huge price to protect the rest of society’ Boris Johnson rejected claims that his government failed to prepare for school closures at the outbreak of the pandemic, telling the Covid-19 inquiry that it would be “amazing” if the Department for Education (DfE) had not … Read more
David Lammy urged to consider 1955 case in light of evidence Ellis was abused by partner before she killed him The grandchildren of the last woman to be hanged in the UK are asking ministers to posthumously pardon her in light of evidence that she was emotionally and physically abused by her partner before she … Read more
‘Groundbreaking’ repeal of presumption of parental involvement in England and Wales ‘will ensure courts place safety of children above all else’ The family courts will no longer work on the presumption that having contact with both parents is in the best interests of a child, in a landmark change that domestic abuse campaigners have said … Read more
Kosovo is an outlier in the region, whose other leaders say ‘looking for places to dump immigrants’ is evidence the UK is in ‘a very dark place’ Kosovo has become the first country to indicate it will accept Britain’s refused asylum seekers as part of government plans to set up “return hubs” in third countries. … Read more
Six arrests made after crowd hurled fireworks and other missiles at officers during protests following alleged sexual assault on a young girl Six people have been arrested after Irish police battled hundreds of protesters outside a Dublin hotel used to house asylum seekers after an alleged sexual assault on a young girl. The crowd burned … Read more
The referral to Pam Bondi comes more than two years after John Brennan allegedly lied to Congress. House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan is asking the Justice Department to prosecute former CIA director John Brennan for allegedly lying to Congress more than two years ago. It’s the latest move in the GOP’s campaign to leverage the … Read more
Homeowners urged to use more robust planting and permeable materials to help mitigate flood risk Nearly half of the UK’s garden space is paved over, a new study has found. The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has conducted the largest ever audit of the UK’s gardens, and found that they are an untapped – and until … Read more