A hospice has offered wellbeing support to islanders living with terminal illnesses. Les Bourgs Hospice in Guernsey has started a free 12-week rolling programme open to anyone aged 18 or over who has a life-limiting or serious progressive illness. Eloise Tanguy, service lead, said: “There was a recognised need for a sort of support service … Read more
The makers of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Claude claim to have caught hackers sponsored by the Chinese government using the tool to perform automated cyber attacks against around 30 global organisations. Anthropic said hackers tricked the chatbot into carrying out automated tasks under the guise of carrying out cyber security research. The company claimed in … Read more
Institutional investors are showing renewed confidence in India’s largest public sector lender, State Bank of India (SBI), as both foreign and domestic players raise their stakes amid strong earnings momentum and a positive outlook from analysts. In the September quarter, SBI reported a 10% year-on-year rise in standalone net profit to Rs 20,159 crore, up … Read more
Apple’s reportedly prepping a new Health app for next year, possibly dropping alongside Siri’s long-awaited makeover. The combo could finally make the Apple Watch feel truly hands-free, with Siri integrated more deeply into daily health tracking. But Apple’s biggest test won’t be the features: it’ll be finding the right balance. One wrong move, and the … Read more
Chace, 11, from Warwickshire, has been supported by Shine a Light, a childhood cancer charity. Source link
UK government borrowing costs have risen in reaction to news that the chancellor has decided against increasing income tax rates in the upcoming Budget. The interest rate on 10-year government bonds, known as the yield, jumped from 5.44% to 5.56% in early trading, indicating the cost to government if it chose to borrow over this … Read more
If you asked your grandparents about investment, their answers would likely come down to two things: property and gold. Your grandmother might fondly tell you how she used to buy gold jewellery with the money she saved from the monthly ration budget. “The prices weren’t so high back then,” she’d remind you with a smile. … Read more
Toby Luckhurst,In Kyiv and Ottilie Mitchell Watch: Kyiv air defences downing Russian drones and missiles during attack At least four people were killed when a Russian drone penetrated an apartment block in eastern Kyiv, during a wave of strikes throughout the Ukrainian capital. Condemning the attacks as vile and calculated, President Volodymyr Zelensky said about … Read more
The train pulled out of Old Delhi. On the narrow wooden berth, tucked under a blanket and two travel bags, a lean indie dog lay so still that ticket-checkers walked past without noticing. It had been the same trick 55 times. “She hid for 55 train journeys,” Divya Dugar says with a chuckle. “She was … Read more
Zostel Villa Wayanad | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Hostel culture and budget travel are relatively new concepts for India. They have been around only for a decade or so, but fit right into India’s appetite for getting their money’s worth. At the cusp of the boom in the travel industry in 2013, in the Blue City of India, Jodhpur, … Read more