Rightmove records busiest ever Boxing Day as home hunters prepare for 2026 moves Rightmove recorded its busiest ever Boxing Day for website visits in December 2025, in signs of a bigger-than-usual housing market bounce. Visits to Rightmove nearly doubled (a 93% increase) between the quietest day of the year – Christmas Day – and Boxing
Number of apps recommended for NHS to help asthma patients manage condition A number of apps that can be downloaded onto smartphones and tablets have been recommended to help people with asthma manage their condition. The platforms can slash the risk of hospital visits, according to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice).
Trump discussing ‘range of options’ to acquire Greenland, White House says Donald Trump has been discussing a “range of options” to acquire Greenland, the White House has said, after Sir Keir Starmer joined European leaders in insisting the US president must climb down from threats to take over the territory. Using the US military is
45% of porn users have accessed sites without age checks since July Nearly half of adult pornography users have accessed sites without age checks since new verification rules came into force, research suggests. A poll by the Lucy Faithfull Foundation (LFF) found that since the law changed in July, 45% of 1,469 people who use
Drink-drive limit set to be cut in road safety strategy Cutting the drink-drive limit in England and Wales is among Government plans in response to the “stalled” progress on road safety. The road safety strategy also proposes to require some convicted drink-drivers to have alcolocks fitted to their vehicles, and new powers to suspend driving
Sainsbury’s launches new graduate programme with AI focus Sainsbury’s has announced it is launching a new graduate programme focused on developing skills in artificial intelligence. The FutureMaker programme, which will take on nearly 50 graduates in the firm’s store support centre, will last for two years and aims to help graduates develop critical digital and
Waitrose to create 550 jobs for new Bristol warehouse as it eyes expansion Waitrose is planning to hire around 550 staff to work at its new warehouse in Bristol as the upmarket grocer eyes expansion in the region. The distribution centre will open in early 2027 and be run by logistics firm DHL, which is
Sainsbury’s launches new graduate programme with AI focus Sainsbury’s has announced it is launching a new graduate programme focused on developing skills in artificial intelligence. The FutureMaker programme, which will take on nearly 50 graduates in the firm’s store support centre, will last for two years and aims to help graduates develop critical digital and
Waitrose to create 550 jobs for new Bristol warehouse as it eyes expansion Waitrose is planning to hire around 550 staff to work at its new warehouse in Bristol as the upmarket grocer eyes expansion in the region. The distribution centre will open in early 2027 and be run by logistics firm DHL, which is
Government locked into £4m-a-year spending on ‘unusable’ prison The Government is spending £4 million a year on the upkeep of an “unusable” prison which currently holds no inmates, MPs have revealed. HMP Dartmoor was shut down in August 2024 after abnormal levels of radioactive radon gas had been detected at the jail in Princetown, Devon.