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This burger was made from cow cells in a lab. Should it really be served in restaurants?

This burger was made from cow cells in a lab. Should it really be served in restaurants?

Inside an anonymous building in Oxford, Riley Jackson is frying a steak. The perfectly red fillet cut sizzles in the pan, its juices releasing a meaty aroma. But this is no ordinary steak. It was grow …

TikTok recommends porn to children, says report

TikTok recommends porn to children, says report

TikTok's algorithm recommends pornography and highly sexualised content to children's accounts, according to a new report by a human rights campaign group. Researchers created fake child accounts and …

Top NHS boss backed surgeon whose failures contributed to deaths

Top NHS boss backed surgeon whose failures contributed to deaths

The head of NHS England backed a doctor whose failures contributed to several deaths to resume her career as a heart surgeon. Sir Jim Mackey told the family of a patient who died following an operatio …

Tories pledge to get all oil and gas out of North Sea

Tories pledge to get all oil and gas out of North Sea

Kemi Badenoch has said her party will remove all net zero requirements on oil and gas companies drilling in the North Sea if elected. The Conservative leader is to formally announce the plan to focus …

Town's wellbeing and health support gets £13m boost

Town's wellbeing and health support gets £13m boost

More than £13m has been given to a town's trust to continue its work improving the health and wellbeing of local residents. The money from Luton Rising, the Luton Borough Council company that owns Lon …

Trucking's uneasy relationship with new tech

Trucking's uneasy relationship with new tech

When Jared first started out in trucking more than two decades ago, he didn't anticipate he'd be on tour with a country music star, hauling guitars, amps, and other pieces of on-stage equipment. 'It j …