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The rate of inflation has continued to slow, hitting a much lower than expected 3.2% last month according to official figures, which should lock in an interest rate cut by the Bank of England on Thursday. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported an easing in the pace of the …

Lori Carnochan,BBC Scotland Newsand Giancarlo Rinaldi,South Scotland reporter BBC Natascha Platt has worries about how the Whitesands work might affect her business Dumfries and Galloway Council has agreed to take forward £68m flood protection plans for Dumfries, paving the way for work to begin next year. The Whitesands area has …

The end of a 28-day pause in small boat crossings has once again exposed the fragility of the migration debate. For almost a month, no migrants were recorded arriving in the UK by small boat – the longest uninterrupted lull since 2018. Quietly, ministers welcomed the timing. Public pressure over …

Douglas FraserScotland business and economy editor AFP via Getty Images Scotch whisky is facing a sharp downturn in production as it adapts to tough market conditions around the world. Tariffs for export to the USA, introduced under the Trump administration and adding 10% to importers’ costs, have hit sales in …

The US central bank has signalled a pause in interest rates cuts demanded by the president as it grapples pressures from both elevated inflation and a weak jobs market. The Federal Reserve, which has a dual mandate to promote stable prices and maximum employment, guided that just one rate cut …

Elon Musk says he would not lead the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) if he had his time again, but has maintained that its tumultuous efforts to shrink the size of the US government under President Donald Trump was “a little bit successful”. The billionaire boss of Tesla and SpaceX …

Memory suppliers just blew a hole in the PC gaming industry – and they’re about to do the same to everything else. For weeks, PC enthusiasts have borne the brunt of skyrocketing memory prices, but the shockwaves will soon impact a wider range of products as suppliers pour resources into …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Pirtobrutinib, a non-covalent Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor, met the primary endpoint for non-inferiority in terms of overall response rate in the first head-to-head comparison with ibrutinib, a covalent BTK inhibitor. Based on the study results, researchers suggest pirtobrutinib shows promise as initial BTK inhibitor …

[ Drivers with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) have declines in driving frequency, complexity, and spatial range, according to a study published online Nov. 26 in Neurology. Ling Chen, Ph.D., from the Brown School of Social Work in St. Louis, and colleagues conducted a prospective, observational cohort study of community-dwelling older …

Claire ThomsonBBC Scotland Melissa Ashcroft Melissa Ashcroft said her size 36M breasts weigh about two and a half stone (16kg) A woman who has lived with chronic pain for years because of the size of her breasts says a reduction on the NHS feels further away than ever. Melissa Ashcroft …

Discount retailer Poundland has revealed another wave of store closures over the winter as part of turnaround efforts by the new owners. A further 14 stores will close down by early February, on top of the 19 already set to shut down over the coming months. By early next year, …

The UK’s construction sector suffered its sharpest contraction in activity since May 2020, according to a closely-watched survey taken before this month’s budget. S&P Global’s monthly purchasing managers’ index (PMI) covering November makes grim reading for the government. The survey of business behaviour showed steep falls in all three sub-sectors …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Patients with major depressive disorder, including those who have not responded to first-line antidepressants, may benefit from short-term nitrous oxide treatment, a major meta-analysis led by the University of Birmingham has found. The paper published in eBioMedicine has assessed the best available clinical information to …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain As a public health dentist and researcher, for years I saw the same pattern. Patients with deep root infections often had wider health problems, particularly those with diabetes. I did not yet understand why. Now, scientific studies are beginning to explain the link: treating a …

A senior executive at Netflix is among the contenders vying to become the next boss of Channel 4, the state-owned broadcaster. Sky News has learnt that Emma Lloyd, the streaming giant’s vice-president, partnerships, in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, is one of a handful of media executives shortlisted to …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Young adults who experience negative consequences from using both alcohol and cannabis simultaneously are likely to have fewer drinks the next time they drink, but are more likely to use cannabis and alcohol together. This unexpected finding from a study just published in Alcohol: Clinical …

[ Researchers at the University of Seville have identified the possible origins of structural damage in the brains of patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSDs). These are regions that show the greatest morphological alterations in the early stages of the disease compared to neurotypical people of the same sex and …

Georgia RobertsPolitical Correspondent BBC Kerrie Portman slept in buses and public toilets after dropping out of Cambridge University Young people leaving care in England face a sharper increase in homelessness compared to the population more broadly, latest figures show. It comes after warnings the youngest care leavers face a “devastating …

[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Zanidatamab, a bispecific HER2-targeted antibody, delivered clinically meaningful and durable responses for patients with HER2-positive biliary tract cancer (BTC), according to final results from the HERIZON-BTC-01 clinical trial led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. In this clinical trial, zanidatamab …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Two new reviews show strong and consistent evidence that HPV vaccines are effective in preventing cervical cancer and pre-cancerous changes, especially when given to young people before they are exposed to the virus. The papers are published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Girls …