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Key constituency battles in Northern Ireland
Daily Echo· 12 hours agoFollowing the seismic political shock caused when former Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson was charged with historical sex offences, the unionist party is keen to ...
FDA approves second Alzheimer’s drug that can modestly slow disease
Daily Echo· 12 hours agoThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Eli Lilly’s Kisunla, known chemically as donanemab, for mild or early cases of dementia caused by Alzheimer’s. It is only the second drug that ...
Student’s death on school trip to beach a ‘tragic accident’, says college head
Daily Echo· 10 hours agoEmergency services received a call of concern for the teenager’s welfare in the water at a beach in West Wittering, near Chichester, at around 1pm on Tuesday. The boy was part of a group from ...
Sunak still ‘fighting hard’ as ally Stride says ‘highly likely’ Labour will win
Daily Echo· 10 hours agoWork and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride said it is “highly unlikely” that polls suggesting a victory for Sir Keir Starmer’s party are wrong. Mr Sunak insisted it was not a “foregone conclusion ...
Jury panel selected in trial of ex-police watchdog boss accused of sex offences
Daily Echo· 11 hours agoMichael Lockwood, 65, faces eight charges of indecent assault on a girl under the age of 16 on dates between August 1979 and August 1981. Lockwood, of Epsom, Surrey, denies the charges against ...
What do we think about Southampton's plans in the summer transfer window?
Daily Echo· 10 hours agoSouthampton are so far deploying a balanced policy and - crucially - work is being done early in the summer to aid preparations. Martin has said in a new interview that fully buying into the ...
Trotting hippos can become airborne, scientists say
Daily Echo· 11 hours agoWhen trotting fast, their feet leave the ground for up to 0.3 seconds at a time, a new study has found. Research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) also suggests that unlike most large ...
Hurricane Beryl heads towards Jamaica after ripping through south-east Caribbean
Daily Echo· 11 hours agoA hurricane warning was in effect for Jamaica, Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, and Cayman Brac. Beryl was losing intensity but was still forecast to be near major-hurricane strength when it passes ...
‘Pre-General Election seize-up’ sees services sector growth slow – survey
Daily Echo· 12 hours agoThe S&P Global UK services PMI survey scored 52.1 in June, down slightly from 52.9 in May. Joe Hayes, principal economist at S&P Global Market Intelligence, said: “We are seeing some evidence ...
AI driving rise in Google’s greenhouse gas emissions, says company
Daily Echo· 10 hours agoThe tech giant has set itself the goal of reaching net-zero emissions by 2030, but said the increasing amount of energy needed by its data centres to carry out the more intense levels of compute ...