1+ day, 6+ min ago   (217+ words) In this episode of Science Weekly, recorded in front of an audience at the London podcast festival on 3 September, Ian Sample hears from Michael Safi, the host of the Guardian’s chart-topping podcast about artificial intelligence, Black Box. In series two,…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (523+ words) As trust in institutions wavers, experts say local, collective action is more effective in driving change This week, reflecting on a summer as “hot as hell”, the UN’s head of climate, Simon Stiell, said: “Climate is sometimes seen as a…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (834+ words) Studies from hotspots across Europe that have introduced a levy suggest it has no impact on visitor numbers If you wandered down Las Ramblas or lazed on a beach in the Balearics this summer, you probably paid a tourist tax…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (339+ words) Boss Richard Walker is ‘proud to be backing Britain’ with a store in the capital, Stanley The supermarket chain Iceland has said it will open a shop on the Falkland Islands in early December. The shop, to be launched in…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (599+ words) Labelled a tourist tax, proposals would give mayors power to decide how revenue raised should be invested Holidaymakers will face a nightly levy on hotel stays and Airbnb-style visits in England under plans ministers are due to outline to give…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (430+ words) Retailer says higher costs also hit first-half figures as group pursues its turnaround plan, though Waitrose grew sales Losses at the owner of John Lewis and Waitrose widened by more than 40% in the first half of the year as it…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (445+ words) Wall Street billionaire’s meeting with John Healey comes amid deep speculation over higher windfall tax on banks in October budget Jamie Dimon, the boss of the largest US bank JP Morgan, is set to warn John Healey against raising taxes…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (577+ words) Facilities likely to employ 10,400 workers, compared with 40,000 in industry estimates, thinktank says Datacentres in the UK will create just a quarter of the jobs predicted by the tech sector, while consuming vast amounts of energy, according to new research. Environmental…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (523+ words) For decades we were told that privatisation would deliver better services. The experience of millions of passengers tells a different story One of the best-known scenes from the TV series The Inbetweeners is the four angst-ridden teenage characters shouting abuse…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (564+ words) OS index examines which ‘urban heat islands’ suffer the most – and which cope the best with rising temperatures Portsmouth, Leicester, Exeter, Bristol and Nottingham will be among the cities that warm the most by the end of this century as…...