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Cyber attack contingency plans should be put on paper, firms told

Cyber attack contingency plans should be put on paper, firms told

People should plan for potential cyber-attacks by going back to pen and paper, according to the latest advice. The government has written to chief executives across the country strongly recommending t …

D'Angelo: A musical pioneer who reshaped soul

D'Angelo: A musical pioneer who reshaped soul

There aren't many musicians whose sound is so distinctive and influential that the music industry invents a whole new genre to describe it. But D'Angelo, who has died at the age of 51, was seen as a t …

Dame Jane Goodall revolutionised our understanding of our closest primate cousins

Dame Jane Goodall revolutionised our understanding of our closest primate cousins

She was a serene force of nature. And she never wavered in her mission to help the animals to which she dedicated her life. When I interviewed Dame Jane Goodall last year, she exuded calm, even as she …

Dismissed as a joke, UK's first rice crop ripe for picking after hot summer

Dismissed as a joke, UK's first rice crop ripe for picking after hot summer

In an ordinary field in a quiet part of east England, a unique experiment is taking root. 'When I tell people what I'm doing here, they think I'm joking,' says Nadine Mitschunas, the UK's first and on …

Doctors' union agrees to resume talks with Streeting

Doctors' union agrees to resume talks with Streeting

The British Medical Association (BMA) and Health Secretary Wes Streeting have agreed to resume talks following the end of the latest strike by resident doctors in England. The five-day walkout, which …

Doctors' union warning over online booking safety risk

Doctors' union warning over online booking safety risk

The doctors union, the British Medical Association (BMA), has warned that potentially serious health problems could be missed by GPs, and lead to patients being harmed, when a new online booking syste …