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Blind date: ‘He looked at me, 5ft, and said he was looking for someone around 5ft 6in’
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 14 March 2026
Robin, 68, a retired property manager, meets Jacquie, 69, a retired secretary
What were you hoping for?
To meet someone with a nice personality and similar interests.
Six great reads: Louis Theroux’s reluctance to answer questions, Apple’s hits and misses, and boomers v gen Z
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 14 March 2026
Need something brilliant to read this weekend? Here are six of our favourite pieces from the last seven days
Continue reading...Blind date: ‘He looked at me, 5ft, and said he was looking for someone around 5ft 6in’
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 14 March 2026
Robin, 68, a retired property manager, meets Jacquie, 69, a retired secretary
What were you hoping for?
To meet someone with a nice personality and similar interests.
Confidential health records from UK BioBank project exposed online
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 14 March 2026
Exclusive: Guardian investigation finds data from flagship medical research leaked dozens of times
Confidential health data has been exposed online on dozens of occasions, a Guardian investigation can reveal, raising questions about the safeguarding of patient records by one of the UK’s flagship medical research projects.
UK Biobank, which holds the medical records of 500,000 British volunteers, is one of the world’s most comprehensive stores of health information and is credited with driving breakthroughs in cancer, dementia and diabetes research. But scientists approved to access Biobank’s sensitive data appear to have sometimes been cavalier about its security.
Continue reading...I’ve become office chair-shaped: the Becky Barnicoat cartoon
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 14 March 2026
NHS and MoD will be urged to buy British tech to drive growth amid Iran crisis
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 14 March 2026
Treasury minister Spencer Livermore trails new strategy as chancellor pins hopes on benefits of AI amid global uncertainty
The NHS and Ministry of Defence will be urged to buy British tech, as the government pins its hopes on the benefits of artificial intelligence to kickstart growth in the face of the Iran crisis, Treasury minister Spencer Livermore has said.
The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, will restate her economic strategy in a high profile lecture on Tuesday, just as rocketing oil prices have raised fears of higher inflation and weaker growth.
Continue reading...Confidential health records from UK BioBank project exposed online
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 14 March 2026
Exclusive: Guardian investigation finds data from flagship medical research leaked dozens of times
Confidential health data has been exposed online on dozens of occasions, a Guardian investigation can reveal, raising questions about the safeguarding of patient records by one of the UK’s flagship medical research projects.
UK Biobank, which holds the medical records of 500,000 British volunteers, is one of the world’s most comprehensive stores of health information and is credited with driving breakthroughs in cancer, dementia and diabetes research. But scientists approved to access Biobank’s sensitive data appear to have sometimes been cavalier about its security.
Continue reading...I’ve become office chair-shaped: the Becky Barnicoat cartoon
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 14 March 2026
NHS and MoD will be urged to buy British tech to drive growth amid Iran crisis
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 14 March 2026
Treasury minister Spencer Livermore trails new strategy as chancellor pins hopes on benefits of AI amid global uncertainty
The NHS and Ministry of Defence will be urged to buy British tech, as the government pins its hopes on the benefits of artificial intelligence to kickstart growth in the face of the Iran crisis, Treasury minister Spencer Livermore has said.
The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, will restate her economic strategy in a high profile lecture on Tuesday, just as rocketing oil prices have raised fears of higher inflation and weaker growth.
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