Global Rare Disease Leader AnnieGuard Ltd Named Stakeholder in Midlands Cancer Life Science Innovation & Partnership Hub

AnnieGuard Ltd – A global leader in rare disease detection, pioneering AI-powered, cybersecurity-inspired solutions to transform early diagnosis and care worldwide.

Global leader in AI-driven rare disease detection becomes stakeholder in NHS Cancer Alliances' collaborative innovation initiative

LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM, September 5, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- AnnieGuard Ltd, the global leader in rare disease detection technology, today announced it has been designated as a stakeholder to the Midlands Cancer Life Science Innovation & Partnership Hub, representing both the East Midlands Cancer Alliance (EMCA) and West Midlands Cancer Alliance (WMCA).

The strategic engagement positions

JEFF WAYNE’S THE WAR OF THE WORLDS: THE IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE WINS FIFTH TRIPADVISOR TRAVELLERS’ CHOICE AWARD

London's longest-running immersive multi-media experience maintains its position among the world's top attractions with over 19,000 five-star reviews.

We’re thrilled that audiences continue to rate us among the very best in the world”

— Jeff Wayne

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, September 5, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Jeff Wayne's The War of The Worlds: The Immersive Experience has secured its fifth consecutive Tripadvisor Travellers' Choice Award, cementing its status as one of the world's premier immersive attractions and maintaining its place in the top 10% of global experiences.

Since opening in 2019, this groundbreaking production has transformed London's cultural

Alastair Waterman Redefines Consciousness in Groundbreaking Book, The Sense of Meaning

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, September 5, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- What if consciousness began 500 million years ago as a survival instinct? Renowned philosopher and scientist Alastair Waterman explores this provocative question in his newly released book, The Sense of Meaning: From Ancient Instincts to Artificial Minds. Blending evolutionary biology, neuroscience, philosophy, and artificial intelligence, Waterman argues that consciousness emerged as a "sense of meaning" to enhance adaptive learning in early vertebrates.

The book introduces groundbreaking concepts, including the

On Sept. 9, UK auction house will sell one of the earliest known depictions of ancient technology

Egyptian limestone bas-relief panel depicting Ptah presiding over the smelting of copper. Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty, 2498-2345 B.C. One of the earliest known depictions of ancient technology. Estimate: £80,000-£100,000/$107,160-$133,950

Profusely-detailed 4,500-year-old Egyptian limestone panel shows deity Ptah overseeing copper-smelting process, with hieroglyphic dialogue amongst workers

The panel is comparable to an example shown in the book The Scepter of Egypt and described as having come from the tomb of Re-em-kuy.”

— Aaron Hammond, Chief Operating Officer, TimeLine Auctions

HARWICH, ESSEX, UNITED KINGDOM, September 6, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- More than 4,500 years ago – 2,500 years before the birth of Christ – Egyptians possessed the ability to smelt, i.e., extract metal from its ore by heating and melting it.

Formore Agency Triples Turnover and Secures Landmark Wins in Breakthrough Year

Lucas Coe, Head of Agency at Manchester's Formore

Growth comes after strategic acquisition in 2024 and repositioning exercise.

We’ve built a team that clients actually enjoy working with, and that makes all the difference when producing work that moves the needle.”

— Lucas Coe, Head of Agency, Formore Agency

MANCHESTER, NORTH WEST, UNITED KINGDOM, September 6, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Manchester-based Formore Agency has tripled its annual turnover in a breakthrough year that saw major account wins including Hettich UK, Damm Brewery and PEMFiT.

The six-person creative marketing agency accelerated its growth following a strategic acquisition in 2024 and a full repositioning exercise. That shift united the agency around a clear proposition: helping ambitious challenger brands gain market share through improved brand recall.

“The last 12 months have been an incredible

AI Automation Consultant Launches UK’s First Electrical Customer Acquisition Suite for SMEs

Paul Nightingale, AI Automation Consultant Founder & Managing Director

New AI-powered suite helps UK electrical SMEs win more contracts, boost lead generation, and save time with automated customer acquisition.

PETERBOROUGH, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, September 6, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- AI Automation Consultant, the UK’s first consultancy dedicated to applying artificial intelligence to the electrical sector, today announced the launch of its Electrical Customer Acquisition Suite, an integrated platform designed to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the electrical industry win more contracts, generate qualified leads, and reduce administrative burden.

The Electrical Customer Acquisition Suite combines three proven AI-powered tools: TenderAI, which monitors tenders and improves bid success rates; Authority Builder

Sparkling Books announce two more e-book price reductions

Sparkling Books

Petronella and the Janjilons

Featherbones

Petronella and the Janjilons (for children) and Featherbones (new adult/urban fiction) now reduced to 99 US cents worldwide

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, September 7, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Sparkling Books continues its policy of making favourite titles widely available with 99 US cent e-book pricing worldwide (£0.72 UK, €0.84 EU + local tax) *.

Petronella and the Janjilons by Cheryl Bentley is an

OYB announces the pre-launch of YLIUM utility token

Benefit Ylium token utility

Smart & secure blockchain

Solution GOALS SDGs

YLIUM is not just a token: it is the gateway to a secure, transparent, and scalable ecosystem that turns business processes into opportunities for growth and innovation.”

— Ekaterina Murzakova

LONDON, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, September 7, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Ylium, an innovative platform in the blockchain sector, is pleased to announce the pre-launch of its utility token YLIUM (YLM), designed to revolutionize the way companies, developers, and integration partners interact with secure, traceable, and decentralized digital solutions. YLM is not just a token: it is a gateway to a complete ecosystem, capable of streamlining processes, enhancing efficiency, and opening up new business opportunities.

For enterprises, YLM enables the easy

Matt Tebbutt is confirmed as judge for MasterChef: The Professionals

He joins Marcus Wareing and Monica Galetti as a judge for the next series on BBC One and iPlayer

It’s an absolute honour to be working alongside these two titans of the food world. Their knowledge and uncompromising attitude is now the stuff of legend and I look forward to them taking me under their wing and seeing the chefs get off to a flying start in the competition!

— Matt Tebbutt

Matt Tebbutt is to be a judge for the next series of MasterChef: The Professionals alongside Marcus Wareing and Monica Galetti on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

Best known as host of Saturday Kitchen on BBC One Matt has a wealth of experience in the

Pilot test for rare condition in newborns

Screening could enable earlier treatment and improve life chances.

Screening of newborn babies to detect and treat a rare condition which causes progressive muscle wastage will begin early next year.

Scotland will become the first country in the UK to begin national screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) which affects movement, breathing and swallowing.

The Scottish Government and pharmaceutical company Novartis will fund a two-year

Support for 880,000 pensioners this winter

Pension Age Winter Heating Payments to begin in November.

This winter at least 880,000 pensioners across Scotland are set to receive Pension Age Winter Heating Payment to help with heating their home.  

From November, eligible people of State Pension age will get a payment between £101.70 and £305.10 depending on their circumstances.  Most people will receive their payment automatically – no action is needed. 

For pensioners with a taxable income of over £35,000, the payment will be taken back

Marking 999 Emergency Services Day on 9/9/25

From Wrexham

We’ll be acknowledging 999 Emergency Services Day on Tuesday, September 9th

#999 day promotes the work of the emergency services, promotes using the emergency services responsibly, educates the public about basic lifesaving skills, and promotes the many career and volunteering opportunities available.

The 999 Emergency Services Day:

• Promotes our 999 heroes who serve/have served.
• Promotes career and volunteer opportunities across the emergency services.
• Promotes using the emergency services responsibly.
• Educates the public on essential life-saving skills.
• Promotes emergency services charities and the work they do.
• Promotes campaigns being run by frontline emergency services.

Leader of the Council, Cllr Mark Pritchard, said: “On behalf of everyone in Wrexham I would like to again thank every serving and former member of the emergency services for their selfless dedication to duty, their bravery and their passion for the job they do here in Wrexham and across the country.”

Interim Chief Executive Alwyn Jones said “This Friday we will be reflecting on the important and sometimes difficult and dangerous work that the emergency services do in keeping us safe in our communities. “We can encourage everyone to be respectful of the job they do and to be grateful that they are there should we need them in an emergency.”

People across the country set to benefit from £4 million boost to improve accessibility and increase access to arts and culture

Funding available to support regional museums and galleries to ensure collections are more accessible to the public

• Applications are open for a share of £4 million through a partnership between charity the Wolfson Foundation and DCMS
• The partnership will boost people’s access to art and culture, delivering on both the government’s Plan for Change to increase opportunities for all and the Wolfson Foundation’s charitable objectives

People across the country will soon benefit from a £4 million boost for regional museums

Yorkshire’s natural beauty recognised as Ingleborough NNR expands

Ingleborough National Nature Reserve (NNR) becomes part of the King’s Series of NNRs, established to celebrate His Majesty the King’s Coronation in 2023.

Over 179 hectares of Yorkshire’s iconic upland landscape has been recognised for its importance as a haven for rare wildlife and unique habitats, through the extension of Ingleborough National Nature Reserve (NNR).   

The expansion brings the total safeguarded area to 1186 hectares, a third of the size of York or equivalent to 2.2 billion Yorkshire Tea bags, making it one of the largest and most wildlife-rich landscapes in northern England. 

Ingleborough now becomes part of the King’s Series of National Nature Reserves,

Six Solomon Islanders awarded prestigious Chevening Scholarships

Chevening Scholarships are awarded to individuals from diverse backgrounds who can demonstrate the commitment and skills needed to become future leaders.

Group photo of the scholars with Head of Mission Paul and Deputy Emma Davis.

Six brilliant Solomon Islanders have been awarded with Chevening scholarships, the UK Government’s prestigious scholarship programme.

This was the same record set by Solomon Islands for 2022 to 2023. The current cohort of 7 scholars who are returning this year have set the record, challenging more Solomon Islanders to apply for the scholarship.

Chevening Scholarships are awarded to individuals from diverse backgrounds who can demonstrate the commitment and skills needed to become future leaders.

The scholarship offers full financial support for scholars to pursue any eligible master’s

Secretary of State's Speech to the British-Irish Association Conference in Oxford

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has delivered a speech to the 2025 British-Irish Association Conference in Oxford.

Location:

Oxford

Delivered on:

5 September 2025 (Original script, may differ from delivered version)

It is a great pleasure to be back here at the BIA, and to have the opportunity to reflect upon the UK-Ireland relationship with all of you, and thank you, Dominic and Francesca, for the invitation and for all that you do to nurture this really important institution. 

It has certainly been an eventful 12 months since last we met.
Continuing war in Ukraine. The unfolding disaster in Gaza. The climate continues to warm. A new partnership between the UK and the EU. And a new President of the United States of America. 

But one thing that hasn’t changed has been the growing warmth of the relationship between

Major skills boost at the heart of transformative new Defence Industrial Strategy

UK jobs and skills will be the driving force behind making the country a defence industrial leader under a transformative new strategy to be launched next week.

• £182 million boost for defence talent pipeline, delivering on economic growth through the Plan for Change.
• In-demand defence technical skills to be boosted through five Defence Technical Excellence Colleges, offering new opportunities into defence jobs.
• Landmark Defence Industrial Strategy set to back British business and adopt innovation lessons from Ukraine.

UK jobs and skills will be the driving force behind making the country a defence industrial leader under a transformative new strategy to be launched next week [Monday 8 September], including the creation of five defence-focused Technical Excellence Colleges to ensure industry has the workforce needed for the future. 

It follows Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s visit to BAE Scotstoun where he met shipyard

PM statement on Russian strikes on Kyiv: 7 September 2025

Prime Minister Keir Starmer's statement.

I’m appalled by the latest brutal overnight assault on Kyiv and across Ukraine, which killed civilians and hit infrastructure. For the first time, the heart of Ukraine’s civilian government was damaged.

These cowardly strikes show that Putin believes he can act with impunity. He is not serious about peace.

Now, more than ever, we must stand firm in our support for Ukraine and its sovereignty.

Ministerial appointments: September 2025

The King has been pleased to approve the following appointments:

• Rt Hon David Lammy MP as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice. He will also be Deputy Prime Minister
• Rt Hon Darren Jones MP as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. He will remain Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister
• Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP as Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
• Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP as Secretary of State for the Home Department
• Rt Hon Steve Reed OBE MP as Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
• Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
• Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP as Secretary of State for Business and Trade and President of the