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Wednesday 06 May 2026 5:18 am  |  Updated:  Tuesday 05 May 2026 4:47 pm Wherever the fault lies following the departure of Sir Olly Robbins from government, it’s clear that this is another blow to the already damaged relationship between ministers and civil servants, says Joe HillThe things organisations say they value can differ a lot from the things they actually value. Enron – a company which went bankrupt in 2001 and whose C-suite went to jail for fraud and insider trading, listed their values as integrity, communication – respect and excellence. Most organisations don’t depart as far from their values…

Residents in Cambusdoon Road, Craigend, were woken around 3 am on May 4, by a series of loud bangs echoing through their community car park. One local told the Glasgow Times they looked outside to see a van “heavily up in flames” and began filming just as another explosion was heard. Fire crews have tackled a dramatic van blaze in a residential Glasgow street in the early hours of the morning. (Image: Carly Pezeshki) They said multiple neighbours dialled 999 and emergency services arrived within minutes, with firefighters and police working at the scene for around 40 minutes until the…

The PSNI has released a statement after a number of incidents involving ‘masked youths’ in the Bishop Street, The Fountain and Nailors Row areas of Derry over the past few weeks, amid ongoing Derry unrestTannur Anders UK & World News Reporter and Peter Hennessy UK & World News Editor04:16, 06 May 2026Damage after protesters threw petrol bombs, bricks and fireworks at police in Ballymena, Northern Ireland in June 2025 (file image)(Image: Conor McCaughley/Anadolu via Getty Images)The Police Service of Northern Ireland [PSNI] has issued a statement following a series of anti-social incidents involving masked young people across recent weeks in…

In a blog post that lays out a vision for crypto’s future, ranging from a “new financial system” to warnings about “opaque” AI, a16z crypto announced a new $2.2 billion fund. This is the VC firm’s fifth fund and brings the total raised to date to $9.8 billion, it says. In addition, the fund also promoted its CTO, Eddy Lazzarin, to general partner, bringing the GP investing team to four people. Lazzarin joins Chris Dixon, Ali Yahya, and Guy Wuollet. The fund has backed standout companies like Coinbase, Kalshi, and Solana Foundation. The timing of this news is a bit…

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Thirty-eight science educators representing seven school districts across Virginia’s Tidewater region joined forces with community organizations, such as the Elizabeth River Project, to deepen their instructional practice through a dynamic collaboration between NASA eClips and the GLOBE (Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment) Program. Together, these groups are cultivating a regional STEM ecosystem that connects classrooms, community science, and NASA resources in meaningful and lasting ways. As part of NASA’s Science Activation Program, NASA eClips engages educators and learners with standards-aligned resources grounded in authentic NASA science. Complementing this work, the GLOBE Program empowers participants to contribute to…

Companies working on batteries, semiconductors, and medical devices generate vast amounts of data — and much of it ends up scattered across spreadsheets and legacy systems, making it hard to use to improve products or understand failures. San Francisco-based startup Altara, which just secured $7 million in seed funding, says it has built an AI layer designed to bridge these data gaps and bring fragmented technical information into a single platform. The round was led by Greylock, with participation from Neo, BoxGroup, Liquid 2 Ventures, and Jeff Dean. Altara was founded in 2025 by Eva Tuecke (pictured right), who previously…

Forward Industries and crypto investment company RockawayX have co-led a strategic investment in OnRe, a startup building reinsurance infrastructure on the Solana blockchain, in a move aimed at bringing traditional risk-transfer markets onto decentralized rails.The companies said Tuesday they co-led OnRe’s $5 million Series A round, with Forward planning to allocate up to $25 million into the platform’s yield-bearing token on Solana.The funding will be used to expand OnRe’s platform and attract more institutional participants to onchain reinsurance, a niche but emerging segment within decentralized finance.OnRe is attempting to shift parts of the reinsurance market — where insurers offload risk…

Franco Manca has confirmed that its Hove restaurant, located on Church Road, will shut, after a restructuring plan was approved by creditors. The restaurant’s parent firm The Fulham Shore said it planned to close the sites as part of a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) process, which will hit around 225 jobs. A vote on the CVA proposal was backed by more than 90 per cent of creditors. Marcel Khan, chief executive of The Fulham Shore, said: “We are grateful for the support shown by our creditors today. “Franco Manca is a fantastic brand with a strong heritage and loyal customer…

Unreliable electricity costs African economies an estimated 2 to 4 percent of GDP every year. Businesses cannot plan production schedules around power that cuts out unpredictably. Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Al Maktoum, who chairs Inmā Emirates Holdings, has built an investment portfolio targeting precisely these markets where infrastructure absence constrains economic participation. Without functioning ports, agricultural exports rot at inland collection points while shipping containers sit empty at berths too congested to process them. Without digital identity systems, rural populations remain locked out of formal banking, insurance and government services. Without stable power, manufacturers cannot commit to delivery schedules that international…