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Apple brings eye tracking to iPhone and iPad in accessibility update

Apple brings eye tracking to iPhone and iPad in accessibility update

Users with physical disabilities will now be able to control their iPhone or iPad using eye movements.

MSPs agree to fast-track Bill to exonerate victims of Horizon IT system

MSPs agree to fast-track Bill to exonerate victims of Horizon IT system

MSPs unanimously agreed to treat the Scottish proposals as an emergency law.

Four charged and six officers injured at pro-Palestine demonstration

Four charged and six officers injured at pro-Palestine demonstration

Three men aged 18, 28 and 29, and a 21-year-old woman were arrested and charged during the demonstration.

Google tackles phone theft with new safety features coming to Android

Google tackles phone theft with new safety features coming to Android

The tech giant will use AI to detect when a user’s phone has been snatched from their hands.

Increase in ‘palpable sense of menace’ towards politicians in Ireland

Increase in ‘palpable sense of menace’ towards politicians in Ireland

A report was launched on Wednesday making recommendations on ensuring politicians’ safety and wellbeing.

British motorbike champion suing sport bodies over ‘catastrophic’ crash injuries

British motorbike champion suing sport bodies over ‘catastrophic’ crash injuries

Shane Byrne has been unable to compete since the crash at a race track in Norfolk in 2018.

Prosecutors ask judges to resume Joey Barton domestic abuse trial

Prosecutors ask judges to resume Joey Barton domestic abuse trial

Mr Barton previously denied assaulting his wife, Georgia, in June 2021, but the case was paused in 2022.

Carer of baby who choked to death at nursery had expired first aid certificate

Carer of baby who choked to death at nursery had expired first aid certificate

Oliver Steeper died in hospital in September 2021, six days after he choked on food at the Jelly Beans Day Nursery in Ashford, Kent.

Strikes called off after ScotRail dispute with guards resolved

Strikes called off after ScotRail dispute with guards resolved

A union said the guard had been retained on every train along the Barrhead and East Kilbride route.

Significant UK inflation was ‘unavoidable’, says Ben Bernanke

Significant UK inflation was ‘unavoidable’, says Ben Bernanke

His comments come a month after a report by the former central bank boss found ‘significant shortcomings’ in models used by the Bank of England.

Sophie Turner says Joe Jonas split sparked ‘worst few days’ of her life

Sophie Turner says Joe Jonas split sparked ‘worst few days’ of her life

The pair ‘amicably’ ended their marriage last year.

Foster denies sectarianising Stormont’s response to Covid-19

Foster denies sectarianising Stormont’s response to Covid-19

Appearing at the Covid-19 Inquiry, the former first minister was pressed on her party’s use of a controversial veto mechanism during the pandemic.

No DUP ministers agreed with Poots on Covid nationalist areas claim, says Foster

No DUP ministers agreed with Poots on Covid nationalist areas claim, says Foster

The former first minister said she did not challenge the comments in public at the time as she did not want to give them any further traction.

Greatest Hits Radio overtakes BBC Radio 1 in listening figures

Greatest Hits Radio overtakes BBC Radio 1 in listening figures

Local radio stations on the BBC have continued to decline amid planned cuts

Hundreds pack church to pay tribute to ‘hero’ aid worker killed in Gaza

Hundreds pack church to pay tribute to ‘hero’ aid worker killed in Gaza

James Kirby was remembered during an emotional service at St Mary Redcliffe Church in Bristol.

Foster ‘pressed to use nuclear button’ after deputy FM attended Storey funeral

Foster ‘pressed to use nuclear button’ after deputy FM attended Storey funeral

Former first minister Baroness Foster also welcomed an apology by Michelle O’Neill for attending the funeral to the Covid-19 Inquiry.

Police end search of funeral parlour amid probe into missing ashes

Police end search of funeral parlour amid probe into missing ashes

A Milne Funeral Directors has closed its two premises in Glasgow and Dumbarton.

Researchers warn climate change is likely to aggravate brain conditions

Researchers warn climate change is likely to aggravate brain conditions

Scientists say they expect the scale of the potential effects of climate change on neurological diseases to be substantial.

Boil water, residents told as 22 cases of vomiting and diarrhoea bug confirmed

Boil water, residents told as 22 cases of vomiting and diarrhoea bug confirmed

South West Water issued a warning to residents in Brixham not to drink water without boiling it after cryptosporidium was found in water supplies.

New weapon being developed to blast drones out of sky with radio waves, says MoD

New weapon being developed to blast drones out of sky with radio waves, says MoD

With an estimated cost of 10p per radio wave shot, the technology is also being billed as a cost-effective alternative to traditional missiles.

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