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, for me the minister of sidney sussex college cambridge. she acted as an expert member on organisation governance and leadership on the expert advisory group on the windrush lessons learned review and regularly advises on leadership governance and organisation structure. doctor stuart is a public policy expert and a visiting scholar at sidney sussex couege a visiting scholar at sidney sussex college cambridge. dame sandra and doctor stuart have been instructed to produce two reports addressing issues related to leadership, management and governance. the first of those reports has been disclosed to core participant dated the 27th of march 2024 and has the url in ex pg 606. it sets out the expected and best practice in relation for standards of governance, management and leadership in companies such as the post office in the period 1999 to 2019. it is a substantial body of work, being 133 pages in length, including appendices. a copy of that report, the first report, is to be treated as having been read into the record today and therefore a c
, for me the minister of sidney sussex college cambridge. she acted as an expert member on organisation governance and leadership on the expert advisory group on the windrush lessons learned review and regularly advises on leadership governance and organisation structure. doctor stuart is a public policy expert and a visiting scholar at sidney sussex couege a visiting scholar at sidney sussex college cambridge. dame sandra and doctor stuart have been instructed to produce two reports addressing...
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senior figures from institutions including 0xford, cambridge and imperial college london have been briefed by mi5 on the threat to some of their sensitive research. could insects be the food of the future? studies show that meals made from bugs like crickets have, pound for pound, almost three times more protein than those using similar amounts of beef, pork or chicken. and compared to livestock, rearing them has a lower environmental impact. researchers at the university of surrey are looking for volunteers to help them assess if crickets really can meet our dietary needs. sean killick has been to find out more. in some parts of the world, they're quite popular to eat. but, funnily, they've never caught on here — which is a shame, because insects are a good source of protein. so people have begun to farm them. typically, they're frozen, boiled, dried, and turned into an insect—based flour, which can be added to foods such as pasta, bread or cakes. now, at the university of surrey, they're going to test volunteers who've eaten muffins made with powdered crickets to check the nutritiona
senior figures from institutions including 0xford, cambridge and imperial college london have been briefed by mi5 on the threat to some of their sensitive research. could insects be the food of the future? studies show that meals made from bugs like crickets have, pound for pound, almost three times more protein than those using similar amounts of beef, pork or chicken. and compared to livestock, rearing them has a lower environmental impact. researchers at the university of surrey are looking...
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senior figures from 2a institutions including 0xford, cambridge and imperial college london have been briefed by mi5 on the threat to some of their sensitive research. 0ur security correspondent gordon corera is following the story. the concern really comes down to mainly the challenge from china and the concern is that uk universities, notjust the uk, other countries as well, have seen attempts to get hold of sensitive research, sensitive material. not, if you like, what would be typically thought of as secret, not really talking about spying here, but often academic orjoint ventures in the academic world. in which sensitive technology and sensitive research might then pass which could be useful to another state, for instance, china. it is hard to understand, but if you think about it as perhaps if the university was carrying out some kind of research on movements under water and the ability to detect those, that might be open research which could have some value commercially for a university but it could also have a national security implication for instance, in detecting submarines
senior figures from 2a institutions including 0xford, cambridge and imperial college london have been briefed by mi5 on the threat to some of their sensitive research. 0ur security correspondent gordon corera is following the story. the concern really comes down to mainly the challenge from china and the concern is that uk universities, notjust the uk, other countries as well, have seen attempts to get hold of sensitive research, sensitive material. not, if you like, what would be typically...
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but, you know, that's not to take away from cambridge. members of sudbury rowing club say the stour is much cleaner than the thames, but even so there are problems here. when they empty the sewage in the storm drains, it gets pretty fouled up and it's full of all sorts of nasties. and what's that like to be rowing through? well, it's pretty disgusting, really. afterwards, you've got to wash your boat down, clean all the faeces off the blades. and also you've got to really clean your kit out afterwards. is it getting worse? yes, most definitely. the number of raw sewage spills into england's rivers and seas more than doubled last year compared to the year before, according to the environment agency. in 2022, there were 1.75 million hours of spills. in 2023, there were 3.6 million. the effects of sewage pollution are twofold. one, on wildlife. phosphates and nitrates, which are effectively nutrients, can cause algal blooms that can devastate rivers like the wye and the thames. and secondly, e.coli and other pathogens present in rivers from
but, you know, that's not to take away from cambridge. members of sudbury rowing club say the stour is much cleaner than the thames, but even so there are problems here. when they empty the sewage in the storm drains, it gets pretty fouled up and it's full of all sorts of nasties. and what's that like to be rowing through? well, it's pretty disgusting, really. afterwards, you've got to wash your boat down, clean all the faeces off the blades. and also you've got to really clean your kit out...
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it's the 40th anniverary of the landmark operation at the royal papworth hospital in cambridge, which established it as one of the world's leading transplant centres. in that time, about 3,000 similar procedures have been carried out. our reporter nikki fox has been to see how staff and patients have been celebrating the milestone. a0 years ago, royal papworth hospital in cambridgeshire established its reputation as an internationally—recognised transplant centre. charlie tango 7 is escorting london ambulance with transplant patient on board. performing europe's first ever successful heart—lung transplant, 36—year—old brenda barber became a national celebrity overnight and lived until 1994. professorjohn wallwork led the operation. he trained in california, bringing his skills across the atlantic. it's the whole issue of taking somebody who's really, really sick and somebody who's got really severe heart failure or lung failure, and they really are breathing their last. and putting a new heart in there or the heart and lungs, they become pink and they go back to living a norma
it's the 40th anniverary of the landmark operation at the royal papworth hospital in cambridge, which established it as one of the world's leading transplant centres. in that time, about 3,000 similar procedures have been carried out. our reporter nikki fox has been to see how staff and patients have been celebrating the milestone. a0 years ago, royal papworth hospital in cambridgeshire established its reputation as an internationally—recognised transplant centre. charlie tango 7 is escorting...
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senior figures from institutions from oxford cambridge and imperial couegein from oxford cambridge and imperial college in london have been briefed by m15 on the threat to some of their sensitive research. let's return to the post office inquiry and bring in our reporter who is measuring the story. day 2a angela van den bogerd and she came under a lot of pressure from the kc yesterday and he was getting exasperated with her. how do you expect it go today? more of the same? ~ .,, expect it go today? more of the same? ~ ~' , expect it go today? more of the same? «r, ,, .._ same? most likely, especially because we — same? most likely, especially because we don't _ same? most likely, especially because we don't only - same? most likely, especially because we don't only have i same? most likely, especially. because we don't only have the inquiry counsel asking questions today, we have questions from the lawyers of the victims themselves who have been given permission to ask questions today. they tend to be ask questions today. they tend to be a little more aggressive in their line of que
senior figures from institutions from oxford cambridge and imperial couegein from oxford cambridge and imperial college in london have been briefed by m15 on the threat to some of their sensitive research. let's return to the post office inquiry and bring in our reporter who is measuring the story. day 2a angela van den bogerd and she came under a lot of pressure from the kc yesterday and he was getting exasperated with her. how do you expect it go today? more of the same? ~ .,, expect it go...
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james cook from british explorerjames cook from australia in 1770 have been returned by members of cambridge university to indigenous members�*s survivors who it indigenous members�*s survivors it comes amid increasing pressure on institutions to return historic artefacts to their origin countries. stay with sa run bbc news. take care. hello, there. it's not a particularly inspiring weather story at the moment, is it? but we've still got that west—east divide across the country. on tuesday, we had the highest temperatures across south wales, with 16 degrees, and there was some glorious sunshine, at times, with a little bit of shelter from the breeze. but out to the east, it was disappointingly cool. a brisk northerly wind, temperatures struggled — only around seven degrees across that east yorkshire coast. we're going to keep quite a lot of cloud, as well, over the next few hours. that will prevent temperatures from falling too far. lowest temperatures to start the day on wednesday morning will be in the far north and west of scotland. we could have some thicker cloud and a little bi
james cook from british explorerjames cook from australia in 1770 have been returned by members of cambridge university to indigenous members�*s survivors who it indigenous members�*s survivors it comes amid increasing pressure on institutions to return historic artefacts to their origin countries. stay with sa run bbc news. take care. hello, there. it's not a particularly inspiring weather story at the moment, is it? but we've still got that west—east divide across the country. on...
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it comes amid concern over high levels of e.coli in the river thames during last month's oxford and cambridge boat races, when one rower fell ill before the race. temperatures below the average for the time of year. it's been colder than what we would have expected to see in april. we've had snow in helsinki today. three degrees, flurries of snow. central parts of europe not making double figures. we are feeling the chill as that cold air arrives from the north. the weather is quiet. a lot of welcome, dry weather. here is the satellite picture. cloud building in through the morning. some areas still quite sunny. some areas overcast. temperatures, best in the west, 15 celsius in northern ireland. 0n the coast, 9—10 c. temperatures are on the down, pollen levels are on the up. high in the south—west. aerial amounts of cloud through tonight i don't think this coming night will be quite as cold as last night but still, in some spots, temperatures could drop close to freezing in the morning, given the clear skies overnight. variable amounts of cloud tomorrow, sunshine forsure. overnight. varia
it comes amid concern over high levels of e.coli in the river thames during last month's oxford and cambridge boat races, when one rower fell ill before the race. temperatures below the average for the time of year. it's been colder than what we would have expected to see in april. we've had snow in helsinki today. three degrees, flurries of snow. central parts of europe not making double figures. we are feeling the chill as that cold air arrives from the north. the weather is quiet. a lot of...
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it comes amid concern over high levels of e.coli in the river thames during last month's oxford and cambridge boat races, when one rower fell ill before the race. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz schafernaker. hello. quite a chill in the air earlier on, but at least that sun's quite strong. talking about cold weather, this is what we call the anomaly map across europe. where it's blue, temperatures are below the average for the time of the year and you can see across many countries, it's been colder than what we would expect in april. in fact, across some northern parts of europe, we have had snow. here's helsinki today — three degrees, flurries of snow. central parts of europe not even making double figures. and we are feeling that chill as we see colder air arriving from the north. but at least it's high pressure, so that does mean that the weather's quiet, so a lot of welcome dry weather. here's the satellite picture. clouds have been building through the course of the morning and into the afternoon. some areas are still quite sunny, other areas have turned a little mo
it comes amid concern over high levels of e.coli in the river thames during last month's oxford and cambridge boat races, when one rower fell ill before the race. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz schafernaker. hello. quite a chill in the air earlier on, but at least that sun's quite strong. talking about cold weather, this is what we call the anomaly map across europe. where it's blue, temperatures are below the average for the time of the year and you can see across many...
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the weapons have been handed over at a ceremony at trinity college cambridge, following years of discussions. they had previously been lent to museums in australia in 2015 and 2020. noor nanji reports. these are the four spears that were brought to england more than 250 years ago when captainjames cook returned from australia on the endeavour. now they've been formally handed back. representatives of the la perouse aboriginal community welcomed their return. having them returned after all this time and having them displayed at kurnell at the very point they were taken in 1770 ensures that we're able to amplify the significance of the spears, but also too the events that occurred on that day. the weapons were taken from a local camp when the british expedition arrived in australia at the site of modern—day sydney. they were given to trinity college on captain cook's return the following year, and the spears have been part of the college's collection ever since then. campaigners have long called for their repatriation to australia, where similar fishing spears are still used by the local com
the weapons have been handed over at a ceremony at trinity college cambridge, following years of discussions. they had previously been lent to museums in australia in 2015 and 2020. noor nanji reports. these are the four spears that were brought to england more than 250 years ago when captainjames cook returned from australia on the endeavour. now they've been formally handed back. representatives of the la perouse aboriginal community welcomed their return. having them returned after all this...
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it comes amid concern over high levels of e.coli in the river thames during last month's 0xford and cambridge boat races, when one rowerfell ill before the race. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. it's been a lovely day so far for many, but there's a bit of a chill noticeable out of the sunshine. and if we look at our chart, temperatures compared to normal for the time of year, the blue colours indicating across eastern parts of the uk and into much of europe showed temperatures below average this weekend. big departure for europe where we've seen record breaking heat so far this april. it's because of a change in pressure patterns. to the south and east, low pressure dominating quite stormy at times here, but to the north and west with us, a rare glimpse of high pressure at last. that means for most, we continue with a dry story through today. there's a few isolated showers. eastern counties of england, cold breeze here as well, thick cloud with some drizzle pushing into the north of scotland later. and it builds up generally speaking, but across these sheltered
it comes amid concern over high levels of e.coli in the river thames during last month's 0xford and cambridge boat races, when one rowerfell ill before the race. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. it's been a lovely day so far for many, but there's a bit of a chill noticeable out of the sunshine. and if we look at our chart, temperatures compared to normal for the time of year, the blue colours indicating across eastern parts of the uk and into much of europe...
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spiegelhalter, emeritus professor of statistics in the centre for mathematical sciences at the university of cambridge. ifi if i can start with you doctor adrian boyle, it's quite shocking, 250 patients a week in england may have died unnecessarily because of those long waits in a any, just what is going wrong here? those long waits in a any, 'ust what is going wrong here?_ those long waits in a any, 'ust what is going wrong here? too many people are spending — is going wrong here? too many people are spending too _ is going wrong here? too many people are spending too long _ is going wrong here? too many people are spending too long in _ are spending too long in our emergency departments and this is a part of our health care system where we see about 20 million patient episodes a year, so it's a high—volume system, and lots of people getting into hospital through our emergency departments. we know that too many people are spending too long, and these long delays, we know based on scientific ticket —— data, are harmfulfor patients. looking at the mechanisms, if people are spending a long time
spiegelhalter, emeritus professor of statistics in the centre for mathematical sciences at the university of cambridge. ifi if i can start with you doctor adrian boyle, it's quite shocking, 250 patients a week in england may have died unnecessarily because of those long waits in a any, just what is going wrong here? those long waits in a any, 'ust what is going wrong here?_ those long waits in a any, 'ust what is going wrong here? too many people are spending — is going wrong here? too many...
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warning at a briefing given to the chief executives from twenty four universities, including oxford and cambridge. he warned of the risks to some of their cutting—edge research, which, they were told, was in danger of being targeted by states seeking to enhance their own economic and military capabilities. with more on this we can speak now to our security correspondent gordon corera. what is m15 plasma concern here? the concern really comes to mainly their challenge from china and the concern is that uk universities, notjust the uk, other countries as well, i've seen attempts to get hold of sensitive research, sensitive material, not what would be typically thought of as secrets, not really talking about buying here, but often academic collaboration orjoint buying here, but often academic collaboration or joint ventures buying here, but often academic collaboration orjoint ventures in the academic world. but in which sensitive technology and research might then pass which could be useful to another state, for instance, china. it is hard to understand that if you think about it as perhaps if un
warning at a briefing given to the chief executives from twenty four universities, including oxford and cambridge. he warned of the risks to some of their cutting—edge research, which, they were told, was in danger of being targeted by states seeking to enhance their own economic and military capabilities. with more on this we can speak now to our security correspondent gordon corera. what is m15 plasma concern here? the concern really comes to mainly their challenge from china and the...
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that is what we saw today much of central and eastern england. 16 degrees in cambridge at this afternoon. some more warmth arriving a little later on this week. so bear that in mind. actually, for tomorrow, we are between weather systems which means a lot of quiet weather. mist and fog first in england and wales and some scattered showers but on the whole, not looking too bad. this weather front in scotland a bit of a nuisance, it will linger throughout much of the day. not producing much in the way of rain but the wind direction a real significant factor in the weather story across scotland. coming from the north—east, it will make it feel cooler, only 5—7 as a maximum, particularly under the rain. cloudy but a few scattered showers but northern ireland. england and wales, not a bad afternoon. we could see 15 degrees but by the end of the day, the winds will strengthen. coming from the south—west but we will see some rain. so it is milder air with their south—westerly wind but it will bring some wet weather as it drifts steadily north east as we go into wednesday. so showery out
that is what we saw today much of central and eastern england. 16 degrees in cambridge at this afternoon. some more warmth arriving a little later on this week. so bear that in mind. actually, for tomorrow, we are between weather systems which means a lot of quiet weather. mist and fog first in england and wales and some scattered showers but on the whole, not looking too bad. this weather front in scotland a bit of a nuisance, it will linger throughout much of the day. not producing much in...
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the weapons have been handed over at a ceremony at trinity college cambridge, following years of discussions. our culture reporter noor nanji reports. these are the four spears that were brought to england more than 250 years ago when captainjames cook returned from australia on the endeavour. now they've been formally handed back. representatives of the la perouse aboriginal community were at the event and welcomed their return. having them returned after all this time and having them displayed at kurnell at the very point they were taken in 1770, ensures that we're able to amplify the significance of the spears, but also too the events that occurred on that day. the weapons were taken from a local camp when the british expedition arrived in australia at the site of modern day sydney. they were given to trinity college on captain cook's return the following year, and the spears have been part of the college's collection ever since then. campaigners have long called for their repatriation to australia, where similar fishing spears are still used by the local community. the spears were taken
the weapons have been handed over at a ceremony at trinity college cambridge, following years of discussions. our culture reporter noor nanji reports. these are the four spears that were brought to england more than 250 years ago when captainjames cook returned from australia on the endeavour. now they've been formally handed back. representatives of the la perouse aboriginal community were at the event and welcomed their return. having them returned after all this time and having them...