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  • Advancing Intelligent Endoscopy for a Healthier Future

    By Bernard Thompson and Daniel De Bomford


     

    A gastroenterologist looks intently at the endoscopy monitor. Subtle, almost imperceptible, a lesion flickers across the screen. A green highlight flashes into view: Olympus’s OLYSENSE™ platform has…

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  • Live updates from a six-game night in the NBA

    Live updates from a six-game night in the NBA

    Deni Avdija and the Blazers take on the Suns in the latter half of our ‘NBA Coast 2 Coast’ doubleheader on NBC and Peacock.

    Enjoy the best of Tuesday’s slate with the NBA.com live blog, featuring all of the meaningful moments,…

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  • Complex and Interconnected Risk: The BCI Horizon Scan 2025

    Complex and Interconnected Risk: The BCI Horizon Scan 2025

    The Business Continuity Institute (BCI) in association with Conducttr, has published its Horizon Scan report 2025, the eagerly anticipated annual study analyzing the top risks and threats that organizations have faced over the past 12 months, and those that are expected to sit at the top of the agenda over the coming years.

    Organizations are facing risks and disruptions that are more complex and interconnected than ever before, spanning digital, environmental, operational, and human dimensions, often occurring simultaneously and compounding one another.

    Along with cybersecurity threats, technological failures, climate-related events, and supply chain vulnerabilities these all have the potential to disrupt operations, affect service delivery, and erode stakeholder confidence.

    The report examines these trends, combining findings from both quantitative survey data and qualitative interviews with practitioners on the front lines of business continuity and resilience. Their insights highlight that efforts towards improved response measures and better compliance should be considerate of the health and safety of the workforce.

    Safety and IT

    In the past 12 months safety incidents and IT-related disruptions rank very highly, a trend that has continued for the past five years. Safety incidents come top, closely followed by cyberattacks, fraud/attempted fraud, security incidents, and IT and telecom outages. Interestingly, extreme weather is the single largest cause of disruption over the past 12 months for the first time since 2017.

    Looking at the next 12 months, the top five concerns also have a distinct technology flavour. In order, they are: cyberattacks, extreme weather events, IT and telecom outages, data breaches, and third-party failure / critical infrastructure failure.

    This mix of disruptions have a broad impact, affecting operational performance, staff morale and customer experience. Consequences affect both internal and external stakeholders, with growing concerns over staff mental health.

    The near future outlook

    The future threat landscape is a complex combination of digital challenges, climate risk and geopolitical uncertainty. In many cases, the adoption of digital solutions represents both an opportunity and a potential risk for organizations. The top concerns for organizations over the next five to 10 years are cyber security: 63.6%, climate risk: 40.7%, the role of AI: 30.5%, geopolitical changes: 28.8%, and supply chain issues: 26.3%.

    Trend analysis

    Trend analysis remains a key tool for understanding emerging threats and guiding resilience planning. Just under half of organizations conduct trend analyses by a central corporate function (47.9%), with 23,5% having a decentralized approach across departments. A fifth (21.1%) don’t conduct these at all.

    To conduct trend analysis, organizations rely on a combination of internal assessments and external insights to inform their risk landscape understanding. Interpersonal interaction remains a valuable option to practitioners. Internal risk and threat assessments came in at 87.2%, with external reports and industry insight (such as this report) a close second (75.2%). In the interpersonal interaction bucket come participation in industry events and conferences at (55.6%) and collaboration with peers at 52.1%.

    The report also covers some of the legislation approaches – the relationship of BCM programmes to ISO 22301, the benefits of ISO 22301 Certification, and takes a look at investment levels in business continuity & resilience programmes.

    Belen Santa-Olalla, Chief Creative Officer at Conductrr, commented, ‘We are proud to support the BCI Horizon Scan Report 2025. Its findings echo what we see every crisis: resilience depends on people, not paperwork. When pressure rises, it is human clarity, confidence, and connection that carry organizations through. That is why we focus on helping teams rehearse real situations in safe, authentic and realistic ways. This report is a reminder that preparation only becomes powerful when people are given space to practise, learn, and grow together.’

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  • UK pay settlements rise to highest in 2025, Brightmine says

    UK pay settlements rise to highest in 2025, Brightmine says

    LONDON, Nov 19 (Reuters) – Median pay settlements granted by British employers in the three months to the end of October rose to their highest so far this year at 3.3%, up from 3% in the three months to September.

    Brightmine said the move reflected higher public sector pay deals which took effect in August and September.

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    “Early indications suggest that 2026 pay awards are likely to remain steady – and potentially edge lower – as cost pressures continue to weigh on employers,” Brightmine manager Sheila Attwood said.

    • Median public sector pay award 3.8% versus 3% in private sector
    • 53% of pay awards were below 2024 levels, while 13% were above
    • Survey based on 24 pay awards covering over 460,000 employees which took effect between August 1 and October 31
    • 44% of employers said pay awards fell short of employees’ expectations
    • The Bank of England is closely monitoring wage growth for signs of inflation pressure in the economy

    Reporting by David Milliken; editing by Suban Abdulla

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  • EA will skip next year’s F1 game and release update DLC instead

    EA will skip next year’s F1 game and release update DLC instead

    EA has announced some big changes for the future of its F1 racing series. Next year, instead of a new game, the company will opt to release a paid expansion for F1 25 as part of “a strategic reset for the F1 Franchise,” EA says. The next full…

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  • Breast cancer diagnosis and treatment wait ‘traumatic’ for women, GP says

    Breast cancer diagnosis and treatment wait ‘traumatic’ for women, GP says

    Marie-Louise ConnollyHealth correspondent, BBC News NI

    BBC Dr Jilly O'Hagan has brown hair parted in the middle and tied back in a pony-tail and has brown eyes. She is wearing a navy suit jacketBBC

    Dr Jilly O’Hagan says patients are facing traumatic waits for diagnosis and treatment

    A County Antrim GP has said she is “hugely concerned” for women who need breast cancer treatment in…

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  • Neanderthals and early humans ‘likely to have kissed’, say scientists | Neanderthals

    Neanderthals and early humans ‘likely to have kissed’, say scientists | Neanderthals

    From Galápagos albatrosses to polar bears, chimpanzees to orangutans, certain species appear to kiss. Now researchers suggest Neanderthals did it too – and might even have locked lips with modern humans.

    It is not the first time scientists have…

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  • UEFA's World Cup 26 qualifying in stats – FIFA

    1. UEFA’s World Cup 26 qualifying in stats  FIFA
    2. 2026 UEFA World Cup Qualifiers: 365SScores Impact Rating Leaders  365Scores
    3. Cyborg on the pitch: Haaland hits goal-per-game mark for seventh time  besoccer.com
    4. Erling Haaland Betting Odds: Can He Break…

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  • Klimt’s Elisabeth Lederer Portrait Sells for $236.4 M. at Sotheby’s

    Klimt’s Elisabeth Lederer Portrait Sells for $236.4 M. at Sotheby’s

    A watershed moment for the November auctions arrived tonight at Sotheby’s, where Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer (1914–16) sold for $236.4 million after 20 minutes of bidding, eclipsing the artist’s previous auction…

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