James Cleverly resigns from shadow cabinet to run for mayor of London

29 August 2026 at 19:24

Shadow minister for housing, communities and local government to resign with immediate effect

James Cleverly has resigned from the shadow cabinet to run for mayor of London.

The Tory heavyweight, who was once home and foreign secretary and is shadow minister for housing, communities and local government, told the Sunday Times he will resign with immediate effect.

James Cleverly resigns from shadow cabinet to run for mayor of London

World news | The Guardian

By: Sammy Gecsoyler

29 August 2026 at 19:24

Shadow minister for housing, communities and local government to resign with immediate effect

James Cleverly has resigned from the shadow cabinet to run for mayor of London.

The Tory heavyweight, who was once home and foreign secretary and is shadow minister for housing, communities and local government, told the Sunday Times he will resign with immediate effect.

London Science Museum cuts links with BP after decades of partnership

The Guardian

By: Pippa Neill Environment reporter

28 August 2026 at 19:57

Campaigners say ‘seismic shift’ follows years of pressure to sever ties with oil and gas firm

The London Science Museum has ended its decades-long partnership with the oil and gas company BP in what has been described as a “seismic shift” for the museum.

The Science Museum Group academy, which was established in 2018 to provide training and resources, announced on Friday that it would be ending its partnership with BP. In a statement, the director and chief executive of the Science Museum Group, Sir Ian Blatchford, said the partnership had “drawn to a close at the end of the current contract term”.

Canada Hires U.S. Scholars From Harvard and Other Top Universities

NYT > Top Stories

By: Vjosa Isai

27 August 2026 at 21:39

A crackdown on American academia by the Trump administration has handed Canadian universities a rare opportunity to lure some top researchers north.

McGill University in Montreal is one of the schools that has benefited from the Canada-bound brain drain from U.S. institutions.

Inherent, founded by DeepMind alumni, says its AI ‘teammate’ just outperformed Anthropic and OpenAI at replicating research

TechCrunch

By: Anna Heim

22 August 2026 at 22:00

Built by DeepMind alumni, British AI lab Inherent released Faraday, an AI agent whose ability to replicate scientific papers could be a stepping stone for innovation.

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