Tens of thousands of people in England with Jewish ancestry, who have a higher risk of developing certain cancers, are to be offered a genetic test on the NHS.

People with Jewish ancestry are about six times more likely to carry faults in their BRCA genes than the general population. The new scheme forms part of a national drive by health leaders to identify more people with a higher risk of cancer, in an effort to spot and treat the disease earlier

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Kuaishou is a short-video platform similar to Douyin. Unlike its more upscale competitor which targets big brands as well as urban youth, Kuaishou is primarily aimed at lower-tier cities, rural populations, and migrant workers who use the app for comedy videos or live-streaming of mundane tasks like daily trips.

Since February 2021, Kuaishou has gone public, the shares have more than doubled. This is the biggest tech IPO since Uber in 2019.
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Lee Anderson's four-word response as 'true cost' of migrant crisis laid bare by new stats.https://www.express.co.uk/...
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The Labour Party would need a record swing in votes at the next general election to win a majority in the House of Commons, according to **** ysis of the new electoral map.

The next election will be fought on new constituency boundaries, redrawn to reflect population changes and to try to even out voter numbers in each area.

An **** ysis of these changes for BBC News, ITV News, Sky News and the Press **** ociation suggests Labour needs a national swing of 12.7% to win with just a small majority.https://www.bbc.com/news/u...

Some of Scotland’s most famous bird species, including grouse and kestrels, are among those declining as a result of climate change, a new report has found.

The study, by public body NatureScot, charted the populations of Scotland’s terrestrial breeding birds between 1994 and 2022. It found significant changes to the numbers and species of birds living in the country’s urban, woodland, upland and farmland habitats, in large part due to ­hotter and wetter weather related to the climate crisis.https://www.theguardian.co...

A Welsh village in the very west of Wales celebrates the New Year in the middle of January as part of a centuries-old tradition.

The Gwaun Valley, near Fishguard in Pembrokeshire, has a population of nearly 300.Every year it celebrates the Hen Galan (the Old New Year) on 13 January.

As part of the village's festivities, children go from house to house singing for money or sweets in a tradition known as "hel calennig".

Bonni Davies is one of the editors of the local newsletter, Y Llien Gwyn.https://news.sky.com/story...