AI is trained to ‘predict’ academic performance based on test scores and social posts

It may be difficult to predict how well a student will perform academically, but a new innovation can do so just by looking at their tweets – and with more than 93 percent accuracy. A computer model trained on thousands of test scores and one million social media posts to distinguishing between high academic achievers … Read more

Cristiano Ronaldo still hopeful of reunion with Lionel Messi despite positive coronavirus test

Cristiano Ronaldo still hopeful of Champions League reunion with old foe Lionel Messi despite tests showing Juventus star STILL has coronavirus but is not displaying any symptoms Cristiano Ronaldo tested positive for coronavirus for a second time on Thursday However, he has not given up hope of facing Lionel Messi in Champions League  Juventus host … Read more

Americans are still waiting nearly three days for coronavirus test results, study finds 

Americans are still waiting nearly three days for coronavirus test results – too slow for contact tracing to detect potential outbreaks, study finds A new survey reveal the average wait time for coronavirus test results to return has fallen from four days in April to 2.7 days in September Researchers say this is still too slow for … Read more

No 10 admits Test and Trace must improve as beleaguered system posts ANOTHER worst-ever performance

Number 10 has admitted Britain’s beleaguered Test and Trace ‘must improve’ after it emerged more than 100,000 potential coronavirus patients were missed by the scheme last week. Damning statistics published by the Government today showed the system only tracked down 59 per cent of close contacts of people who tested positive for the virus in the … Read more

No 10 admits Test and Trace must improve as beleaguered system posts ANOTHER worst-ever performance

Number 10 has admitted Britain’s beleaguered Test and Trace ‘must improve’ after it emerged more than 100,000 potential coronavirus patients were missed by the scheme last week. Damning statistics published by the Government today showed the system only tracked down 59 per cent of close contacts of people who tested positive for the virus in the … Read more

£1.3bn High Court challenge over lucrative Test and Trace contracts is launched

Ministers are facing a High Court challenge over the awarding of lucrative contracts under the Operation Moonshot mass testing programme – which was hailed by Boris Johnson as the way to return to normal life. The Good Law Project, which seeks to enforce government accountability, is seeking a judicial review, claiming the contracts were unlawful because … Read more

£1.3bn High Court challenge over lucrative Test and Trace contracts is launched

Ministers are facing a High Court challenge over the awarding of lucrative contracts under the Operation Moonshot mass testing programme – which was hailed by Boris Johnson as the way to return to normal life. The Good Law Project, which seeks to enforce government accountability, is seeking a judicial review, claiming the contracts were unlawful because … Read more

Sir Geoffrey Boycott, 80, says BBC opted for ‘equality over quality’ for Test Match Special

Sir Geoffrey Boycott has criticised the BBC for ‘sacrificing quality for equality’ and holding its presenters to a standard of ‘political correctness’ that means they are ‘frightened of saying anything’. The 80-year-old cricketer left the BBC in June, where he worked as a commentator on Test Match Special for 14 years, with the BBC siting Boycott’s … Read more

Sir Geoffrey Boycott, 80, says BBC opted for ‘equality over quality’ for Test Match Special

Sir Geoffrey Boycott has criticised the BBC for ‘sacrificing quality for equality’ and holding its presenters to a standard of ‘political correctness’ that means they are ‘frightened of saying anything’. The 80-year-old cricketer left the BBC in June, where he worked as a commentator on Test Match Special for 14 years, with the BBC siting Boycott’s … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Government secures up to 20m 15-minute test kits

Boost for Boris’s testing ‘moonshot’ as government secures 20 million ‘game-changing’ 15-minute swab kits and starts rolling them out to hospital staff Government secured 20million antigen tests validated by Public Health England  The ‘game changing’ swab kit said to provide 100% specificity in 15 minutes Tests to be used regularly on hospital staff to help … Read more