China turned the entire U.S. stock market into a bloodbath with DeepSeek AI. Crazy time to keep up with tech.

1 trillion USD lost

The revised New Hospital Programme has been unveiled, with some projects delayed to the 2040s. Health Secretary Wes Streeting promised an "honest, deliverable" plan to build or refurbish 46 hospitals in five-year waves, contrasting Boris Johnson's "unrealistic" pledge of 40 by 2030. #NHS #Healthcare

Let’s face it, Data Centres are going to wipe out any green energy gains over the next few years to power AI. They were already hitting 2% of world energy use in 2022 and places like Ireland are expecting data centres to use 32% of their energy by 2026. We need to find another way.

Client Barbour ABI on the front page of The Times after a bit of analysis from me and a colleague on EV charger planning data. Amazing how much is being invested into infrastructure across various local authorities.

Key stats about UK Green Belt land ahead of today's planning announcement:

England has around 6,326 square miles of green belt land

65% is used for agriculture. 7% is developed. (so not a lot of space for Grey Belt construction!)

Green Belt is 12.6% of the land area of England.