Author: BBC

Singapore’s biggest bank says it expects to cut 4,000 roles over the next three years as artificial intelligence (AI) takes on more work currently done by humans.”The reduction in workforce will come from natural attrition as temporary and contract roles roll off over the next few years,” a DBS spokesperson told the BBC.Permanent staff are not expected to be affected by the cuts. The bank’s outgoing chief executive Piyush Gupta also said it expects to create around 1,000 new AI-related jobs.It makes DBS one of the first major banks to offer details on how AI will affect its operations.The company…

Steven McIntoshEntertainment reporterWatch: SAG Awards 2025 best momentsConclave was the big winner at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards on Sunday, leaving the Oscars race too close to call with one week to go. The Pope selection drama won the ceremony’s top prize, best ensemble cast, continuing its late-season momentum after taking best film at last week’s Baftas. Other winners included Demi Moore and Timothée Chalamet, both of whom head into Sunday’s Academy Awards with their chances of winning boosted.British actor Ralph Fiennes accepted Conclave’s prize, thanking director Edward Berger for his “perception, insight and care”. Earlier in the ceremony,…

There are a record number of patients in hospital with Norovirus in England.Data from NHS England showed 1,160 patients a day on average were in hospital with the vomiting bug last week – double the level at the same period last year.It comes after a 22% rise on the week before, pushing it to the highest level since records began in 2012. It means more than 1% of beds are occupied by patients ill with the bug.But Norovirus puts added pressure on hospitals because of the need to isolate and clean infected wards – nearly 300 empty beds a day…

India and the UK will restart free trade talks on Monday, nearly a year after negotiations were paused ahead of general elections in both countries.Jonathan Reynolds, the UK’s business and trade secretary, is in Delhi, where he will meet his Indian counterpart Piyush Goyal to kick off the two-day discussions.Ahead of the meeting, Reynolds said it was a “no-brainer” to seek a trade deal with India, which was forecast to become the world’s third-largest economy in a few years.The countries have held more than a dozen rounds of negotiations since 2022, but an agreement has remained out of reach.Sticking points…

An aeronautical company in the US has released footage showing a concept version of its flying car performing a vertical take-off before flying over an SUV.Jim Dukhovny, the CEO of Alef Aeronautics, told the BBC’s senior technology reporter Chris Vallance, that he had thousands of pre-orders and hoped to start production within 12 months.For around $300,000 (£237,000) the company says buyers will get an electric flying car with a predicted airborne range of 110km (68 miles). But taking a friend for a spin may prove tricky – the cockpit only has enough room for one and a half people.As Vallance…

Aimee DexterBBC News, NorfolkRobby West/BBCClub owner Mike Baxter said he wanted to give a “big thanks” to the Norwich community for its support The owner of an “underdog” nightclub said he was “lost for words” after it scooped an international award.Gonzo’s Two Room, a small club in Norwich city centre, won the Best Venue (UK and Europe) category at the BBC Radio 1 Dance Awards.Rivals for the coveted title, chosen by a public vote, included “mega clubs” in Ibiza, London and Manchester.”To win it is weird, surreal, humbling, and amazing. I am a little bit lost for words,” said owner…

Smitha MundasadHealth reporterMoorfields HospitalJace, 6, was born with a rare and aggressive eye conditionAn experimental trial of gene therapy has helped four toddlers – born with one of the most severe forms of childhood blindness – gain “life-changing improvements” to their sight, according to doctors at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London. The rare genetic condition means the babies’ vision deteriorated very rapidly from birth.Before the therapy, they were registered legally blind and only just able to distinguish between dark and light. After the infusion, all parents reported improvements – with some of their young children now able to begin to…

US government workers received an email on Saturday afternoon asking them to list their accomplishments from the past week or resign – the latest development in the Trump administration’s efforts to scale back the federal workforce. The email came after Trump’s billionaire confidante Elon Musk posted on X that employees would “shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week”. “Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation,” he wrote.Musk, as the head of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (Doge), has been leading an outside effort to aggressively curtail government spending through funding cuts…

Pauline McLeanBBC Scotland Arts correspondentBBCFormer Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi fronted a band in Glasgow in the late 70s and early 80s before finding fame as an actorYou would think the star of Doctor Who and The Devil’s Hour would be used to time looping back upon itself.But as Peter Capaldi prepares to launch his first album with indie label Last Night From Glasgow, it’s hard not to hear the echoes of the music he played in the city in the late 70s and early 80s.As a student at Glasgow School of Art, he fronted punk band The Dreamboys in…

Liam BarnesBBC News, NottinghamRob SissonsBBC News, East MidlandsBBCDelvin Marriott said the family tried to get help for his nephew Rudi, before he fatally attacked his father BrentonThe brother of a man stabbed to death by his mentally ill son has said health services and the police failed his family.Brenton Marriott died in hospital after being stabbed by Rudi Marriott in Cloister Street, Nottingham, on 5 August 2022.Rudi, who has paranoid schizophrenia, was sentenced to a hospital order last April after being found guilty of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility, but Delvin Marriott said the family tried to get…