Brent Council Collected Over £1M in Fines at Manor School Street Scheme

Brent Council Collected Over £1M in Fines at Manor School Street Scheme

A London council has collected more than £1m in penalty charge notices under a single School Street scheme, bbc.com reported. Following the launch of the initiative outside Manor School in Kensal Rise in November 2024, Brent Council handed out £1.15m in total fines, stating the measure would boost the environment and road safety. Operating exclusively … Read more

SADC Malaria Cases Rise as Funding Cuts and Climate Shocks Hit Region

SADC Malaria Cases Rise as Funding Cuts and Climate Shocks Hit Region

Malaria case numbers in the Southern African Development Community have risen over the past two years, reversing hard-earned gains and threatening the World Health Organization target to eliminate the disease by 2030, The Conversation reported. Four nations in the region—the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Angola, and Tanzania—account for 22.9% of the global malaria burden, … Read more

Bluetooth Core 7.0 HDT Silicon Deployment to Offer 7.5 Mbps Data Rates

Bluetooth Core 7.0 HDT Silicon Deployment to Offer 7.5 Mbps Data Rates

The adoption of Bluetooth Core 7.0 in November 2026 introduces High Data Throughput (HDT) with physical layer data rates reaching up to 7.5 Mbps, wifinowglobal.com reported. This leap surges past the previous Bluetooth LE maximum of 2 Mbps, establishing a solid foundation for lossless audio, spatial computing, and industrial applications. Semiconductor manufacturers are scrambling to … Read more

Indonesia Haze Crisis: 400,000 Respiratory Infections Reported

Indonesia Haze Crisis: 400,000 Respiratory Infections Reported

More than 400,000 people across Indonesia have suffered from haze-linked respiratory infections since August, as severe forest and land fires send toxic smoke drifting into neighboring Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Brunei, and Timor Leste. Indonesian health authorities documented 401,686 cases of acute respiratory infection between August 18 and November 2 across seven hardest-hit provinces in … Read more