The UK is set to create the world's first real-time surveillance system to monitor the threat of future pandemics.
A new partnership will be formed between the government, Genomics England, UK Biobank, NHS England, and Oxford Nanopore.

A generative AI chatbot that is helping small businesses is being put through the next stage of testing.
People will be able to ask the tool for advice on business rules and support, with the chatbot linked from 30 of GOV.UK’s business pages.
Those with access to the trial can find information about tax and the support available to them.
The tool is being built by a team of in-house data scientists, developers and designers using OpenAI’s GPT-4o technology which aims to help people more quickly navigate complex advice to understand what matters to them.

People are being encouraged to 'make a difference' in their communities by embarking on a rewarding career with their local council.

John Swinney has announced plans to expand the electric vehicle (EV) charging network across Ayrshire and the Glasgow City Region.

GOV.UK Forms is to be rolled out across government, in a bid to make it quicker and easier for the public to fill out forms such as applying for emergency travel documents.
It is hoped the new tool will boost efficiency and speed up access to support.
The tool has already been used in the registration for redress for more than 300 sub-postmasters affected by the Horizon IT. It has cut out some of the lengthy paperwork, print-outs and administration.

Technology funded by the Welsh Government is helping Welsh speakers at risk of losing their voice due to medical reasons such as Motor Neurone Disease or throat cancer to continue to communicate in Welsh.
The Lleisiwr programme allows people to bank their voice and creates a personal synthetic voice for them.
The programme is funded through the Welsh language technology action and was developed by Canolfan Bedwyr in Bangor University.