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Mark Blunden and Rachelle Abbott

Ten dead as volcano erupts on Indonesian island of Flores ...Tech & Science Daily podcast

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At least 10 people died after a volcano erupted on the island of Flores in eastern Indonesia that spewed explosive plumes of lava and forced authorities to evacuate nearby villages.

Indonesia’s Centre of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation said molten debris and rocks hit the nearest settlements around two miles from the crater, burning and damaging residents’ houses.

Ten people are confirmed dead as rescuers hunt for survivors.

The Royal Navy has used a new helicopter missile to shoot down a drone without outside assistance in a first-of-its-kind trial.

A Martlet missile was fired from a Wildcat combat helicopter to down a Banshee drone flying at hundreds of miles an hour over the Bristol Channel.

An adapter that transforms an iPhone into a portable tool for quickly detecting or ruling out throat cancer in patients suspected of having the disease is being trialled by the NHS.

People suspected of having throat cancer are usually given an endoscopy, but now in a trial in the West Midlands, a long, thin tube with a camera inside called endoscope-i is passed through the mouth or nose to look inside the body.

Plus, supermarket’s staff headphones ban, EV boss urges more government support to consumers to go electric, NHS call to speed up 999 stroke call time, and waiting for rebirth of ‘zombie star’.

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