The Latest Breaking News from Patrick Vallance

Watch as Professor Sir Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance give evidence to the UK’s Covid inquiry on Thursday 22 June.

Letters: Bernard Kay says leading scientists have many questions to answer, while Mary Evans is astonished those who attended lockdown parties were not worried about getting Covid

The Covid inquiry will next week hear from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and former prime minister David Cameron, as well as Sir Chris Whitty and former chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance

The existence of three key group chats comes ahead of the first hearings of the official inquiry into the government’s handling of the pandemic

Largest ever trial of psilocybin offers hope of treatment to cancer patients with major depressive disorder

Kate Bingham, who chaired UK’s Covid vaccine taskforce, tells Hay festival she hopes mind-altering drugs could treat mental illness

UK’s outgoing chief scientist urges ministers to ‘get ahead’ of profound social and economic changes

Sir Patrick told MPs that AI brings great opportunity but the Government needed to think about the wider impact on society.

The rise of AI generated vocals is sparking conversation in the music industry

Chief scientist told former incumbent Sir David King the similarity would lead to mixed messaging

In the area of digital technologies including artificial intelligence (AI), the UK budget can be a barometer of technological development and hype. However, there is a worrying drive towards deregulation in the background – combined with an apparent desire to encourage the rights holders for data to share it with…