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Joe Pinkstone

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Joe Pinkstone @joepinkstone.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Exc: Patrick Vallance is using £50m of taxpayer money to revolutionise clinical trials in the UK to speed up drug discovery The science minister wants to save the NHS by using the “wartime approach” to drug discovery that was a success during the Covid pandemic www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12...
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Joe Pinkstone @joepinkstone.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Exc: Net zero ‘glass tax’ to drive up wine and beer prices. Announcement on final EPR prices expected today
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Joe Pinkstone @joepinkstone.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
The heatwave is in full force and high temperatures are always bad news for the power grid And Net Zero tech like EVs, solar panels and heat pumps are making this worse, a report warns With 45C summers on the cards there is work to be done to prevent power cuts www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06...
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Heatwaves ‘will trigger net zero meltdown’
Electric cars and heat pumps among technologies at risk of breaking down or exploding
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Joe Pinkstone @joepinkstone.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Trump is reportedly considering joining the attacks on Iran and will likely target the "nuclear mountain" Fordow facility — where weapons-grade uranium is suspected of being made What happens if the US *does* destroy the site with a "bunker buster"? www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
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The risks of bombing Iran’s nuclear mountain
An attack on the underground Fordow plant could release toxic chemicals into the atmosphere
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Joe Pinkstone @joepinkstone.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
An important study from the Met Office has looked for the first time at what summers in the UK will look as climate change continues to cook the planet Fairly stark findings of 45C temperatures and month-long heatwaves www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06...
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Climate change ‘could lead to 45C summers in Britain’
Extreme temperature is ‘possible’, says Met Office as it gives 50-50 chance of 40C-plus in next 12 years
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Joe Pinkstone @joepinkstone.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
NHS Trusts to get more funding based on clinical trial success Scientists and industry welcomed the announcement that more patients will have access to experiemntal drugs The NHS is a vast database and unique resource, and this step is long overdue www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06...
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Joe Pinkstone @joepinkstone.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
I’m back at work today covering all things science at The Telegraph after a few months of enforced absence while the NHS patched me up after taking a fall from my bike on the way to the office. Looking forward to getting back into the swing of things, so please reach out as usual with any stories!
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Joe Pinkstone @joepinkstone.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Exc: Risk of foot and mouth disease arriving in the UK is the highest it has ever been Gov scientists have raised the risk to "medium" after cases in water buffalo herd in Germany First time ever above "low" due to "great concern" over German situation www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01...
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Foot and mouth risk ‘at highest ever level’
Experts raise UK threat to medium following outbreak of the disease in a water buffalo herd in Germany
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Joe Pinkstone @joepinkstone.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Exc: Using a mobile phone behind the wheel could be legal in self-driving cars in the future www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01...
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Why using your phone behind the wheel could be legal in self-driving cars
Drivers watching videos on a phone or reading a magazine ‘can regain control of vehicle in 10 seconds’
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Joe Pinkstone @joepinkstone.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Oxford team behind the AZ Covid jab are making a plague vaccine. Early data now suggests it works Gov military scientsts at Porton Down recently warned of a rising risk of AMR Y. pestis — a super Black Death ☠️ UK currently does not have an approved plague jab www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01...
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Covid jab scientists develop bubonic plague vaccine amid fears of next pandemic
Oxford team reports hopeful results in trials as military experts say UK should stock supplies of Black Death inoculation
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Joe Pinkstone @joepinkstone.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Firefighters are rescuing more cats than ever before LFB spent more than £300k saving cats on 716 rescues between Jan 1 and Oct 31 Cat rescues have more than doubled since 2020 www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12...
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Firefighters spend record amount of money rescuing cats in wake of pandemic pets boom
London Fire Brigade spent £536,224 assisting with animal incidents in 2024
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Joe Pinkstone @joepinkstone.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Rocket science-inspired cast iron pans 🚀🥘 www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12...
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Rocket scientist’s cast iron pan threatens to topple Le Creuset
New and improved Dutch ovens boost heat distribution and lead to quicker cooking
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Joe Pinkstone @joepinkstone.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Time to integrate nuts, mulled wine and a post-dinner dance into the Christmas Day schedule www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12...
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Six ways to make your traditional Christmas Day healthier
You don’t have to give up any of your favourite foods to keep your waistline from bulging
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Joe Pinkstone @joepinkstone.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Is this the end of the little blue pill? "Discrete" dissolvable Viagra is set to come to the UK in the next few years Trademarks reveal the manufacturer is gearing up to bring the product to Britain soon In today's @telegraphnews.bsky.social newspaper: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12...
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‘Little blue pill’ could be replaced by discreet form of Viagra
The erectile dysfunction drug may soon be available to Britons in a thin film that dissolves on the tongue
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Joe Pinkstone @joepinkstone.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
The enemy of my enemy etc etc www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/07...
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Boris Johnson's swimming pool plan could be thwarted by newts
Former prime minister, who has previously spoken out against the amphibians, has run into problems with them at his country manor
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Joe Pinkstone @joepinkstone.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Just *two* single mutations can turn bird flu into a pandemic-causing pathogen, a study has found A sample of bird flu which infected a person in the US via a cow was genetically tweaked in a lab and, it turns out, it is very easy to make it extremely dangerous www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12...
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Scientists under fire for publishing flu recipe for next pandemic in top journal
Experts warn about biosafety implications of releasing blueprint for creating mutated virus
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