Experts from the University of Dundee say that people at risk of cardiovascular disease could be identified through a simple MRI scan a decade before they have a heart attack or stroke.

We’re joined by lead author Jill Belch, ​professor ​of ​Vascular ​Medicine ​at ​the ​University ​of ​Dundee.

A government-built AI tool has been used for the first time to summarise public responses to a consultation, and is now set to be rolled out more widely.

Greek authorities issued a temporary tsunami warning on Wednesday, following a 5.9 magnitude earthquake close to Crete.

Also in this episode:

-Engineers create a new tiny device that detects hand movement, stores memories and processes information like the human brain.

-Belle and Sebastian frontman joins campaigners to call for urgent action on ME

-The UK amphibians making ‘remarkable comeback’ in South Downs

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A dream inspired by a book he received aged 7 has been completed: the longest climb of Mount Everest, following a record-breaking triathlon from the shores of the UK.

Mitch Hutchcraft, from Cambridgeshire, joins us down the line from base camp while he makes his recovery.

Also in this episode:

-The M&S cyber crisis deepens as it admits hackers stole customer data.

To read the full report from our business editor Jonathon Prynn, click here.

-Wegovy slashes the risk of heart disease ‘even before people shed weight’

-For the first time in 3,000 years, European Elk could be reintroduced to the UK

-Why a new snail species has been named after Pablo Picasso

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Pope Leo XIV made his first public appearance from the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica in front of a packed St Peter’s Square on Thursday evening. But since he became pontiff, the revelation of his online footprint has captured the imagination of Gen Z.

For more, we hear from The London Standard’s features writer and columnist, Maddy Mussen.

A new environmentally friendly technique to extract tiny cellulose strands from cow dung and turn them into manufacturing-grade material has been developed by a team of UK researchers.

You can find cellulose in everything from cling film to surgical masks.

To tell us about their new ‘pressurised spinning’ technique, we caught up with the senior author of the study, UCL Professor Mohan Edirisinghe.

Plus, two friends are found guilty of cutting down world-famous Sycamore Gap tree in act of 'mindless thuggery'

Also in this episode:

• How a ‘simple selfie’ through AI tool can help predict patients’ cancer survival

• Could this psoriasis treatment free patients from having to use multiple products?

• An “accordion worm” which contracts, like the instrument, is discovered off the Northwest coast of Spain.

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