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Landlords in England reported average overall tenant satisfaction rising from 72% to 74% for 2025/26, according to Tenant Satisfaction Measures published by the Regulator of Social Housing.
At the 53rd Universal Periodic Review in Geneva, the United Kingdom welcomed Saint Vincent and the Grenadines' engagement and efforts on gender-based violence, and made three recommendations on the death penalty, anti-discrimination protections and statelessness.
The Department of Health says the WT1 vaccine is not registered in Hong Kong, and it is taking enforcement action against medical centres reported to be offering it with claims of preventing multiple cancers.
Two Expedition 75 astronauts prepared for a pair of spacewalks to install roll-out solar arrays, while the crew also studied plant growth and breathing in microgravity.
A NASA Goddard team has built an airborne lidar prototype that steers laser pulses by wavelength rather than moving mirrors, producing continuous 3D swaths instead of isolated tracks. The instrument could eventually fly in space.
Using more than two decades of gravity measurements, NASA researchers identified 40 regions where changes in land water storage aligned with irrigation, reservoir filling and land-use change.
A UK-Jamaica government-to-government partnership, agreed at CHOGM in Antigua and Barbuda, aims to speed up reconstruction a year after Hurricane Melissa, starting with a £10 million one-year programme split evenly between the two governments.
The ESA/Hubble Picture of the Month features the nebula LHA 120-N44, whose central superbubble spans roughly 210 by 140 light-years. A Hubble survey catalogued nearly half a million stars there, including nearly 30 000 that have not yet begun fusing hydrogen.
The UK government has announced plans for eight regional water councils in England to give local leaders, customers and businesses a stronger say over billions of pounds of water and flood investment.
The last of ESA's four Cluster satellites, Tango, reentered Earth's atmosphere on 1 September 2026, ending a 26-year mission and completing a run of targeted reentries observed by an airborne science team.
NASA said it will fly three F-5 jets over the University of Alabama vs. Texas A&M football game on Oct. 24, with Administrator Jared Isaacman piloting one, as part of its Inspiration Tour.
Licence conditions introduced on 1 November require larger mesh sizes and more selective gear in the Celtic Sea, English Channel and Irish Sea, coming into force on 26 November under a UK-EU agreement.
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