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...“This is a crucial step towards building an AGI,” said Quoc V Le, a DeepMind researcher....
...Lucy Wood, a former senior curator of furniture at the V&A, has recently overseen a project to restore two chairs designed by the 18th-century architect William Kent....
...“If you don’t wear the shoe,” he says, describing the way the leather is intended to erode and peel away, “it doesn’t tell the story.”...
...It was home to John Peel’s BBC Radio 1 show, and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, known for the Doctor Who theme tune....
...Chef Pietro Leemann is a pioneer of sustainable dining, and each dish – from “Sister Moon” (a Thai-style gazpacho with peas, lemon-peel cream and strawberries) to “Sun Harbour” (a savoury aubergine tatin...
...The EMA is conducting a rolling review of Sputnik V but has yet to authorise it for use across the bloc....
...“Commissioner [Thierry Breton] is clearly biased against the Sputnik V vaccine just because it is Russian,” Sputnik V’s developers said in a post on Twitter....
...Hungary has been testing Sputnik V since early December....
...The Czech Republic, which is facing a surge in infections, could start using the Sputnik V vaccine, Prime Minister Andrej Babis said on Sunday....
...michael.peel@ft.com; @Mikepeeljourno...
...The comments highlight tensions over Budapest’s decision to run clinical trials next month of the Russian Sputnik V drug, which has not yet been assessed by the European Medicines Agency....
...Orban’s Hungary has broken ranks and embraced Russian and Chinese vaccines not approved by the European Medicines Agency, while the Czech Republic has said it intends to approve use of the Russian Sputnik V...
...Last month it warned against the activation of the emergency use authorisation just deployed by the UK, amid concerns that Hungary would exploit it to fast-track Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine without full safety...
...mehreen.khan@ft.com; @MehreenKhnmichael.peel@ft.com; @Mikepeeljournodavid.hindley@ft.com...
...Additional reporting by Mehul Srivastava in Tel Aviv, Michael Peel in Brussels and James Shotter in Warsaw...
...Several other Covid-19 vaccines in development, including the Russian Sputnik-V and candidates from Johnson & Johnson of the US and CanSino of China, use adenoviruses....
...The extra firepower could reach £80bn for the full year, reckons broker Peel Hunt....
...It has been rising steadily to about 33 per cent and discounts have widened, according to Peel Hunt....
...Almost 30 companies have raised at least £5m each since the middle of March, according to broker Peel Hunt....
...Here’s Peel Hunt: Already the nation has taken to its bikes and the DoT seems desperate for that trend to continue, to an almost preacher man extent....
...Chart via Peel Hunt, numbers via dead cat: What now tho? Words via JP Morgan Cazenove. Global infections grew 62% w/w to 1,275,542....
...Here’s Peel Hunt to summarise: H1 revenue down from £107.8m to £96.3m, giving PBT of £19.8m, down from £24.5m....
...Rate relief drops away in FY22 so the recovery profile, in EPS at least, is not V-shaped....
...This one’s on Peel Hunt downgrading to “reduce” ahead of results from the clown car maker due Wednesday....
...Meanwhile, Peel Hunt’s gone to “buy” from “add” on pub operator Mitchells & Butlers with a 300p target....
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