The UK has joined the first global digital trade agreement negotiated under the World Trade Organization.

The Flow Country in Scotland is to become the world’s first peatland bog to gain UNESCO World Heritage status. It will also be Scotland's first natural world heritage site.
The area covers around 1,500 square miles in Caithness and Sutherland and is widely considered to be the largest area of blanked bog in the world.
The Flow Country will be the UK's 35th UNESCO World Heritage Site and Scotland's seventh, joining St Kilda and the Forth Bridge on the list.
Other natural world heritage sites include The Grand Canyon and The Great Barrier Reef.

A project to renovate and bring a former post office back into active use has received grant funding in Rhyl.

 
An independent review of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has found significant internal failings which is having an impact on its ability to identify poor performance at hospitals, care homes and GP practices.
The interim report found inspection levels were still well below where they were pre-Covid, a lack of clinical expertise among inspectors, a lack of consistency in assessments and problems with the CQC’s IT system.