Sophie Crossley

A landmark European study has found that people living in built-up areas with limited green space, high levels of pollution, and exposure to artificial light at night face a significantly higher risk of developing asthma. The findings come from EXPANSE, a major EU-funded project that analysed data from 14 population cohorts across Europe. Researchers studied over 349,000 individuals and identified around 7,400 new asthma cases.

Clerkenwell Design Week (CDW) is set to return in 2025, once again transforming London’s historic design district into a hub of creativity, innovation, and industry insight. This year’s festival will feature over 600 showroom events, 11 curated exhibitions, and a packed programme of talks, workshops, and interactive installations.

Working in the office five days a week seems like a distant fever dream to many employees now, but the initial transition caused major concern for most managers. Now that a few years have passed, how have opinions on hybrid working from home changed? New research from the journal Nature is the largest of its kind yet, finding that employees who work from home two days a week maintain productivity levels and are still on track for promotion at the same rate as their office-based colleagues.