F1 ACADEMY will return for its fifth season in 2027 with a seven-round calendar spanning Asia, Europe and North America. The all-female series will once again run alongside Formula 1 at selected Grand Prix weekends, giving its drivers a global stage and direct exposure to the F1 paddock. The campaign is set to begin in March at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit in Saudi Arabia, before moving to Shanghai in April and then to Montreal’s Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve in May. Later in the

Formula 1 has stepped back from its contingency plan for Imola, signalling that the season’s final Middle East rounds remain on course despite the regional conflict involving the United States, Israel and Iran. The Italian circuit had been asked to prepare as a potential replacement venue if the planned races in Qatar and Abu Dhabi could not take place. That back-up work has now been stood down. F1 has told Imola it will not be needed for the Abu Dhabi weekend, while continui

A free training course on trans healthcare is being offered to every medical student in the UK during Trans Awareness Week, as concern grows that many future doctors are still leaving medical school without enough preparation to care for LGBTQ+ patients. Affirm, an online training platform co-founded by consultant clinical psychologist and gender specialist Laura Scarrone Bonhomme, has announced that its CPD-accredited course will be available free of charge to students at UK

Thailand’s Cabinet has approved Wednesday, 16 December 2026, as a special government holiday for the royal cremation of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit The Queen Mother. The decision, made on 10 November 2026, gives government agencies and the public a clear date around which to plan, as the country prepares for five days of royal ceremonies from 15 to 19 December. The central ceremony will take place at the royal crematorium at Sanam Luang, the historic ceremonial ground beside th