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 taken Imola off standby for the 2026 season finale, a move that points to growing confidence in its existing plan to end the campaign in Qatar and Abu Dhabi, while leaving the door open to a late change if security advice shifts. According to multiple sources, Imola has been formally stood down as the fall-back venue for the final race of the season. F1 has not publicly confirmed every detail of that decision, but the message around the paddock is clear: the cha

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