National news

Here are the latest stories from the team at Radio News Hub. The links will open in a new page and take you to the Radio News Hub website. You can hear the latest national news every hour on Rombalds Radio.

• Effects of HRT on people going through menopause assessed for guidance update

  The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence published a “scope” of its upcoming menopause guidance

• Humza Yousaf unveils life changing MRI scanner at Beatson Cancer Centre

  Around 20,000 patients will receive the “transformative” treatment on a number of tumour groups over the next 10 years

• Portrait of the Queen painted by robot artist Ai Da is unveiled

  Algorithm Queen will be exhibited publicly in London later this year

• Peter Gabriel and London Grammar among Silver Clef Award winners

  The ceremony will take place on July 1 at Grosvenor House Hotel in London

• Protein drinks before meals help diabetics blood sugar levels

  That's according to a study from the University of Newcastle

• Cost to rapid charge an electric car rises by a fifth in eight months

  That's according to analysis by the RAC

• Nation split on whether royals are a luxury country cannot afford

  That's according to a poll conducted by Ipsos

• Government has no evidence hundreds of billions of pounds spend works

  That's according to the Commons Public Accounts Committee

• British Transport Police to arm volunteer officers with Tasers

  It comes after the Home Secretary last week unveiled plans to give special constables powers to use the weapons

• Retrospective of genius artist John Patrick Byrne opens in Glasgow

  One highlight of the show at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is a room displaying more than 40 self-portraits, described as the most ever displayed at one time, spanning 1963 to 2020