Bathing waters in Rutland, Devon and Suffolk will be monitored for water quality regularly Wild swimming fans will be able to enjoy access to four new sites in the UK that are being designated as bathing waters ahead of summer, the government has announced. The sites in Rutland, Devon and […]
Year: 2023
Consultants who refuse to do extra work threatened with having their pay docked as NHS trusts race to empty their wards Hospital trusts are taking desperate measures to limit the predicted loss of life from this week’s NHS strikes – including threatening consultants who refuse to do extra work, and […]
Rina and Maia Dee, aged 15 and 20, identified on Twitter by Benjamin Netanyahu as mother remains in intensive care The two British-Israeli sisters killed in a gun attack in the occupied West Bank on Friday have been named as Rina and Maia Dee. Rina, 15, and Maia, 20, who […]
Shadow home secretary was not consulted about the widely criticised advert that claims Rishi Sunak did not believe in jailing child abusers The shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, was not informed or consulted about the release of a widely criticised Labour advertisement that claims Rishi Sunak does not believe adults […]
Scotland records its highest temperature yet for 2023 and whole of UK could follow suit on Easter Sunday The UK was hotter than Rome on Saturday, while Scotland recorded its highest temperature of the year so far. The mercury rose to 17.3C in Kinlochewe in the Scottish Highlands as Britons […]
Industry leaders fear new entry restrictions and the UK’s tarnished image among some Europeans have caused a decline in EU visitors French and German tourists are beginning to avoid the UK, tourism leaders fear, because of post-Brexit restrictions on travelling with identity cards. Since anti-Covid measures ended across Europe last […]
Exclusive: Pharmaceutical firm says groundbreaking jabs could save millions of lives ‘A silver lining’: how Covid ushered in a vaccines golden era Millions of lives could be saved by a groundbreaking set of new vaccines for a range of conditions including cancer, experts have said. A leading pharmaceutical firm said […]
Historical expert welcomes support for research but calls on monarch to acknowledge what happened King Charles III has prompted a “big moment” for the British monarchy by supporting research into its historic links with the transatlantic slave trade but he should go further and “take some responsibility”, a historical expert […]
Italian tourist dies and Britons among injured after driver rams people near beach, Israeli officials report An Italian man has died and five other British and Italian tourists have been injured in an attack in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv, the latest episode of violence after several days […]
Johnston Carmichael, which has produced party’s accounts for more than a decade, says it reviewed its client list The accountancy firm that audits the Scottish National party’s accounts has resigned, adding to the party’s crisis following the police raid on the home of its former chief executive Peter Murrell. Murrell […]