Exclusive: warning that lack of NHS dentists and soaring cost of private work puts essential care out of reach for many How soaring fees for private care are deepening England’s dentistry crisis Private dentists are cashing in on the scarcity of NHS treatment by hiking their charges for fillings, checkups […]
PM says in his new year message that 2025 will be a year of rebuilding, comparing the task to that Attlee faced in 1945 Keir Starmer has promised to rebuild Britain as Labour did after the second world war as he enters a pivotal year for his premiership. The prime […]
Revellers around the world ring in the new year with parties and celebrations And there are many events are taking place around the world ahead of the midnight celebrations. There is already a massive crowd in Chongqing in western China ahead of midnight. Continue reading…
Government accuses Tories and rightwing media of being ‘out of touch’, as VAT policy due to come into force The government has accused critics of its plan to put VAT on private school fees of being detached from the real world after polling showed the policy, which will come into […]
A senior US official said the president needed a ‘dose of reality’ to deal with Iraqi insurgents, documents reveal Tony Blair’s advisers privately questioned if the US had “proper political control” of military operations in Iraq after a senior US official confided that George W Bush believed he was on […]
Raid on St John’s Wood mansion believed to be one of biggest thefts from a house in British criminal history Detectives are hunting a “lone wolf” burglar who stole bespoke jewellery and designer items worth more than £10m in a 19-minute heist at a billionaire’s row mansion in London. The […]
Mayor of London ‘truly humbled’ to be made a knight as authors, actors and sporting stars receive honours Arise, Sir Gareth: Southgate given knighthood Sadiq Khan and Stephen Fry received knighthoods along with the former England manager Gareth Southgate while Emily Thornberry became a dame in the first new year […]
Stretched primary services causing increase in emergency visits for issues from coughs to hiccups, health leaders say The number of people turning to A&E departments in England for minor ailments including hiccups, sore throats and coughs is soaring, as senior health leaders warn that NHS primary and community services are […]
Plains, Georgia, may seem an unlikely place from which to launch a global campaign of moral influence – but Carter did so Jimmy Carter dies aged 100 – latest updates The Founders never planned for a post-Presidency. Or if they did, they thought of Cincinnatus returning to the plow, his […]
Carter, who spent decades after time in office campaigning for better global health and human rights, died at age 100 Full report: Jimmy Carter, longest-lived US president, dies aged 100 The former Georgia house of representatives minority leader Stacey Abrams called Carter “a giant who never saw anyone as smaller […]
