Health service shown to be under some of worst pressure in its history in week Rishi Sunak launched plan to retain and recruit workforce • ‘You start thinking you will crack’: former NHS tell their stories Nearly 170,000 workers left their jobs in the NHS in England last year, in […]
Demands for an end to the ‘revolving door’ as ex-Ofwat directors are hired by key firms Two-thirds of England’s biggest water companies employ key executives who had previously worked at the watchdog tasked with regulating them, the Observer can reveal. Cathryn Ross, the new interim joint chief executive of Thames […]
Second Test, day four: Australia 416 & 279, England 325 & 114-4 England need 257 runs to win with six wickets left at Lord’s After reaping the rewards of a bouncer barrage that was almost medieval in its delivery, England were tasked with producing an Ashes miracle in this second […]
European Space Agency mission launches on SpaceX rocket from Florida to shed light on dark energy and dark matter A European-built orbital satellite was launched into space on Saturday from Florida on a mission to shed new light on dark energy and dark matter, the mysterious cosmic forces scientists say […]
The Sun will have to print a front-page statement explaining that its columnist was found to have discriminated against the duchess Jeremy Clarkson discriminated against the Duchess of Sussex when he used an article in the Sun to describe his “hatred” of her with a series of sexist tropes, a […]
Unions say government proposals to cut training by a year and introduce apprenticeships could dilute skills What is the government’s NHS workforce plan? Plans to shorten medical training could dilute the calibre of doctors entering the NHS in England and damage the quality of care patients receive, doctors’ leaders have […]
President says ‘the court misinterpreted the constitution’ as he announces intention to use another law for debt forgiveness Joe Biden vowed the “fight was not over” on Friday after the US supreme court ruled against his landmark student debt forgiveness plan. “I think the court misinterpreted the constitution,” the president […]
France’s interior minister says that “significant reinforcements” have been sent to Marseille where more than 80 people have been arrested France’s interior minister, Gérald Darmanin, has said the coming hours “will be decisive” as violence triggered by the fatal police shooting of a teenager during a traffic stop in a […]
Sunday night political programme will not return this year and plans for 2024 still uncertain Andrew Neil’s Sunday night political show has become the latest victim of cuts at Channel 4. The veteran broadcaster moved to the channel last year after his departure from GB News and received plaudits for […]
NHS England could have 12,500 extra doctors and nurses a year by 2028 under the service’s first long-term workforce plan Thousands more doctors and nurses will be trained in England every year as part of a government push to plug the huge workforce gaps that plague almost all NHS services. […]