Exclusive: Doctors suffering ‘moral distress’ at their powerlessness to help most vulnerable, says head of the Royal College of GPs Ill patients are refusing sicknotes from their GP because they cannot afford time off work, while physicians suffer “moral distress” at their powerlessness to do more to help the most […]
Fire broke out in the ‘high-tech zone’ in Anyang city, Henan province, state media reported Thirty-six people have died and two are missing after a fire at a factory in central China, state media has reported, citing local authorities. The fire took place at a plant in Anyang city, in […]
Andy Hackett catches the Carrot, elusive 30kg leather carp-koi hybrid released into fishing lake 20 years ago Goldfish are normally big enough to live in a bowl in people’s homes, happily whiling the hours away, scarcely taking up enough room to cause any trouble. However, angler Andy Hackett managed to […]
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? They were the unmistakable lyrics a dozen or so Wales supporters sang as they hopped off a metro escalator and descended on a stadium adjacent to a 500,000 square metre shopping mall fit with a five-star hotel. A few days after […]
Authorities warn death toll of 162 may rise after 5.6-magnitude quake devastated Cianjur on Indonesia’s main island of Java Indonesian earthquake – in pictures Indonesian rescue workers were racing to reach people still trapped in rubble after an earthquake devastated a West Java town, killing at least 162 people and […]
Exclusive: Source says MoJ permanent secretary made move to prevent incident from escalating into formal complaint Dominic Raab behaved so badly in a meeting with the Home Office during his first stint as justice secretary that his department’s top official had to personally apologise to counterparts afterwards, the Guardian has […]
Closures rise by 60% in past year, including 453 in most recent quarter, says advisory firm Mazars UK restaurants are going bust at a faster rate than during the Covid crisis owing to a “toxic mix” of surging energy costs, staff shortages and falling bookings. Closures in the sector rose […]
Minister rubbishes reports of ‘Chequers’-style plan, as businesses expected to call for more ‘practical’ immigration rules Rishi Sunak is facing a new row on two fronts over Brexit, as he sought to quell a backlash from hardline Eurosceptics given suggestions the UK could seek a Swiss-style deal with Brussels, while […]
Saudi Arabia’s ruler sat with Qatar’s emir in show of unity Fans left opening match early with team soundly beaten Long before the end of a painful and humbling opening night for Qatar at this World Cup, many of the country’s richest and most powerful men were speeding away from […]
Experts say biggest economies must pledge more cuts to carbon emissions but hail agreement to set up loss and damage fund A deal on loss and damage, but a blow to 1.5C – what will be Cop27’s legacy? The world still stands “on the brink of climate catastrophe” after the […]