Eleanor Williams tells jury she was given drugs and alcohol at ‘parties’ where she was paid for sex A woman accused of lying about being raped and trafficked by an Asian grooming gang claimed she was forced to get engaged to one of her abusers to help him get a […]
Mohammed Abouagela Masud accused by US of having set timer for bomb that destroyed the Boeing 747, killing 270 people in 1988 A former Libyan intelligence operative accused of preparing the bomb that brought down Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 was taken into US custody after […]
West Midlands police say a fourth boy remains in critical condition in hospital after incident on Sunday Three boys aged eight, 10 and 11 have died after falling through thin ice at a lake near Solihull in the West Midlands. A fourth boy, aged six, was in a critical condition […]
Royal College of Nursing leader criticises ‘belligerence’ in meeting with Steve Barclay at which ministers refused to discuss pay UK politics live – latest news updates Nurses’ strikes will go ahead this week after a meeting between the union and the health secretary ended in deadlock, with the Royal College […]
Researchers managed to release more energy than they put in: a positive gain known as ignition Researchers have reportedly made a breakthrough in the quest to unlock a “near-limitless, safe, clean” source of energy: they have got more energy out of a nuclear fusion reaction than they put in. Nuclear […]
Exclusive: Government-commissioned paper pinpoints budget squeeze as key reason for service’s loss of capacity A “decade of neglect” by successive Conservative administrations has weakened the NHS to the point that it will not be able to tackle the 7 million-strong backlog of care, a government-commissioned report has concluded. The paper […]
Industry body Make UK says ‘no sugar-coating poor outlook’ for next year and ‘possibly beyond’ Fears are growing over the state of the UK economy as it emerged that the manufacturing sector shrank by about 4% this year and is forecast to decline by a further 3.2% in 2023. Increasing […]
Suspect, 57, opens fire on a meeting of apartment block residents but police yet to comment on motive A man who opened fire on a meeting of apartment block residents in a coffee shop in northern Rome has killed three people, including a friend of the Italian prime minister, Giorgia […]
Party criticises significant rise in use of temporary staff while places at medical school have been cut NHS trusts are paying as much as £5,200 a shift for agency doctors, figures uncovered by Labour have shown, with the party saying that low staffing levels resulted in a significant rise in […]
Labour and former army head warn repeated use of armed forces may lead to burnout and soldiers quitting Plans for military staff to cover for striking workers are to be discussed at a Cobra meeting, amid warnings that over-stretched troops are being used repeatedly to bail out ministers unable to […]