Ministers urged to recall parliament amid warnings patients are dying needlessly due to inaction The crisis engulfing the NHS will continue until Easter, health leaders have warned, as senior doctors accused ministers of letting patients die needlessly through inaction. More than a dozen trusts and ambulance services have declared critical […]
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Lib Dems say face-to-face GP bookings ‘almost extinct’ in some areas as their survey shows a rise in self-prescribing Almost one in four people have bought medicine online or at a pharmacy to treat their illness after failing to see a GP face to face, according to a UK survey […]
Common currency was already used for valuations and bank deposits in former Yugoslav country, which joined the EU in 2013 Croatia has switched to the euro and entered Europe’s borderless zone – two steps its prime minister called a “historic moment” for his country, which joined the European Union nearly […]
Citizens Advice poll finds 37% said monthly increase would be difficult or impossible as people resort to eating cold meals More than a third of UK adults would find it difficult or impossible to cope with a £20 increase in their monthly outgoings, as the cost of living crisis hits […]
Leftwinger promises environmental protections and social progress as he’s sworn in as president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has vowed to haul Brazil out of Jair Bolsonaro’s era of “devastation”, barbarism and hate after being sworn in as the new president of Latin America’s largest democracy. Addressing the National Congress […]
Benedict’s body displayed in chapel of the Vatican monastery and will lie in state at St Peter’s Basilica Thousands of people are expected to pay their respects to former pope Benedict XVI, who died on Saturday, in the days leading up to his funeral this week. Benedict’s body was displayed […]
• Rachel Reeves says Tory approach is ‘increasingly reckless’ • Business leaders claim that small firms are being ‘hammered’ The UK economy faces a “massive hit” in 2023 because Rishi Sunak’s government is refusing point blank to negotiate with unions over ending public sector strikes, shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has […]
Kami Carpenter, 21, and Remy Gordon, 22, have been charged over Boxing Day killing of footballer Two men have been charged with the Boxing Day murder of footballer Cody Fisher. Kami Carpenter, 21, and Remy Gordon, 22, have been charged with killing the 23-year-old at the Crane nightclub in Digbeth, […]
Emmanuel Macron and Rishi Sunak among world leaders offering tributes to the former pope who died aged 95 Pope Francis called former pope Benedict XVI a noble, kind man who was a gift to the church and the world, in his first public comments since the death of his predecessor […]
More than dozen also injured as over 20 rockets launched in second major strike in three days Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates Russia fired more than 20 cruise missiles at targets in Ukraine on Saturday, killing at least one person in the capital Kyiv and injuring more than a […]