Vulnerable people left alone in rooms for 24 hours a day and denied showers for a week as number of vacancies grows to 165,000 ‘They don’t have time to talk’: residents feel impact of care staffing crisis Thousands of vulnerable people are suffering inadequate care as severe staffing shortages in […]
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Usyk wins by 115-113 and 116-112; one judge has Briton up 115-113 Joshua displays guts but emotion shows in bizarre speech For Anthony Joshua it was ultimately all too much. Having been defeated by the outstanding Oleksandr Usyk for a second time and consequently failing in his bid to regain […]
President urges Ukrainians to stay vigilant as they mark independence from Soviet rule; curfew to be extended in Kharkiv as tensions mount See all our Ukraine war coverage President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has warned Ukrainians to be vigilant in the coming week as they prepare to celebrate their Independence Day, as […]
Ministers asked for funding to cope with a rise in the number of visitors seeking shelter this winter Britain’s libraries and museums are preparing to act as warm havens for people unable to afford to heat their homes in the winter months. Ministers are being called on to provide urgent […]
Likely PM’s policies will mean ‘big trouble’, say critics, as Starmer’s energy price initiative boosts him in polls Senior Tories have warned that their party will suffer dire electoral consequences under a Liz Truss premiership that fails to address the cost of living crisis, as Labour enjoys a poll bounce […]
Met says officers spoke to student nurse on 6 July after welfare concerns The police watchdog is investigating Scotland Yard after it emerged that officers spoke with Owami Davies, the student nurse who was reported missing in early July. Davies left her family home in Grays, Essex, on 4 July […]
Article by Tory hopeful arguing NHS ‘cannot be put on pedestal’ shows she fully backed 2009 cost-cutting pamphlet Liz Truss personally supported cuts to the NHS, arguing the service “cannot be put on a pedestal” in an article in which she also criticised the “inexorable” rise in doctors’ pay. The […]
Former cabinet minister says he does not expect to return to frontbench politics as he backs underdog in race to be PM Michael Gove has thrown his support behind Rishi Sunak in the Conservative leadership contest, warning that Liz Truss’s refusal to offer more support over rising energy bills and […]
Four years of failed rains in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia have left the region facing catastrophe this year The number of people at risk of starvation in the drought-ravaged Horn of Africa has increased to 22 million, the UN’s world food programme (WFP) says. Years of insufficient rainfall across Kenya, […]
The self-described sexist was removed for violating Meta’s policies on ‘dangerous organizations and individuals’ Controversial online influencer and self-described misogynist Andrew Tate has been banned from Meta platforms Instagram and Facebook. The former kickboxer and reality TV star was removed for violating Meta policies “on dangerous organizations and individuals”, the […]