Service aims to immunise more than half the population amid fears of particularly deadly flu season The NHS is to embark on the most ambitious programme of flu jabs in its history amid warnings of up to 60,000 deaths. The health service aims to immunise a record 35 million people […]
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Exclusive: Report from planning exercise in 2016 alerted government of need to stockpile PPE and set up contact tracing system Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Senior health officials who war-gamed the impact of a coronavirus hitting the UK, warned four years before the onset of Covid-19 […]
Areas will receive £40,000 grants to support the next step of their applications to succeed Coventry Armagh City, Bradford, County Durham and Stirling are among the eight places in the UK longlisted to become the next city of culture, after a record of 20 bids. Cornwall, Derby, Southampton, and Wrexham […]
Next boss, thinktanks and unions criticise Boris Johnson, saying ‘shortages cannot be blustered away’ Business leaders rounded on Boris Johnson for lacking a coherent economic plan after he delivered a boosterish conference speech that made barely a mention of the supply chain crisis. The address was condemned as “bombastic but […]
Homes collapsed after the quake struck 100km east of Quetta in Balochistan, and officials fear the death toll could rise Around 20 people have been killed after a 5.7 magnitude earthquake hit southern Pakistan in the early hours of Thursday, government officials said. The quake struck Balochistan at 3am local […]
Although not a diagnosable condition, experts says climate anxiety is on the rise worldwide The climate crisis is taking a growing toll on the mental health of children and young people, experts have warned. Increasing levels of “eco-anxiety” – the chronic fear of environmental doom – were likely to be […]
Sheikh Mohammed used spyware on Princess Haya and five associates in unlawful abuse of power, judge rules ‘The walls are closing in on me’: the hacking of Princess Haya Ruling in Princess Haya case raises fresh questions for Cherie Blair The ruler of Dubai hacked the phone of his ex-wife […]
Patsy Stevenson says ‘likes’ were intimidation by officers who knew she was fearful of police A campaigner whose photograph during her arrest became the defining image of the vigil for Sarah Everard has said she felt afraid after about 50 police officers and security guards then “liked” her profile on […]
Secret British Virgin Islands firm behind West Indies cricket team documentary raises questions for Ben Elliot and party Pandora papers news and reaction – live updates See all of our Pandora papers coverage Ben Elliot, the Conservative party’s embattled co-chair, jointly owned a secret offshore film financing company that indirectly […]
Boris Johnson has laughed off questions about Conservative donors being named in the Pandora papers. The prime minister said he would ‘have a look’ at the allegations – and then made a dig at Tony Blair Tories facing calls to return cash from donors named in Pandora papers Tony and […]