Funding from higher taxes would cut avoidable deaths and improve equality after the Covid pandemic Spending on the NHS, social care and public health needs to rise by £102bn over the next decade, funded by big tax rises, to improve Britain’s health in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, an […]
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James Gibbons, 34, died soon after he was attacked near his home in Laindon, police say A 16-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of James Gibbons, who was stabbed to death in Laindon, Essex. Police said that the 34-year-old father of four died soon after he was attacked […]
Defense secretary is hopeful the rocket will land in the ocean; Aerospace Corp said it expects the debris to hit the Pacific near the equator The US military has no plan to shoot down the remnants of a large Chinese rocket expected to plunge back through the atmosphere this weekend, […]
Boris Johnson dispatches two gunboats to protect island from feared blockade Boris Johnson has dispatched two Royal Navy patrol boats to protect Jersey from a feared blockade by French fishing vessels, in an escalation of a dispute over post-Brexit access to waters around the Channel island. The move followed talks […]
Communist party newspaper claims Long March 5B should easily burn up in atmosphere but expert warns pieces will reach Earth The White House has called for “responsible space behaviours” as a Chinese rocket, thought to be out of control, looks set to crash back to Earth on Saturday, US time. […]
Labour leader says he will take responsibility if results go badly, as MPs warn of ‘apathy’ among voters ‘Super Thursday’ elections: what to expect in England, Scotland and Wales Keir Starmer is braced for a challenging 48 hours ahead of a bumper set of elections, as his critics prepare to […]
Limited data from small test trial shows positive results against South Africa and Brazil strains Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The first “tweaked” vaccine against the worrying coronavirus variants that emerged in South Africa and Brazil has successfully neutralised them in laboratory trials, the US company […]
Judicial review proceedings claim government is breaching duty to protect children from pornography Lawyers have begun judicial review proceedings against the government over allegations it failed to stop children in the UK watching online pornography. Age verification for legal pornography sites was introduced under part 3 of the Digital Economy […]
Isabel Díaz Ayuso’s conservatives take 65 of 136 seats and will need support of far-right Vox party Spain’s conservative People’s party has won a resounding victory but fallen just short of an absolute majority in a Madrid regional election dominated by the coronavirus pandemic and marked by a bitter and […]
PC Benjamin Monk also alleged to have used Taser weapon on former Aston Villa player for six times longer than guideline limit A police officer murdered the former Aston Villa striker Dalian Atkinson, first shooting him with a Taser stun gun for 33 seconds, then kicking him in the head […]