Five highlights of an innovative, and very wet, Olympic opening ceremony in Paris The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games – the first ever to be organised outside a stadium – has unfurled on the Seine River against a spectacular backdrop of the capital’s most celebrated monuments. Here are […]
Arsonists used crude methods but disruption to opening of the Olympic Games in Paris was severe It was about 1.15am when the SNCF maintenance workers, carrying out repairs by moonlight, spotted the group of people a little further down the railway line near a signal box outside the sleepy village […]
Olympics opening ceremony creates sporting armada of world’s top athletes but locals bemoan lack of access “C’est Zizou!” went the cry as one of France’s most beloved sons appeared on the screen next to the Seine – and with a blaze of red white and blue, they were off. As […]
Health secretary’s comments follow finding that Care Quality Commission struggling to identify performance issues in hospitals and care homes Wes Streeting has called England’s healthcare watchdog “not fit for purpose” after an interim report found significant failings were hampering its ability to identify poor performance at hospitals, care homes and […]
Chancellor may raise some taxes in the autumn due to what Labour describes as its ‘shocking inheritance’ from Tories Rachel Reeves is expected to reveal a £20bn hole in government spending for essential public services on Monday, paving the way for potential tax rises in the autumn budget. Labour sources […]
Triage ‘did not uncover full extent’ of Inga Rublite’s symptoms as she waited under coat for hours in Nottingham • Timeline of events leading up to Inga Rublite’s death Staff at a hospital in Nottingham missed two opportunities to treat a woman found dying under a coat in a crowded […]
Democratic presidential contender strikes tough tone in public remarks following meeting with Israeli prime minister on US visit See all our Israel-Gaza war coverage Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, has pressed Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu on the “dire” humanitarian situation in Gaza in talks that she described as frank, […]
Ross Davidson, who was in band between 2017 and 2019 as Ross Wild, also guilty of sexual assault against two women A “sadistic and manipulative” former Spandau Ballet singer has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault. Ross Davidson, 36, was convicted of assaults against three women at Wood […]
US president says it’s ‘time for younger voices’ in Oval Office speech where he also called for supreme court reform and repeats Kamala Harris endorsement ‘Capable’ Harris and Biden’s legacy: key takeaways Kevin McCarthy, the former Republican House speaker, has described attacks by his former colleagues on Kamala Harris claiming […]
Use of online tools rather than face-to-face consultations has led to misdiagnoses, missed illnesses and delayed care Patients have died after describing their symptoms to a GP in an online form rather than at a face-to-face consultation, the NHS’s safety investigations body has revealed. Online consultations with GP surgeries involve […]