Documents show officials were told blood plasma harvested from US convicts was contaminated with viruses • Read more: the true story of the UK infected blood scandal; plus: ‘My mum gave the injections that killed my brothers’ A commercial blood product at the centre of the biggest treatment scandal in […]
Ex-movie mogul is at New York City department of correction for tests, his lawyer said, and will be transferred to Rikers Island The disgraced former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has been hospitalized in New York City for a series of tests, his lawyer said. Weinstein’s hospitalization comes after the New […]
UK PM points to Irish deputy PM’s claim that threat of being deported led people to cross border from Northern Ireland An increase in asylum seekers heading to to Ireland proves that the Conservative party’s Rwanda plan is working, Rishi Sunak has claimed. In an interview with Sky News’ Trevor […]
Exclusive: Research shows extent to which schools are struggling to provide qualified teachers for every class Hundreds of thousands of pupils in England and Wales are being educated “on the cheap” by low-paid teaching assistants (TAs) covering lessons for teachers who are off sick or have quit, according to new […]
Monarch to resume public-facing engagements after palace says doctors ‘very encouraged’ by his progress King Charles, who is being treated for cancer, is to return to public duties, with doctors pleased and “very encouraged” by his progress and “positive” about his continued recovery, Buckingham Palace has said. Charles, who announced […]
Top UN demining official outlines scale of devastation as Egypt officials fly into Israel in attempt to revive ceasefire talks See all our Israel-Gaza war coverage Israel’s war in Gaza has created 37m tonnes of debris, much of it laced with unexploded bombs, which could take more than a decade […]
Singer had appealed 2022 conviction by a Chicago jury stating Illinois’s shorter statute of limitations applied to his case The singer R Kelly was correctly sentenced to 20 years in prison on child sexual abuse convictions in Chicago, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday. Jurors in 2022 convicted the […]
Federal transportation agency finds Tesla’s claims about feature don’t match their findings and opens second investigation US auto-safety regulators said on Friday that their investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot had identified at least 13 fatal crashes in which the feature had been involved. The investigation also found the electric carmaker’s claims […]
Stark new projections suggest annual admissions will rise to 151,000, costing the NHS and economy £75bn The number of people in the UK experiencing a stroke will increase more than 50% to 151,000 a year by 2035, costing the NHS and the economy £75bn in healthcare and lost productivity, stark […]
Former coalition partners’ decision brings Scottish first minister to brink of losing vote, which could make his position untenable Explainer: what was the SNP and Greens’ deal? Humza Yousaf could be forced to quit as Scotland’s first minister after the Scottish Greens announced they would back a motion of no […]