Exclusive: Rob Behrens says ministers and health leaders are doing too little to end ‘cover-up culture’ in England NHS ombudsman Rob Behrens: ‘There are serious issues of concern’ Hospitals are cynically burying evidence about poor care in a “cover-up culture” that leads to avoidable deaths, and families being denied the […]
Singer-songwriter best known for 1975 song Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) died on Sunday, family says Alexis Petridis on Harley: Cockney Rebel whose talent was almost as big as his ego Steve Harley, the frontman of the British rock group Cockney Rebel, has died aged 73. The […]
Police appeal for information about incident as woman held on suspicion of murder is released on bail Two men have been found dead at a house in Hartlepool in County Durham, police said. The bodies were discovered shortly before midnight on Friday. A woman in her 30s has been arrested […]
Senior Tories have rallied around the PM amid claims that some party MPs are plotting to replace him with Penny Mordaunt Senior Tories attempted to rally behind an increasingly beleaguered Rishi Sunak on Saturday night amid claims that some Conservative MPs are plotting to replace him with Penny Mordaunt before […]
Spokesman for coup government stops short of calling for American personnel to leave but says their presence violates sovereignty Niger’s ruling military junta says it has revoked with immediate effect a military accord that allows US military personnel and civilian staff on its soil. As of 2023 there were about […]
Israeli negotiators are heading to Qatar after the group dropped calls for a permanent end to hostilities and agreed a 40-day pause Israeli negotiators are expected to arrive in Qatar on Sunday amid intense new efforts to bring the war in Gaza to at least a temporary halt, after Hamas […]
Police declare state of emergency and evacuate local town of Grindavik following volcanic activity Icelandic police have declared a state of emergency as lava spewed from a new volcanic fissure on the Reykjanes peninsula, the fourth eruption to hit the area since December. A volcanic eruption “started between stora Skogfell […]
Exclusive: Psychologist accuses Meta of ‘turning a blind eye’ to posts she believes represent further danger to vulnerable women A leading psychologist who advises Meta on suicide prevention and self-harm has quit her role, accusing the tech giant of “turning a blind eye” to harmful content on Instagram, repeatedly ignoring […]
BMA says Tory donor should resign from his company as questions grow about how many times Hester has met Sunak Unions representing GPs and health workers have called on the Conservative donor Frank Hester to stand down from running NHS contracts, saying his “racist and misogynistic comments” breach its fit […]
Israeli PM’s decision may be intended to put negotiating pressure on Hamas, observers say, after his cabinet discussed truce proposal Middle East crisis – live updates Benjamin Netanyahu has approved plans for an attack on Rafah, the southernmost city in Gaza, where more than a million people displaced from elsewhere […]