Signs that NHS’s inability to offer prompt care is creating surge in people resorting to private care Patients are paying up to £550 an hour to see private GPs amid frustration at the delays many face getting an appointment with an NHS family doctor. Growing numbers of paid-for GP services […]
Wildlife and environment groups condemn plan promising renewable energy for 600,000 homes Plans for a renewable energy tidal barrier linking Norfolk and Lincolnshire have sparked fierce debate between scientists, wildlife charities and a port company CEO who is leading the project. Entrepreneur James Sutcliffe, who has managed and advised port […]
Marcelo Xavier accused of indirectly contributing on the grounds that he failed to take steps to protect workers in Amazon Federal police have brought criminal charges against the former head of Brazil’s Indigenous protection agency for alleged acts of omission they believe indirectly paved the way for the murders of […]
Titan of sports, movies and civil rights activism dead at 87 Spokeswoman says Brown died on Thursday in Los Angeles Jim Brown: a life in pictures Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Brown, the unstoppable running back who retired at the peak of his brilliant career to become an actor […]
Prime minister will use Hiroshima summit to push more neutral countries such as Brazil and India into doing more for Ukraine The UK has unveiled a swathe of new sanctions against Russia, as Rishi Sunak arrived at the G7 summit in Japan with a self-declared mission to push India into […]
Charlie Mclean says she has lost a child and parents of teenage murderers have lost two sons A mother has called for an end to teenage knife violence after two boys who murdered her 15-year-old son on his way home from school were given life sentences. Khayri Mclean was murdered […]
Older and disabled people trapped in homes as rescuers battle harsh conditions in Emilia-Romagna region Older and disabled people were trapped in their homes as rescuers worked under pounding rain throughout the night to save people in the most catastrophic flooding to affect Italy in 100 years. The floods in […]
One headteacher said 12-page reading test that reduced children to tears was ‘scary and quite middle class’ A primary school Sats paper that reduced some pupils to tears included texts on a giant bat colony, which was adapted from a New York Times article, a camping trip featuring sheep rustlers […]
Possible interventions include default smaller portions and prominently displaying low-calorie foods Food delivery apps could help tackle the obesity crisis by making lower-calorie options more prominent on their sites, research suggests. A study, presented at the European Congress of Obesity in Dublin, involved creating a simulated food delivery app and […]
On flight to Japan for G7, PM says ‘economic optimism is increasing’ and insists Brexit is working Rishi Sunak has been accused of being out of touch with ordinary families after claiming the economy was looking up and people’s household incomes were “hugely outperforming” expectations despite the cost of living […]