Commons health committee says NHS has reduced baby deaths significantly but could do more to improve safety A cascade of catastrophic failings’: the UK’s baby death scandals A thousand babies die preventable deaths every year in England because a culture of shifting blame and keeping tight-lipped means lessons are not […]
All but one of the herd of 13 were born in captivity, but conservationists hope they can be ‘rewilded’ A herd of elephants born and raised in a Kent zoo are about to get on a plane to travel almost 4,500 miles (7,000km) to Kenya, in order to reintroduce them […]
More than 3,000 students sign petition against keeping lecture halls vacant with no reduction in tuition fees Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The University of Manchester is facing a mounting backlash from students after becoming the first to unveil plans to keep its lectures permanently online […]
Boris Johnson to press ahead with final stage of unlocking in England amid huge rise in infections Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson is to announce that the lifting of most remaining Covid-19 restrictions in England will go ahead on 19 July amid a backlash […]
Prime minister defies warnings from his own MPs concerned that bill to shake up health service will prove gift to Labour Boris Johnson is set to spark a political row this week by announcing plans to seize greater control of the NHS, despite warnings that the “power grab” will see […]
60,000 expected to cheer on England at Euro 2020 semi-final, the biggest crowd to gather in the UK since the pandemic began Football has landed on home soil. After Saturday night’s emphatic 4-0 win over Ukraine in Rome, the England team flew back to their base at St George’s Park […]
Cause of blast was an igniting ‘mud volcano’, says state oil company A strong explosion has shaken the Caspian Sea area where Azerbaijan has extensive offshore oil and gas fields. The cause of the blast, which caused a column of fire to rise into the sky late on Sunday, was […]
Labour says bill to be published on Monday is tantamount to US Republican-style ‘voter suppression’ Millions of voters could be disenfranchised under “discriminatory” plans due to be unveiled on Monday that will force people to carry identification to cast a ballot, Labour has warned. Ahead of the introduction of the […]
Harry Kane back to his lethal best, productivity from set pieces, yet another clean sheet – the fifth out of five at Euro 2020 – and, for the coup de grace, a first England goal for Jordan Henderson on the occasion of his 62nd cap. This was the night when […]
Buoyant Labour sets out post-Brexit vision promising that more public contracts will go to UK companies Labour has announced a new post-Brexit economic vision for the UK involving ambitious plans to “make, sell and buy more in Britain” as it seeks to build a strongly patriotic policy platform with which […]