2 hours ago About sharing By Nick Triggle Health correspondent Patients who have been waiting more than 40 weeks for treatment in England will be offered the option of getting seen in another part of the country. About 400,000 will be contacted in the coming weeks and asked whether they would be willing to travel…
1 hour ago About sharing Elon Musk is expected to attend a global summit on artificial intelligence in the UK this week. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he would do a live interview with the tech billionaire after Thursday’s event. The summit, at Bletchley Park, hopes to bring together AI experts and global leaders…
13 minutes ago About sharing WhatsApp messages sent by the head of the civil service Simon Case during the pandemic were highly critical of the PM’s actions and temperament By Chris Mason Political editor, BBC News Shambolic dysfunction in Downing Street, with thousands upon thousands of lives at stake. That is the claim, to the…
34 minutes ago About sharing Watch: Protesters storm airport in Russia, forcing it to close By Christy Cooney BBC News The US has dismissed as “absurd” claims by Russia that an anti-Israel riot at a Dagestan airport on Sunday was organised by Ukraine and the West. In a televised meeting on Monday, Russian President Vladimir…
42 minutes ago About sharing From left to right: David Schwimmer, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow and Matthew Perry By Emma Saunders Entertainment reporter The cast of Friends have said they are “utterly devastated” by the loss of their fellow star Matthew Perry, who died on Saturday at the age of 54….
15 minutes ago About sharing Blood-splattered and bullet-riddled bodies have been found in a private house in Volnovakha By Vitaly Shevchenko, BBC Monitoring, & Jaroslav Lukiv, BBC News Nine people, including two young children, have been found shot dead in their house in the Russian-occupied eastern Ukrainian town of Volnovakha. Ukrainian officials say they believe…
The party says comments made by Andy McDonald at the weekend were “deeply offensive”.
47 minutes ago About sharing Paul Bristow became the MP for Peterborough in 2019 By Becky Morton Political reporter A ministerial aide has been sacked from his government role after calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. Downing Street said Paul Bristow had made comments which “were not consistent with the principles of collective responsibility”. In…
42 minutes ago About sharing Boris Johnson made Simon Case (L) his cabinet secretary in September 2020 By Paul Seddon Politics reporter The UK’s top civil servant told colleagues in private that Boris Johnson “cannot lead” at the height of the Covid pandemic. In WhatsApp messages from September 2020 disclosed to the Covid inquiry, Simon…
Activism / October 30, 2023 One of New York’s Most Vital Colleges Is Targeting Muslim Students The Brooklyn College administration has repeatedly shown that it is willing to suppress Muslim and Palestinian speech on campus. Jeanne Theoharis Ad Policy Students from Brooklyn College and supporters hold signs during a pro-Palestinian demonstration at the entrance of…