2 hours ago About sharing King Charles is launching a food project and hosting an NHS reception on his birthday By Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent King Charles is celebrating his 75th birthday with a business-as-usual approach and the launch of a project to help people facing food poverty. But it’s understood that he will be…
37 minutes ago About sharing By Nick Triggle Health correspondent Hospital bosses in England are warning a lack of funds means they are having to scale back on plans to open extra beds to cope with winter. The warning, from NHS Providers, which represents managers, came after the Treasury rejected pleas for an extra £1bn…
41 minutes ago About sharing A black-market trade in delivery app accounts allows underage teenagers to sign up as riders, the BBC has found. The family of a 17-year-old who died while working as a Deliveroo rider – despite 18 being the minimum age – say the company is “unaccountable”. The Home Office is urging…
16 minutes ago About sharing Former PM David Cameron explains his surprise comeback to frontline politics on being appointed foreign secretary By Chris Mason Political editor, BBC News Rishi Sunak’s new cabinet meets for the first time this morning, as his new look government takes shape. At 23:00, the announcements were still coming, and it’s…
Society / November 13, 2023 Linda Hirshman Was a Different Kind of Feminist In some ways, the lawyer and historian was a product of her time—but in more ways than most, she was ahead of it. Katha Pollitt Ad Policy Linda Hirshman appears on CBS News in February 2022. (YouTube) Linda Hirshman, the brilliant, original,…
1 hour ago About sharing Donald Trump Jr called his father ‘an artist with real estate’ who ‘sees the things that other people don’t see’ By Chloe Kim & Natalie Sherman BBC News, in court Returning to the stand in his family’s civil fraud trial in New York, Donald Trump Jr described his father as…
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2 hours ago About sharing Bernard (left) and Colin Cowan on Buchanan Street in Glasgow By Lucy Manning Special Correspondent, BBC News The brother of a British-Israeli man murdered by Hamas has told the BBC he has never been more fearful of antisemitism in the UK. Bernard Cowan, from Scotland, was killed by Hamas gunmen…
57 minutes ago About sharing Former PM David Cameron explains his surprise comeback to frontline politics on being appointed foreign secretary By Joshua Nevett Political reporter David Cameron has said he wants to support Prime Minister Rishi Sunak “at a hard time”, after making a dramatic comeback to government in a major cabinet reshuffle. The…
Politics / November 13, 2023 Will Biden Sacrifice His Presidency for Another Middle Eastern War? To defend democracy from Trump, Democrats have to listen to their voters. Jeet Heer Ad Policy President Joe Biden leaves a press conference following a visit to Tel Aviv, Israel, on October 18, 2023. (Brendan Smialowski / Getty) On Saturday,…