3 hours ago About sharing The hospital said staff had been redeployed and a “huge effort” was under way to manage patient demand By Hugh Pym Health editor The six-day junior doctors’ strike is the longest period of industrial action by NHS workers in its history. We were warned it would pose a “serious threat…
1 hour ago About sharing Watch: Biden: ‘Is democracy still America’s sacred cause?’ By Kayla Epstein & Gary O’Donoghue in New York and Pennsylvania In his first campaign speech of 2024, President Joe Biden cast his likely election opponent, Donald Trump, as a fundamental threat to American democracy. “Whether democracy is still America’s sacred cause…
21 minutes ago About sharing Rishi Sunak defended his Rwanda plans at a press conference on Thursday By Laura Kuenssberg BBC News Rishi Sunak had significant doubts about sending migrants to Rwanda when he was chancellor, papers seen by the BBC suggest. They suggest he wanted to scale back No 10’s original plans. They also…
46 minutes ago About sharing By Vishala Sri-Pathma and Emma Simpson BBC News The Metropolitan Police is looking at “potential fraud offences” committed in the Horizon IT scandal. More than 700 Post Office branch managers were accused of wrongdoing after faulty accounting software made it appear money was missing. The Met said it was investigating…
Lawsuits nationwide are seeking to disqualify Mr Trump, arguing that he engaged in insurrection.
34 minutes ago About sharing Car damaged in a strike in Belgorod where residents are reported to be scared Russia has begun moving some residents from the city of Belgorod following deadly attacks by Ukraine. Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said several families had left the city, which is close to the Ukrainian border. Twenty-five people were…
The disturbance saw gunfire outside Liverpool’s Showcase Cinema, a newsagents and a house.
2 minutes ago About sharing Conservative Chris Skidmore will quit as an MP next week over the government’s energy plans, triggering a by-election to replace him. The former minister said he could not continue as a Tory MP ahead of a vote on a bill on Monday to guarantee annual oil and gas licensing rounds….
8 minutes ago About sharing Nicholas Rossi has been returned to the US to face rape charges An American suspected of faking his own death and hiding out in Scotland has been extradited back to the US. A court ruled the man claiming to be an Irish orphan named Arthur Knight was actually registered sex…
26 minutes ago About sharing Fifty new potential victims of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal have contacted lawyers after ITV broadcast a drama about the case this week. Neil Hudgell, a lawyer acting for claimants, told the BBC that the new enquiries include former sub-postmasters who were given convictions. Between 1999 and 2015, the…