2 hours ago About sharing By Nick Triggle Health correspondent The number of appointments and treatments postponed by strike action in the NHS in England is nearing one million. The 48-hour walkout by consultants in England last week saw more than 45,000 appointments being cancelled. It brings the total number of postponed hospital appointments since…
1 hour ago About sharing Nottinghamshire Police chief pays tribute to officer hit by train By Alex Smith BBC News A police officer who was hit by a train while attempting to save a distressed man on the tracks has died. Nottinghamshire Police was called to a residential area in Balderton, near Newark, at about…
1 hour ago Comments About sharing Drivers must pay £12.50 if they enter the Ulez zone with a non-compliant car By Yasmin Rufo BBC News The Ultra Low Emission Zone (Ulez) has been expanded to include all of London’s boroughs. Drivers must pay a charge of £12.50 per day to drive a non-compliant vehicle anywhere…
2 hours ago About sharing Hans Niemann was accused last year of cheating By Graeme Baker BBC News A Norwegian world champion and the US prodigy who unexpectedly beat him have resolved a year-long cheating row that rattled the world of chess. Magnus Carlsen accused Hans Niemann of foul play after he lost in the…
10 minutes ago About sharing Yevgeny Prigozhin was buried next to his father, reports say By Jaroslav Lukiv BBC News Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has been buried in a private funeral in St Petersburg, his press service has said. It said the ceremony was held in “a closed format”, and all those “wishing to say…
47 minutes ago About sharing Rishi Sunak has said he is “grateful” for Nadine Dorries’s service as an MP, after she resigned with a scathing attack on his record. The Tory MP for Mid Bedfordshire has now officially quit, more than two months after she pledged go “with immediate effect” in June. In her resignation…
5 hours ago About sharing Mr Ramaswamy seen rapping at the Iowa State Fair on 12 August Rap star Eminem has asked aspiring Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to stop using his songs. The letter comes more than a week after the biotech entrepreneur delivered an impromptu performance of Lose Yourself at the Iowa State…
34 minutes ago Comments About sharing By Lora Jones Business reporter, BBC News Redundancies at collapsed retail chain Wilko have been suspended while rescue bids for the business are considered. The GMB union met with PwC, which is overseeing the sale of the retailer, on Tuesday after calling for an urgent meeting with the business…
Books & the Arts / August 29, 2023 Christian Petzold’s Afire Is the Summer’s Most Beguiling Film Christian Petzold’s “Afire” Is the Summer’s Most Beguiling Film The German director’s latest is a sly comedy about writer’s block, a bad vacation, and the catastrophe of a warming world. Phoebe Chen Ad Policy A scene from Afire….
Politics / August 29, 2023 The War Within the Young Republican Party At the Young Republican National Convention, far-right figures made few inroads—but they did read my Nation investigation. Amanda Moore Ad Policy Gavin Wax, president of the New York Young Republican Club, speaks to members of the media during a rally outside the New…