18 hours ago By Tim Dodd, BBC News, England PA Media Clean air zones charge drivers of the most polluting vehicles to enter certain areas England’s clean air zones had raised more than £150m for local authorities by the end of last year, a BBC investigation has found. Clean air zones (CAZs) are designed to cut pollution […]
The incident comes hours before the German city staging a Euro 2024 match between Netherlands and Poland. The German police have fired shots at a person who allegedly threatened officers with a pickaxe and an incendiary device on the sidelines of a Euro 2024 football fan parade in central Hamburg, according to a police post […]
Tens of thousands of Malawians are taking part in a funeral service at the national stadium to pay tribute to the vice-president who was killed in a plane crash last week. Saulos Chilima, 51, was considered a breath of fresh air in Malawian politics. He was an eloquent public speaker and energetic campaigner who held […]
Getty Images Long waits for cancer care are becoming routine across the UK with nearly half of all specialist cancer centres experiencing delays most weeks, the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) has said. The college has warned of an “impending crisis” in the cancer workforce, with a “staggering” 30% shortfall in radiologists and 15% shortfall […]
Since Amazon acquired the primary-care service One Medical, elderly patients have been routed to a call center — staffed partly by contractors with limited training — that failed on more than a dozen occasions to seek immediate attention for callers with urgent symptoms, according to internal documents seen by The Washington Post. When one patient […]
US regulators are investigating after a Boeing 737 Max 8 flown by Southwest Airlines rocked side to side while in air, a potentially dangerous movement known as a Dutch roll. It is one of two new inquiries involving Boeing planes that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has recently confirmed. The agency is also involved after […]
DETROIT — Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump repeated his characterization of Black communities as dangerous and depressed on Saturday, courting voters in a city he has called “hell” and “totally corrupt” as his campaign hopes incremental gains with Black voters could be decisive in swing states. “Look, the crime is most rampant right here and […]
CHARLOTTE — D.C. United started the second half of the MLS season Saturday with a shortage of players, a deflating lapse of concentration on the final play of the first half and ultimately a 1-0 loss to Charlotte FC. Kerwin Vargas’s header off a corner kick was the difference as United’s winless rut reached six […]
1 hour ago By Paul Moseley, BBC News, Norfolk Paul Moseley/BBC Sister Catherine says she has been on “an amazing journey” Would you give up the chance to have a partner, children and a choice of career? Probably not, but some take a very different path. Just 85 women in England and Wales became nuns or religious […]
2 days ago By Rumeana Jahangir, BBC News @kate_rackham Kate Rackham shared updates about her treatment on social media Tributes have been paid after the death of a teacher who raised awareness of incurable secondary breast cancer. Kate Rackham was diagnosed with oestrogen-receptive breast cancer at the age of 39. The Manchester-based teacher, who shared updates on […]