It’s easy to make a medical case for blockbuster weight loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound, which have been shown to prevent heart attacks and strokes and save lives. But for the employers and government programs being asked to pay for the medications, the financial case for them is less clear. Are the drugs’ benefits […]
Hugh Pym and Ian Atkinson BBC News Institute of Cancer Research Abiraterone tablets can help stop prostate cancer spreading A cancer charity has said it is “angry and frustrated” that ministers and health officials have not approved the provision of a life-extending prostate cancer drug through the NHS in England. The drug, abiraterone, has been […]
PA Media Chancellor Rachel Reeves told journalists the government needs to get a grip on welfare spending, on a visit to Rosyth Rachel Reeves has doubled down on the need to reform the welfare system, insisting the government needs to “get a grip” on it. The chancellor’s comments come amid concerns from Labour MPs about […]
Thomas Tuchel has handed Marcus Rashford a shock recall in his first England squad, which also includes call-ups for Myles Lewis-Skelly, Dominic Solanke and Dan Burn. Rashford, 27, has not played for England since March 2024 and fell out of favour under Ruben Amorim at Manchester United before joining Aston Villa on loan in January, […]
The Trump family is said to be in talks to invest in Binance. The discussions revolve around the family taking a stake in the U.S. arm of the crypto exchange, which had pleaded guilty to violating anti-money-laundering laws and whose founder, Changpeng Zhao, served time in prison, according to The Wall Street Journal. (It’s unclear […]
An outbreak of severe storms is likely Friday afternoon and potentially into the overnight hours as a powerful storm system intensifies across the central U.S. All hazards are possible, including swaths of intense winds and tornadoes. Fast Facts: An outbreak of severe storms is likely Friday afternoon and potentially into the overnight hours as a […]
Elon Musk’s electric carmaker Tesla has warned it and other US exporters could be harmed by countries retaliating to Donald Trump’s trade tariffs. Mr Musk is a close ally of the US president and is leading efforts to reduce the size of the federal government. But in an unsigned letter addressed to a US trade […]
Helen Bushby Culture reporter Getty Images Matthew Macfadyen won won two Emmys and two Baftas for his role in Succession Succession star Matthew Macfadyen is set to play writer John le Carré’s fictional spy George Smiley in a new TV series, Variety has reported. Legacy of Spies is “currently in the works”, according to the […]
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Four astronauts are hoping that Friday is the day that they’ll get to head to the International Space Station. They were all ready to go on Wednesday after putting on their spacesuits and boarding their SpaceX spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. But with less than 45 minutes […]