Wes Streeting has called England’s healthcare watchdog “not fit for purpose” after an interim report found significant failings were hampering its ability to identify poor performance at hospitals, care homes and GP practices. The health and social care secretary promised to “grip the crisis” at the Care Quality Commission (CQC) by taking immediate action to […]
BBC Matthew Sharp has been unable to leave hospital for nearly a year A disabled man has spent nearly 10 months in a busy general hospital because no suitable home has been found for him in the community. Matthew Sharp, who has a range of complex conditions, says he has been left in limbo while […]
It was 3 a.m. Friday when Tyson Morris got a wake-up call that would send him into crisis mode for days. Atlanta’s trains and buses were expected to be running in two hours, but all systems were down, showing the dreaded “blue screen of death.” “It’s the one phone call a chief information officer never […]
A police officer is filmed appearing to kick and stamp on a man’s head lying on the ground The family of a man who was kicked and stamped on by a police officer at Manchester Airport have been left “traumatised”, a solicitor representing them has said. Akhmed Yakoob was speaking on behalf of brothers Muhammad […]
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Which basketball teams are playing at the Olympics, when are the games and who are the favourites? Al Jazeera explains. Basketball became an official Olympic sport at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin although it first featured as a demonstration sport at the St Louis 1904 Olympic Games. As the 2024 Olympics kicks off in […]
Getty Images The NHS is appealing for people with O-type blood to urgently come forward and donate, after blood stocks dropped to “unprecedently low” levels in England. Officials said it follows a “perfect storm” of unfilled appointments at donor centres and increased demand following a cyber-attack which has affected services in London. O negative blood […]
Former Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable has said he was initially unaware the Post Office prosecuted its own sub-postmasters, despite leading the privatisation of the group. Sir Vince, who was business secretary between 2010 and 2015, was giving evidence on Wednesday to the inquiry into the Post Office IT scandal. Under questioning from Jason […]
EPA Climate change is dramatically increasing the frequency of extreme high temperatures in the UK, new Met Office analysis has confirmed. Its annual State of the Climate report says data from 2023 shows the country is experiencing significantly more really hot days. Its observations suggest there has been an increase in the number of really […]
Roedd Ms Morgan wedi sicrhau cefnogaeth 26 o’r 30 aelod Llafur yn y Senedd cyn i’r cyfnod enwebu gau ddydd Mercher. Cyn dod yn brif weinidog yn ffurfiol, mae gofyn i’w rhagflaenydd Vaughan Gething ymddiswyddo’n swyddogol cyn pleidlais yn y Senedd. Fe ddywedodd Mr Gething ei fod yn bwriadu ildio’r swydd wedi i bedwar aelod […]