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Twin ‘let down’ over death of sister found under coat at A&E

Supplied Inga Rublite (right), 39, died at the Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham, two days after being found unconscious in the A&E department The twin sister of a woman who died after being found under a coat while waiting for hours at an overcrowded A&E department says she cannot accept what happened to her. Mother […]

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Harris courts Latino voters in Arizona : NPR

Democrats believe they have an opportunity to make inroads with an important voting bloc in swing state Arizona: Latinos. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: With Vice President Kamala Harris set to be her party’s presidential nominee, Democrats are making efforts to win an important voting bloc in the swing state of Arizona. Nearly 25% of Arizona voters […]

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TikTok sued for ‘massive’ invasion of child privacy

The US government has filed a new lawsuit against TikTok, accusing the social media company of unlawfully collecting children’s data and failing to respond when parents tried to delete their children’s accounts. The Department of Justice said the firm’s practices amounted to a “massive-scale” invasion of child privacy, in defiance of laws that require online […]

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Stock markets plunge as weak US jobs fuel fears

Getty Images A global sell-off in stock markets gathered pace as weak US jobs growth stoked fears about a slowdown in the world’s largest economy. Nasdaq, the tech-heavy US index, dropped by more than 2% on Friday, dragged lower by Intel and Amazon, after the companies reported disappointing results. Official data showed employers added 114,000 […]

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Chester Zoo hails birth of ‘one of world’s rarest animals’

Chester Zoo has celebrated the birth of what it said was one of the rarest animals on earth. The Cheshire attraction said the Persian onager was born to mum Azita after a year-long pregnancy. Onagers hail from the semi-desert regions of Iran, and are related to domestic donkeys. The foal was named Jasper, whose Persian […]

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Police brace for more far-right riots as minister warns people about rallies in wake of Southport attack – as it happened | UK news

Home Office minister warns those planning on organising further disorder ‘we will be watching you’ There is potential for more violence in the wake of the Southport attack, a Home Office minister has said, as he warned those planning on organising further disorder “we will be watching you”. Asked how concerned the government is about […]

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The junior doctors’ strikes may be over. But is trouble ahead?

BBC It had been the NHS’s longest-running and bitterest pay dispute – responsible for hundreds of thousands of cancelled operations and appointments. And then, suddenly, word came on Monday that the British Medical Association was recommending that its 50,000 junior doctor members accept a fresh offer from the new government. It sounded almost too good […]

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