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 […]
In Russellville, Arkansas, 300 couples from across the country signed up, saying “I do” just before the sky went black. As the sky brightened, the group cut wedding cakes and danced – all part of the aptly named Total Eclipse of the Heart festival. Following the Moon one state over, in Ellsinore, Missouri, was amateur […]
There’s the Tory tax-cutting rhetoric and then there’s the tax-rising reality: between 2019 and 2024 the Conservatives delivered the largest rise in tax as a share of GDP of any postwar parliament (3.3%, equivalent to more than £3,000 per household). Higher taxes should mean more pressure for fair taxes – to maintain public consent for paying in. […]