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Man found slumped dead at Sandwell Hospital coffee shop

An NHS Trust is investigating after reports a man was slumped dead over a table in a hospital coffee shop for several hours. The man, 36, was found dead at the table at Sandwell General Hospital in West Bromwich in July, The Sunday Times newspaper reported. It said members of the public and NHS staff, […]

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Robison warns cuts will have ‘profound effect’ on services

PA Media Shona Robison is expected to announce massive cuts to public services Cuts to the Scottish government’s budget will have a “profound effect” on its ability to deliver services, the finance secretary has warned. Shona Robison also claimed the UK is entering a “new era of austerity” under the Labour government at Westminster, ahead […]

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Top court judges uphold block of Musk’s platform

Getty Images X was suspended in Brazil during the early hours of Saturday Brazil’s Supreme Court has upheld a ban on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. A majority of three out of five justices have already voted in favour of the measure, meaning the ban will stay in place even if the […]

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Striking images reveal depths of ship’s slow decay

Video shows Titanic missing large section of railing It was the image that made the Titanic’s wreck instantly recognisable – the ship’s bow looming out of the darkness of the Atlantic depths. But a new expedition has revealed the effects of slow decay, with a large section of railing now on the sea floor. The […]

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Hospices hit by funding crisis

BBC News Kristy Clayton said plans for cuts at facilities in the Midlands are ‘heartbreaking’ Five hospices caring for terminally ill people have planned job cuts in the past two months due to financial pressures, BBC News has learned. St Giles Hospice, which runs community services and in-patient sites in the West Midlands, has started […]

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SpaceX delays launch of billionaire’s private spacewalk mission

Reuters (L-R) The crew of Polaris Dawn includes Anna Menon, Scott Poteet, Jared Isaacman and Sarah Gillis SpaceX has postponed its attempt to launch an expedition featuring an all-civilian crew that is aiming to carry out the first-ever spacewalk by private citizens. The mission, known as Polaris Dawn, had been scheduled to take off from […]

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