PA Media Resident doctors, previously known as junior doctors, are set to strike for five days from Friday Prime Minister Keir Starmer has urged resident doctors not to follow their union down the “damaging road” of strike action, which is due to begin on Friday. Writing in the Times, Sir Keir said this would cause […]
Getty Images Resident doctors in England have started a five-day walkout over pay. They say they haven’t had a “credible pay deal” for 2025-2026, but Health Secretary Wes Streeting argues the strike is “unreasonable” after substantial pay rises in recent years. Who are resident doctors? Resident doctors used to be known as junior doctors, but […]
The government has increased the maximum price it is prepared to guarantee companies generating electricity from new wind farms. It comes as ministers are trying to meet challenging pledges to bring down household bills and create an electricity grid that it is almost entirely free of fossil fuels by 2030. The Department for Energy Security […]
Getty Images England striker Chloe Kelly celebrates her goal during the UEFA Women’s Euro 2022 final between England and Germany The Euros are reaching their conclusion in a massive summer across women’s sport. But away from the drama and excitement on the pitch, there is also a scientific revolution taking place. Teams of scientists are […]
Reuters The Lionesses posed for a picture with their trophy before the Downing Street reception The England women’s football team were greeted by cheering crowds as they returned home on Monday after their Euro 2025 victory over Spain. Hundreds of fans holding flags and banners and dressed in England kits were waiting outside Southend Airport […]
A coalition of states is suing the federal government to prevent it from gathering personal data on tens of millions of people who receive food assistance. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images A coalition of 20 states and Washington, D.C. announced a new lawsuit Monday against the U.S. Department of Agriculture […]
Greece continued to battle major wildfires across the country amid a severe heatwave, but firefighters have brought many outbreaks under control. Extreme heat persisted, with temperatures reaching 42.4C (108.32F) in central Greece on Sunday. Firefighters were working on five major fire fronts late on Sunday in the Peloponnese area west of Athens, as well as […]
Lucy Clarke-Billings BBC News PA The resident doctors strike in England has begun after a dispute over pay between the government and the British Medical Association (BMA). Thousands of doctors are walking out over five days, with Health Secretary Wes Streeting insisting that disruption will be kept to a minimum. But several NHS patients have […]
NHS bosses have criticised the British Medical Association for its “increasingly hardline” approach in rejecting emergency requests for striking doctors in England to return to work. A system known as ‘derogation’ is in place whereby the NHS can ask for resident doctors, who are taking part in a five-day walkout, to cross the picket line […]
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. looks on during a news conference at the USDA headquarters in Washington, D.C., on July 14. Top medical groups are alarmed by a report that Kennedy may remove another advisory panel. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images […]