Getty Images Just over 591,000 babies were born in the UK last year – the lowest number in four decades Women in England and Wales had an average of 1.44 children between 2022 and 2023, the lowest rate on record. Only 591,072 babies were born in 2023, fewer than in any year since 1977 and […]
Getty People have started catching a new Covid variant that could soon take off and become the dominant type, according to scientists. Identified in Germany, in June, cases of the XEC variant have since emerged in the UK, US, Denmark and several other countries, say users on X, formerly known as Twitter. It has some […]
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Bryce Jordan Center on Oct. 26. in State College, Pa. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP Former President Donald Trump is set to rally in Madison Square Garden Sunday evening — leaving key battleground states and instead spending precious […]
BBC There are two parallel universes in the Lucy Letby story. One can be witnessed every day in Liverpool at the public inquiry into her case. Here, the matter of Letby’s guilt is settled. The question for the judge is why Letby was able to harm babies for so long. In the other universe, doubts […]
No higher taxes in payslips after Budget – Labour Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has said “working people” would not see higher taxes on their payslips following Wednesday’s Budget. During the election, Labour promised not to increase National Insurance, income tax or VAT on working people but ministers have since come under pressure to define exactly […]
Do you ever wonder if the British might be a fundamentally unserious people? I do, though I should stress that I include myself; a thoroughly trivial person whose “professional” life is mainly spent in the silliest corners of an internet that long ago destroyed my capacity for joined-up thinking. Still, if you do have any […]
Getty Images A vaccine is to be trialled on thousands of people to find out if it could protect against norovirus – a stomach bug that causes vomiting and diarrhoea. The easily spreadable winter virus can affect people of all ages and have huge consequences – often closing hospital wards, taking children out of school […]
Sam Marsden, Barcelona correspondentOct 26, 2024, 05:50 PM ET MADRID — Robert Lewandowski scored twice, while Lamine Yamal and Raphinha tallied goals each, as Barcelona capped a remarkable week by routing Real Madrid 4-0 in Saturday’s Clásico at the Santiago Bernabéu. With the lopsided loss, Real Madrid saw their 42-game unbeaten streak in LaLiga ended. […]
She was only seven years old at the time, but Michiko Kodama has a crystal-clear memory of the morning of August 6, 1945 in Hiroshima, Japan. “It was a sunny day,” she says. “At 8:15, I was at school, sitting at my desk at the front of the class, when there was a tremendous white […]
The Washington Post Building in Washington, D.C., on June 5. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images A growing number of current and former journalists at The Washington Post are criticizing the legacy newspaper after owner Jeff Bezos decided to withhold a planned editorial endorsement for president for the first time in […]