Employers should be fined if they create unhealthy workplaces, as part of Wes Streeting’s plan to get unemployed people fit to work, according to a leading thinktank. The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) said employers that fail to provide a healthier work environment for their staff, such as subsidised nutritious food, should face regulatory […]
French and Italian police say they have broken up an international fraud ring that was passing poor quality bottles of wine off as vintages worth up to €15,000 (£12,500) each. Six people – including a Russian national who is the suspected ringleader – have been arrested in Paris, Turin and Milan. They are alleged to […]
Getty Images Sir Keir Starmer and his health secretary have been lauding the potential of the new generation of weight-loss drugs. Given as regular injections, the treatments – Wegovy and Mounjaro – mimic a hormone that makes people less hungry. Not only could they help reduce waistlines, the prime minister and Wes Streeting said, they […]
PA Media Sophie heard harrowing first-hand experiences from women during her visit to Chad The Duchess of Edinburgh has described distressing scenes of sexual exploitation, after meeting refugees from Sudan’s civil war who had fled to neighbouring Chad. “People are having to exchange food and water for sex, for rape. That is violence that is […]
Oct 14, 2024, 08:43 PM ET The winter transfer window won’t reopen in Europe for a while yet, but there are plenty of moves in the works and gossip swirling around. Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz on rumours, comings, goings and, of course, done deals! TOP STORY: Laporta’s bold plan for Haaland […]
Surrey Police Sara Sharif’s body was found at her home in Woking on 10 August last year The father of 10-year-old Sara Sharif called police from Pakistan and admitted he killed her at their Surrey home, a court heard. Urfan Sharif made the confession in an eight minute-call about an hour after his family’s flight […]
Jeff Kerby Scientists were able to pin down the location of the tsunami to a remote fjord in East Greenland A massive landslide in a Greenland fjord triggered a wave that “shook the Earth” for nine days. The seismic signal last September was picked up by sensors all over the world, leading scientists to investigate […]
FAMILY HANDOUT Nicole, who has severe ME, is looked after by her daughter Maeve Boothby-O’Neill’s final days were harrowing. The 27-year-old was confined to bed all day, unable to chew food and no longer able to sit up – she was severely ill with myalgic encephalomyelitis, or ME, and as a consequence severely malnourished. Her […]
Mae Craig Bellamy wedi cyfaddef y byddai’n gambl dewis Joe Allen i gychwyn y gêm yn erbyn Montenegro nos Lun. Fe ddaeth Allen, 34, allan o’i ymddeoliad rhyngwladol i gael ei ddewis yn rhan o garfan Cymru ar gyfer gemau Cynghrair y Cenhedloedd y mis yma, ond ni chafodd ei ddewis ar gyfer y gêm […]
Getty Images Warnings of a “painful” Budget tend to mean hefty tax rises are looming. Chancellor Rachel Reeves claims she needs to find £22bn to mend a “black hole” in the public purse. At the same time, she is pledging to end austerity and spend money on things like hospitals and roads, which are crucial […]