Patients face major disruption in England this week, NHS bosses are warning, as the latest junior doctor strike coincides with the hottest week of the year. British Medical Association (BMA) members will stage a five-day walkout from Thursday – the 11th in the long-running pay dispute. It comes with yellow heat-health alerts in many parts […]
It started like any other pickup basketball game at an open gym — players sweating on the court, others waiting on the sidelines and spectators casually observing. Jessica Brogan, who had attended similar practice-like sessions with her two hoops-hungry sons, said it began as a “normal open run.” However, on this particular Saturday, there was […]
Specially trained dogs are arriving in Tenerife as the search for missing British teenager Jay Slater enters its ninth day. Police confirmed to the BBC that new resources had been brought in to help find the 19-year-old from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire. The Guardia Civil, whose ground searches had concentrated on the area where his last mobile […]
3 hours ago By Jon Ironmonger, BBC Investigations, Northamptonshire Getty Images A huge amount of Full Support Healthcare PPE was found in the New Forest last year About £1.4bn worth of personal protective equipment (PPE) has been destroyed or written off in what is understood to be the most wasteful government deal of the pandemic. Figures obtained […]
28 minutes ago By Aimee Thomas, BBC News BBC There are hundreds of dogs at the centre who are looking for their forever home An animal rescue centre has said it is “bursting at the seams” after taking in about 400 dogs in June alone. Many Tears Animal Rescue in Cefneithin, Carmarthenshire, said the number of dogs […]
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At the current rate of emissions, the Paris goal of limiting warming to 1.5C as a long-term average – rather than a single year – could be crossed within the next decade. This would be a hugely symbolic milestone, but researchers say it wouldn’t mark a cliff edge beyond which climate change will spin out […]
The U.S. Postal Service has shared information from thousands of Americans’ letters and packages with law enforcement every year for the past decade, conveying the names, addresses and other details from the outside of boxes and envelopes without requiring a court order. Postal inspectors say they fulfill such requests only when mail monitoring can help […]
US Justice Department has until July 7 to prosecute aircraft giant over breaches of settlement related to fatal crashes. Prosecutors in the United States are recommending that criminal charges be brought against Boeing after finding the plane maker violated a settlement related to two fatal crashes, two people familiar with the matter told the Reuters […]
LOS ANGELES — Without even noticing, Debbie Skaggs, the mother of the late Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs, slips into the present tense. For three short sentences, her voice elevates, her face lights up. “He doesn’t big league anyone,” she said. “He’s funny too, he’s a funny guy. And he’s a total music guy.” For a […]