Keir Starmer has said he believes that people claiming long-term sickness benefits should be expected to look for work. He added that there would be “hard cases” and that the government and businesses should help those who may feel anxious about re-entering the workplace, but that the “basic proposition that you should look for work […]
Britain can become a country of pride, wealth and stability if the public accepts a series of difficult “trade-offs”, rejects nimbyism and sees through the Conservatives’ populist “lies”, Keir Starmer has said. In his first Labour conference speech as prime minister, he urged the public to keep faith amid difficult and sometimes unpopular choices made […]
A four-year-old boy who was expected to die shortly after his life support was removed has “confounded” medical expectations, a UK judge has said in a ruling. Months before, the High Court ruled that life-sustaining ventilation was not in the child’s best interest, after hearing evidence from doctors treating him. The boy, referred to as […]
BBC Weather Watchers/Jack March Flood water came very close to roads and properties in Witherley, Warwickshire, with a flood warning in force for the nearby River Anker Many areas of England are bracing for flooding despite a respite from heavy downpours. Parts of central and southern England experienced over a month’s worth of rain in […]
World leaders are sounding the alarm about a “full-fledged” war, calling for de-escalation after devastating Israeli air strikes in Lebanon ratcheted regional tensions amid Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza. The attacks, which started on Monday and continued into Tuesday, were Israel’s fiercest against its northern neighbour and have led to Lebanon’s highest single-day death toll […]
PA Media Dentistry is one of the strands being looked at as part of this new cross-border approach The NHS and politics are never far apart. Health is the almost perennial chart-topper when it comes to lists of voters’ concerns. In Wales, given the NHS was a Welsh invention, and given the current length of […]
A spate of allegations of sexual misconduct has rocked the film industry in India’s southern state of Kerala, triggering a flood of police cases and leading to calls for a broader reckoning within what is known as Mollywood. The latest wave of the #MeToo movement, which first took off in 2017, erupted after the findings of […]
Getty Images Violet Charlesworth in Highland dress A new BBC Sounds series, Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley, examines the story of an English-born fraudster who was obsessed with Scotland. A car crashes at a dangerous bend on a clifftop road in Anglesey, North Wales, on a moonlit night in January 1909. The vehicle’s two passengers […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson announced a proposal to keep the government running until Dec. 20. Win McNamee/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images/Getty Images North America House Speaker Mike Johnson announced a temporary agreement that would keep the government funded until Dec. 20. The measure does not include any part […]
Getty Images Racoon dogs are implicated as one of the potential animals that could have been the source of Covid A team of scientists say it is “beyond reasonable doubt” the Covid pandemic started with infected animals sold at a market, rather than a laboratory leak. They were analysing hundreds of samples collected from Wuhan, […]