Labour peer and professor Lord Winston has admitted he is “not optimistic” about the future of the NHS as the health service celebrates its 75th anniversary. The distinguished professor said he did not believe enough money was being spent organising how the NHS is run and the “national poverty” was undermining the delivery of the
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A man has been jailed for life for raping a nine-year-old – who then had to travel to another US state for an abortion. Gerson Fuentes admitted attacking the girl in Columbus, Ohio. The 28-year-old, the live-in boyfriend of the child’s mother at the time, impregnated the girl. She then had to travel from Ohio
Police have seized up to £130m worth of cannabis as part of a nationwide crackdown, described as the “most significant” operation of its kind in UK law enforcement history. Officers discovered more than 180,000 cannabis plants during the series of co-ordinated raids, aimed at unearthing and disrupting organised crime groups (OCGs) across England and Wales.
Paolo Uggetti, ESPNJul 5, 2023, 12:15 PM ET PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — It has been 72 years since the best female golfers in the world played a competitive round at one of the most famous golf courses in the history of the game. The 1951 Weathervane Transcontinental Women’s Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links, won
Singer Taylor Swift has announced new dates for the UK leg of her world tour next year. Due to “phenomenal demand” new shows in Liverpool, Edinburgh and London have been added to her schedule. Swift will play extra shows at Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Stadium on Sunday 9 June, Liverpool’s Anfield Stadium on Thursday 13 June, and
Kevin Spacey subjected a man he met at a celebrity event to a “barrage” of “vile” sexual comments before grabbing his crotch “like a cobra getting hold”, a court has been told. Jurors at Southwark Crown Court in London heard this evidence from the third of four men who have accused the Hollywood actor of
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday integrated the encapsulated assembly containing Chandrayaan-3 with the launch vehicle — LVM3 at Satish Dhawan Space Centre. “Today, at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, the encapsulated assembly containing Chandrayaan-3 is mated with LVM3,” tweeted ISRO. The space agency’s chairman S Somnath last month told ANI that they
Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterJul 5, 2023, 09:55 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 LONDON — Protesters from the climate change activist group Just Stop Oil disrupted Wimbledon on Wednesday after showering
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Dylan Mulvaney broke her silence about the fallout that occurred after the trans influencer made two Instagram posts sponsored by Bud Light earlier this year. Bud Light’s sponsorship of an April 1, 2023 Instagram post by Mulvaney set off a firestorm of anti-trans backlash and calls for a boycott. Mulvaney herself also faced a wave
SAIC Motor, a Chinese state-owned automaker, is doubling down on its EV strategy in Europe following encouraging sales so far this year. The massive automaker recently shared plans to erect a new EV production facility overseas, to help deliver models to its growing audience in the market. SAIC Motor (aka Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation) is
Saudi Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman al-Saud speaks during a panel discussion at the 10th Arab-China Business Conference in Riyadh, on June 11, 2023. Fayez Nureldine | Afp | Getty Images The latest round of voluntary crude oil output cuts evidence the cooperation between heavyweight producers and allies Russia and Saudi Arabia, the
Jul 5, 2023, 08:06 AM ET The heavyweight division continues to tease boxing fans with potential megafights this year. One of those potential bouts is a battle between two former champions, Deontay Wilder and Andy Ruiz Jr., but will that fight come to fruition, or is the business of boxing getting in the way of
Higher wages are the “biggest driver of price rises” for two-thirds of businesses, according to the findings of a report which will do nothing to ease worries at the Bank of England that inflation is coming under control. The British Chambers of Commerce’s (BCC) economic survey of its members, covering April to June, showed that
The logo of Threads is displayed on a mobile phone screen in front of a computer screen displaying the logo of Instagram in Ankara, Turkiye on July 04, 2023. Emin Sansar | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Meta will officially release Threads, its text-based Twitter competitor, on Thursday, but for those who want to get ahead
The UK is now the only country in the G7 group of rich nations still dealing with rising inflation, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has said. The Paris-based OECD – a club of 38 rich countries – said inflation in the UK rose to 7.9% in May, up from 7.8% in April,
A former supermarket worker was encouraged by an AI “chat bot” in a “Star Wars-inspired” plot to kill the Queen, a court has heard. Jaswant Singh Chail, 21, was wearing a handmade metal mask and armed with a loaded crossbow when he scaled the perimeter of the Windsor Castle grounds on Christmas Day 2021. He
Short-term policy making and a decade of underinvestment has left the NHS in a “critical condition” as it turns 75, health experts have warned. Three leading thinktanks said the service may not reach its 100th birthday without more resources being pumped into it and fundamental reforms. Separately, NHS Providers – which represents hospital trusts –
Adele has warned concertgoers about throwing things on stage after a spate of recent incidents. In a video posted on Instagram by a concertgoer, the 35-year-old singer had a special message for her fans, which she delivered as she paced the stage with a t-shirt gun in her arm. Adele, performing at her Weekends with
Ukraine has claimed “explosive devices” have been placed on the roof of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, as Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned of “dangerous provocations” at the facility. The Ukrainian armed forces quoted “operational data” as saying that the devices had been placed on the roof of the plant’s third and fourth reactors on Tuesday, adding