Thousands of ambulance workers in England and Wales are going on strike today – with NHS leaders warning that they cannot guarantee the safety of patients. Speaking to Sky News, Health Secretary Steve Barclay said the system would be “under severe pressure” due to the strike, and urged Britons to use “common sense in terms
When looking back at the year gone by, it is rather hard to know where to start. The death of a monarch, war in mainland Europe, the shortest running prime minister of all time. It has been an extraordinary 12 months of news, especially for the economy. Rather than running through the whole thing in
Female students have been banned from universities in Afghanistan with immediate effect, the Taliban has said. A letter, confirmed by a spokesperson for the higher education ministry, instructed Afghan public and private universities to suspend access to female students until further notice in accordance with a cabinet decision. The United States and Britain have both
Dec 20, 2022 Augusta National Golf Club announced Tuesday that any golfer who qualified for the Masters tournament based on its previous criteria will be invited to play in 2023, including 16 players who are currently competing in the LIV Golf League. Six past Masters champions are part of the group that defected from the
Elon Musk Twitter page seen on mobile with his poll to step down as head of Twitter Yui Mok | Pa Images | Getty Images Twitter owner and CEO Elon Musk is searching for a new chief executive of the company, sources told CNBC’s David Faber. Musk, who acquired the company for $44 billion in
Rishi Sunak has repeatedly refused to say whether the UK would have to leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) to deliver his government’s plan for removing asylum seekers who arrive illegally. Making his debut appearance at the Commons Liaison Committee, the prime minister was asked by the SNP’s Joanna Cheery whether the UK
At least two people have been injured and tens of thousands of homes and businesses left without power after a strong earthquake hit northern California. The “insane” 6.4-magnitude quake struck on Tuesday at 2.34am local time (10.34am UK time), with its epicentre just off the coast and about 10 miles (16.km) deep, but there was
8:20 AM ET On Dec. 3, the New York Rangers were nearing an abyss. Things came to a pressure point during the home game against the Chicago Blackhawks, one of the worst teams in the league. En route to another loss, captain Jacob Trouba had enough. The defenseman laid out two massive hits, got into
People have been urged to “drink responsibly” by NHS England’s medical director to avoid ending up in A&E as ambulance workers prepare to strike. Professor Sir Stephen Powis issued the warning ahead of the planned action on Wednesday, when the health service is likely to be hit by major disruption as ambulance workers, including paramedics,
The lowest paid NHS workers had to be given a salary top-up this year to avoid breaching national minimum wage laws, the head of a union said as she pleaded with ministers to negotiate pay. Rachel Harrison, national secretary of the GMB union, told MPs that NHS staff had to be given more money this
After a pair of Islamist bombings rocked the south-central Indian city of Hyderabad in 2013, officials rushed to install 5,000 CCTV cameras to bolster security. Now there are nearly 700,000 in and around the metropolis. The most striking symbol of the city’s rise as a surveillance hotspot is the gleaming new Command and Control Center
Jeremy Clarkson’s comments about Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, were “awful” but he is staying on as host of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? “at the moment”, a senior figure at ITV has said. Kevin Lygo made the remarks after Clarkson’s column in The Sun became the Independent Press Standards Organisation’s (IPSO) most complained
Jeremy Clarkson’s column about the Duchess of Sussex has become the Independent Press Standards Organisation’s most complained about article ever. The regulator said the piece, which has since been removed from The Sun’s website at Clarkson‘s request, had received more than 20,800 complaints as of 5pm on Tuesday. “We will follow our usual processes to
Residents have been evacuated and around 1,900 homes have been left without water after flooding caused by burst water mains in north London. Thames Water has said homes within the postcodes of NW2, NW6 and NW10 have been affected. #london #flood #skynews SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter:
Defense attorney and former federal prosecutor Shan Wu discusses the January 6 House select committee’s potential criminal referrals to the Department of Justice, and how the DOJ may respond. #CNN #News
The United States Treasury department announced it will delay its guidance in regard to the sourcing requirements for battery materials in order for EVs to qualify for federal tax credits. Beginning January 1, 2023, a slew of new requirements will still take affect, but the lack of battery guidelines could offer a brief window in
Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Monday’s key moments. We like industrials Believing in Amazon Still bullish on LLY 1. We like industrials Wall Street was lower Monday, especially the Nasdaq , continuing last week’s losses. Morgan Stanley said
After taking the World Cup crown, Argentina returned home to Buenos Aires on Tuesday with the country declaring the day of celebration as a national holiday. Thousands of fans lined up in the middle of the night to try to get a glimpse of the Argentina football team that won one of the greatest World
Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill Gates delivers his speech at the National Assembly on August 16, 2022 in Seoul, South Korea. Pool | Getty Images News | Getty Images The idea of becoming a grandparent is emotional for Bill Gates to even write about. “I started looking at the world through a new lens recently—when my
British Airways has apologised to customers after suffering “a technical issue” with its flight planning systems that has affected flights departing the US and elsewhere globally ahead of Christmas. BA said it had fixed the glitch, first experienced overnight, that had hit many long haul services ahead of scheduled departures and left many passengers complaining