February 2023

The NHS will struggle to clear treatment backlogs and improve emergency care unless strikes by thousands of staff are brought to an end, health leaders have said. The NHS Confederation, which represents NHS organisations, said the Government must “show initiative” to end the dispute or risk patients suffering even longer waiting times than at present. […]

Lyne Barlow has been sent to prison for nine years A travel agent who pretended to family and customers that she had cancer as part of a £2.6m con has been jailed for nine years. Married mother-of-two Lyne Barlow, 39, formerly of Stanley, County Durham, sold holidays around the world for too-good-to-be-true prices, conning more

Jaswant Singh Chail was detained on Christmas Day 2021 A man caught in the grounds of Windsor Castle with a loaded crossbow has admitted a charge under the Treason Act of trying to harm the Queen. Jaswant Singh Chail, 21, was detained on Christmas Day 2021 close to the Queen’s private residence, where she and

He was jailed in 2015 for abusing young girls Disgraced pop star Gary Glitter has been freed from prison after serving half of his 16-year sentence for sex crimes. The paedophile glam rock singer – who had a string of chart hits in the 1970s – was jailed in 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls.

The hospital opened its doors on March 28, 1981 The Princess Royal met mothers and their newborn babies when she returned to a maternity hospital she opened more than 40 years ago. Anne toured the aptly named Princess Anne Hospital in Southampton and chatted to proud parents Amy Hartnell and David Austin, whose son Albert

Ford terminated its involvement in F1 when it sold Jaguar to Red Bull 19 years ago Red Bull has announced an engine partnership with Ford which sees the American giant return to Formula One after two decades away. The new deal, which comes into force with the sport’s 2026 change in engine regulations, was confirmed

Tanaiste Micheal Martin has met with the main five political parties in Belfast amid the continuing stalemate within the devolved government DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has restated his position to the Irish Foreign Minister that his party will not re-enter the Stormont Assembly until the Northern Ireland Protocol is replaced. Tanaiste Micheal Martin is

They are set to meet next Friday The British Government will be involved in a virtual meeting of global sports ministers next Friday to consider a response to the prospect of Russian athletes competing at the Paris Olympics next year. The International Olympic Committee is working on a pathway to enable Russian and Belarusian athletes

His comments came at the launch of Red Bull’s F1 Season in New York Max Verstappen has challenged Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes to raise their game and provide him with the championship battle that Formula One needs. Verstappen ran away with last season’s title, winning 15 of the 22 races, to secure his second championship

Dame Alison Rose, NatWest’s chief executive, came under pressure from the Treasury Committee after saying she was too busy to attend the meeting. The boss of NatWest has U-turned on her decision not to appear in front of MPs next week as they scrutinise the UK’s biggest banks on why savings rates are so low