August 2023

Campaigners have called for more equal access to defibrillators after research showed people in more deprived areas are further away from the life-saving equipment. The British Heart Foundation calculated the median road distance to a defibrillator with unrestricted public access in 1.7 million postcodes across England, Scotland and Wales. Researchers said people living in the […]

That’s according to two-times champion, Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso believes Max Verstappen’s record-equalling Formula One reign has been underestimated. Verstappen matched Sebastian Vettel’s all-time streak of nine consecutive wins with a brilliant display in Sunday’s wet-dry-wet Dutch Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver is 138 points clear at the summit of the world championship and

Ryanair, Jet2.com and Tui have been rated as the worst major airlines operating in the UK for website accessibility. Regulator the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), which commissioned the analysis, said there is “still a way to go” for the industry to provide a smooth digital experience for all passengers. Its Airline Digital Accessibility Report, shared

Sunderland captain Luke O’Nien has signed a new three-year deal at the Stadium of Light. The Championship club also hold the option of a further year on the versatile defender or midfielder, who has made 225 appearances since arriving from Wycombe in 2018. “It feels incredible to have extended my contract at the club,” O’Nien,

A former Gurkha who met Prince Harry through Walking With The Wounded has said he is embracing his “second life” as he stars in a film about the Nepalese soldiers which will premiere in Leicester Square. Ritesh Chams, 39, joined the Gurkhas – soldiers from Nepal who have been recruited into the British Army –

Patients “risk being left stranded” when trying to get to hospital as ambulance breakdowns in England have risen 36% in five years, according to the Liberal Democrats. The party’s health spokesperson, Daisy Cooper, said the figures were “yet more evidence that the Conservatives have left our NHS to crumble”. The Lib Dems said the figures

Taylor Swift emerged the biggest winner of the night at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards, taking home nine trophies. The 33-year-old pop superstar dominated the ceremony at the Prudential Centre in Newark, New Jersey, collecting the evening’s top prize – video of the year – for her Midnights album track Anti-Hero, as well as

Police forces have committed to follow all “reasonable lines of enquiry” in an effort to improve investigations and drive down crime rates. The standards setting body published guidance for officers in England and Wales to consider all potential evidence – such as footage from CCTV, doorbells and dashcams, as well as phone tracking – if

One in five patients are waiting longer than two months to have cancerous tumours removed in some parts of England, according to Labour analysis the party said revealed a “postcode lottery” in NHS cancer care. It said NHS data showed that 20% of patients in the West Midlands, Thames Valley, and Surrey and Sussex are

Labour has accused the Scottish Government of incompetence as figures revealed “spiralling” cancellations impacting lifeline ferry services to many island communities. State-owned ferry operator CalMac cancelled 40,989 sailings between September 2018 and April 2023, the figures obtained by Labour using freedom of information legislation show. Non-weather related cancellations rose from 1,371 in 2017-18 to a