7 h. ago Government reveals sweeping changes to fix ‘broken NHS dental system’

Newly qualified dentists could be made to work in the NHS for three years.

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10 h. ago Texas flooding kills more than 90 people as 5 million remain under flood watch – latest updates

Donald Trump will travel to Texas later this week as Texas senator Ted Cruz defends response to floodingCamp Mystic confirms 27 children and counsellors died in floodsTexas flood survivors question planning and responseResidents of Kerr County began clearing mud and salvaging what they could from their demolished properties as they recounted harrowing escapes from rapidly rising floodwaters late Friday.Reagan Brown said his parents, in their 80s, managed to escape uphill as water inundated their home in the town of Hunt. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Texas flooding kills 91 people; White House confirms Trump will visit state – latest updates

Texas senator Ted Cruz defends response to flooding as risk of new deluge remains high with more rain forecastCamp Mystic confirms 27 children and counsellors died in floodsTexas flood survivors question planning and responseResidents of Kerr County began clearing mud and salvaging what they could from their demolished properties as they recounted harrowing escapes from rapidly rising floodwaters late Friday.Reagan Brown said his parents, in their 80s, managed to escape uphill as water inundated their home in the town of Hunt. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Texas flooding kills nearly 90 people; White House confirms Trump will visit state – latest updates

Texas senator Ted Cruz defends response to flooding as risk of new deluge remains high with more rain forecastCamp Mystic confirms 27 children and counsellors died in floodsTexas flood survivors question planning and responseResidents of Kerr County began clearing mud and salvaging what they could from their demolished properties as they recounted harrowing escapes from rapidly rising floodwaters late Friday.Reagan Brown said his parents, in their 80s, managed to escape uphill as water inundated their home in the town of Hunt. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Urgent warning issued as drug chiefs recall common eye drops due to risk they could cause BLINDNESS

Health officials have urgently recalled over 11,000 eye drops due to fears over contamination that could potentially cause serious eye infections and even blindness.

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30 h. ago Children face losing legal right to special needs help under new plans being considered by ministers

The Education Secretary refused to say whether children with special needs would still get the legal right to extra support at school under plans being considered by ministers

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32 h. ago Campaigners urge Government to keep care plans for children with Send

In total, there were 638,745 EHCPs in place in January 2025, up 10.8% on the same point last year.

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41 h. ago GP urges public to make one urgent change right now to ward off dementia in your 60s

Last year, a landmark study suggested almost half of dementia could be prevented by tackling 14 lifestyle factors, but Dr Amir Khan says this is one of the most important.

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4 d. ago Traffic to be banned from part of Regent Street as mayor faces calls to reduce traffic across West End

Sir Sadiq Khan urged by cycle campaigners to build on Oxford Street pedestrianisation with wider vehicle ban across central London

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5 d. ago In 1948 a Labour government founded the NHS. My job now is to make it fit for the future | Wes Streeting

Our 10-year plan, backed by an extra £29bn, will transform the service through AI and neighbourhood care – and hand power back to patientsWes Streeting is secretary of state for health and social careThere are moments in our national story when our choices define who we are. In 1948, Clement Attlee’s government made a choice founded on fairness: that everyone in our country deserves to receive the care they need, not the care they can afford.That the National Health Service was created amid the rubble and ruin of the aftermath of war makes that choice all the more remarkable. It enshrined in law and in the service itself our collective conviction that healthcare is not a privilege to be bought and sold, but a right to be cherished and protected. Now it falls to our generation to make the same choice.Wes Streeting is secretary of state for health and social care Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Major NHS reform to end '8am scramble' for GP appointments and move services out of hospitals

By 2035 the majority of outpatient care will happen outside of hospitals, the government pledges in a long-awaited 10-year plan

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5 d. ago British tourist, 67, dies on cruise ship in Corfu: Urgent probe launched

The 67-year-old man passed away while on board the vessel which was 'flying the Maltese flag' in the port of Corfu.

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5 d. ago Matt Hancock defiant about Covid care home plan after ‘generational slaughter’ claim

The High Court ruled in 2022 that government policies on discharging hospital patients into care homes at the start of the pandemic were ‘unlawful’

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5 d. ago King Charles at 'blows' with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry again over grandchildren's future

King Charles is thought to be in another fall out with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex - other the pairs plans for their young children.

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6 d. ago Digital ‘one stop shop’ for NHS will speed up care for patients, Government says

The new ‘innovator passport’ will mean technology that has been robustly assessed by one NHS organisation can easily be adopted by others.

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6 d. ago Health chiefs issue urgent warning as vital vaccine is 'out of stock' in the UK

Holidaymakers may be at risk of contracting a deadly infection that could make their eyes bleed as health officials warn vaccine stocks are running dangerously low.

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7 d. ago Why the adverts trolling us about AI stealing our jobs hit too close to home

A viral marketing campaign urging employers to ‘stop hiring humans’ has successfully captured our attention – but rage-baiting workers about the very thing we’re most afraid of seems a bizarre strategy, argues Helen Coffey

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7 d. ago Catastrophic failures led to the 'generational slaughter' of the elderly and vulnerable as Covid 'spread like wildfire' through care homes, inquiry hears

A civil servant said the government's approach to care homes resulted in a 'generational slaughter' or the elderly and vulnerable. The Covid-19 Inquiry in London began its sixth module today.

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7 d. ago Keir Starmer refuses to weigh in over Britain's declining birth rate as No10 says PM 'won't tell people how to live their lives'

A No10 spokesman insisted the PM would not 'tell people how to live their lives' despite one of his Cabinet ministers urging more young British women to have babies.

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7 d. ago Urgent warning for homeowners: Why you should blur your house on Google Maps

An expert has warned there's one thing homeowners are forgetting to do that could be putting their house at risk.

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