44 h. ago Care home patient, 59, choked to death on a jam doughnut despite a warning she should not be given bread, inquest hears

Christine Thomas, 59, was handed the snack cut into three pieces by agency care worker Paula Parry, while taking lunch at the Swn y Wylan Home in Rhos-on-Sea, North Wales.

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7 d. ago Government shutdown to continue into next week as Senate vote fails to break bitter partisan deadlock: Live updates

Trump threatens mass layoffs as Republicans and Democrats appear nowhere close on a deal

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7 d. ago New Mexico governor signs bills to counter federal cuts, support health care and food assistance

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed a package of bills aimed at shoring up food assistance, rural health care and public broadcasting in response to recently enacted federal cuts

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7 d. ago Closed for the weekend — Senate vote fails to break bitter partisan deadlock on government shutdown: Live updates

Trump threatens mass layoffs as Republicans and Democrats appear nowhere close on a deal

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9 d. ago Thomas Skinner brands ITV star a 'lunatic' in rant after Strictly training

Strictly Come Dancing's controversial contestant Thomas Skinner has launched another social media rant as he hit out at former Big Brother star Narinder Kaur again

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9 d. ago Newsom trolls ‘Marie Antoinette’ Trump over decision to protect his ballroom while pushing cuts: ‘No health care for you’

‘TRUMP “MARIE ANTOINETTE” SAYS, “NO HEALTH CARE FOR YOU PEASANTS, BUT A BALLROOM FOR THE QUEEN!’ California governor’s press office tweets

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9 d. ago Maine clinics also hit by cuts that targeted Planned Parenthood plan to halt primary care

A network of medical clinics that serves low-income residents in Maine says it is shutting down its primary care operations because of Trump administration cuts to abortion providers

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9 d. ago ‘I think you’re testing me’: Anthropic’s new AI model asks testers to come clean

Safety evaluation of Claude Sonnet 4.5 raises questions about whether predecessors ‘played along’, firm saysIf you are trying to catch out a chatbot take care, because one cutting-edge tool is showing signs it knows what you are up to.Anthropic, a San Francisco-based artificial intelligence company, has released a safety analysis of its latest model, Claude Sonnet 4.5, and revealed it had become suspicious it was being tested in some way. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago West Lothian facing social care funding crisis with warning cash reserves will run out this year

The Integration Joint Board, which oversees social care services, faces making more cuts or capping services to the most vulnerable in the community.

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2 w. ago Unsafe abortions and no antenatal care: aid cuts hit women hardest in one of Africa’s poorest countries

Mobile clinics in rural Malawi that provided pregnancy checks as well as vaccinations and TB tests have been lostA blue, burgundy and white patterned wrapper hides the swell of Joanna Banda’s belly. Eight months pregnant, she has had just three of the five antenatal appointments she should have had. She is unlikely to attend her final three either, as she still has to save 3,000 kwacha (£1.28) for a bicycle to take her six miles on rutted dirt tracks to the nearest health centre when she goes into labour.In remote villages in Malawi, pregnant women such as 22-year-old Banda, who has one child after losing her first soon after giving birth, are struggling to get the medical care they need. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Strictly bosses are struggling to rein in Thomas Skinner as show nears breaking point before it even starts

BBC bosses have been left frustrated over Strictly contestant Thomas Skinner's social media rants, insiders have revealed.

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2 w. ago Is Strictly at crisis point before the show even starts? BBC bosses are struggling to rein in Thomas Skinner as one very unhappy pro breaks ranks and two celebs quit

BBC bosses have been left frustrated over Strictly contestant Thomas Skinner's social media rants, insiders have revealed.

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2 w. ago 'There's nothing they can do': Strictly's most controversial contestant Thomas Skinner is 'causing a headache' for show bosses with his social media rants and wild behaviour

BBC bosses have been left frustrated over Strictly contestant Thomas Skinner's social media rants, insiders have revealed.

Culture

2 w. ago Strictly's Thomas Skinner causing huge BBC headache 'There's nothing they can do'

BBC insiders reckon the public will look after the controversial bedding boss, despite his long moans on social media about how badly he's being treated

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2 w. ago Campaigners say 'unsettling atmosphere' remains as Renfrewshire care proposals fall after deadlock vote

Carers not prepared to celebrate outcome of integration joint board after majority could not be secured.

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2 w. ago Controversial social care cuts in Renfrewshire avoided for now after deadlocked vote

Campaigners were braced for bad news at Friday's meeting but a stay of execution was delivered.

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2 w. ago Man Utd star Amad wipes Instagram account after furious backlash to shocking pic

Amad has deleted all of his Instagram posts after being subjected to a furious backlash from Manchester United fans over a controversial photo he posted on the social media platform

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2 w. ago Ex Rangers star deletes all his Instagram posts after backlash to controversial picture

The Man Utd star who had six months at Ibrox sparked a furious backlash after a controversial social media post following the Red Devils win over Chelsea

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3 w. ago Bonnie Blue breaks silence after adult star is 'attacked' during nightclub event

Bonnie Blue has yet again gained social media attention after the controversial adult star – famed for bedding over 1000 men in 24 hours – appeared to get into an altercation at a nightclub

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