3 h. ago H is for Hawk review – Claire Foy is tremendously authentic in eccentric grief drama

London film festival: Foy convinces as a grieving academic who trains a goshawk in this film based on Helen Macdonald’s bestselling nature memoirCan training a goshawk cure grief? Or treat it, in some way? Will keeping it indoors – hooded so that it remains calm – and then taking it out hunting allow you to reconnect radically with nature in a way that prissy townies will never understand? Or is this just a domesticated festival of cruelty to both bird and prey and a symptom of serious depression? Philippa Lowthorpe’s intriguing, likably performed if slightly precious film – based on Helen Macdonald’s bestselling nature memoir from 2014 – addresses these questions, but can’t quite deliver the Hollywood redemption narrative that it appears to offer: the story of a woman in the depths of melancholy who is helped through the darkness and, we have to assume, out the other side, by her goshawk, whimsically named Mabel. (Macdonald used she/her pronouns at the time of publication and came ...

Events

3 h. ago 'Deeply unfair': Anger as breast cancer patients in Scotland denied 'promising' drug approved by NHS England

A drug that has been approved for use by the NHS in England has been rejected in Scotland

Science

3 h. ago I tried Aldi's new pink sprinkles sandwich and there's only one word to describe it

The sweet treat was launched in stores this week

Politics

4 h. ago ‘My baby was left with brain damage after he was deprived of oxygen’

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of 14 hospital trusts to be looked at as part of a national investigation into maternity and neonatal services

Events

4 h. ago We tried Aldi's new £1.35 treat and will be going straight back for more

The product hit the shelves last month after a successful trial earlier this year

Economics

4 h. ago New incurable blood cancer treatment given go ahead for NHS Scotland

The treatment is already approved for use by the NHS in England.

Events

5 h. ago Why you might not get vaccinated for Covid despite new NHS Stratus warning

A new strain of coronavirus has emerged but many Brits might not get the chance to protect themselves against it.

Events

5 h. ago Family's Disney trip descends into chaos after they're forced to sleep on airport floor

Nicola Kennedy, who booked a trip to Disneyland Paris as a birthday treat for granddaughter, said her family had to sleep in the airport after staff refused access to the plane.

Society

6 h. ago The SNP are STILL standing on Alex Salmond’s shoulders – and reaping the rewards

IF the normal rules of politics applied in Scotland, the SNP would be sure-fire losers at next year’s Holyrood election. Public services are on their knees. Polling shows a majority of Scots take a dim view on how the Nats are handling a list of their responsibilities including the NHS, crime, and housing. The Scottish...

Events

6 h. ago Crohn's disease sufferers given new hope as NHS GP details 'new treatment coming to UK'

Following successful studies, the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended a new drug for adults with moderately or severely active Crohn’s

Politics

6 h. ago Jeremy Clarkson rushed to hospital days after branding NHS a 'monster'

Jeremy Clarkson was rushed to hospital for emergency treatment just days after he described the NHS as a "creaking old monster"

Politics

6 h. ago Jeremy Clarkson rushed to hospital and left in agony after procedure

Jeremy Clarkson has shared the 'painful treatment' he received in the NHS just hours after publishing his column in which he criticised the health service

Politics

6 h. ago Scottish Independence ‘not a punt’ on the country’s future, says McAllan

The Housing Secretary said the party was not planning on failing to get a majority.

Politics

7 h. ago Jeremy Clarkson reneges on NHS criticism after needing urgent treatment

Presenter says he’s ‘eternally grateful’ to medics who aided him

Politics

8 h. ago Jeremy Clarkson needed 'urgent hospital treatment' after saying NHS 'past sell

The Clarkson's Farm star, 65, has revealed he became very 'poorly'

Politics

9 h. ago 'I work for the NHS but they wouldn't treat me, so I flew to Croatia'

Sarah could have had private treatment in the UK at a cost of more than £40,000

Politics

9 h. ago Mother, 36, celebrated 15 stone weight loss with Turkish tummy tuck op... but  'died and came back to life' after flight home triggered deadly blood clot

After losing 15 stone, Sarah Dyson felt that she wasn't able to truly enjoy her new figure due to heavy folds of excess skin, so flew to Turkey for a tummy tuck.

Events

10 h. ago One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest at 50: Unruly, boneheaded, and still a classic

Rejected by most major studios at the time and certainly not expected to win multiple Oscars and place second only to ‘Jaws’ in the biggest films of 1975, Milos Forman’s barbed mental hospital tale remains an underdog story for the ages in more ways than one, writes Xan Brooks

Science

11 h. ago Novo Nordisk’s ‘lottery ticket’: can obesity drugs help treat Alzheimer’s?

Results are due soon from two studies using semaglutide to treat thousands of people with the disease

Events

12 h. ago Dear Coleen: My fun new man is ignoring messages and I am paranoid

If someone likes you enough, they don’t treat you like that and you have to love yourself enough to say, “I deserve better”.

Politics