32 h. ago Loose Women's Kaye Adams hints at major life change after saying 'I lost my job’

Loose Women star Kaye Adams has opened up about the impact of the ITV daytime cuts, saying she may have to move into a one-bedroom flat after "losing her job"

Politics

5 d. ago Must Laila Soueif die from her hunger strike in London before her son Alaa Abd el

Egypt’s lack of respect for the rule of law is alarming and Britain should impose sanctions to ensure his freedomUK should impose sanctions on Egypt over jailed activist, says Helena KennedyLaila Soueif is one of the most determined people I know, and for that reason, she is in grave danger. The grandmother, 69, is lying in a hospital bed in central London, perilously close to death after 245 days on hunger strike. She could still survive, but it will depend on the UK government taking strong action.Soueif stopped eating to try to save her son, the imprisoned British-Egyptian national Alaa Abd el-Fattah, an Amnesty International prisoner of conscience and winner of the 2024 English PEN writer of courage award. He has spent more than a decade in an Egyptian jail cell because of his writings on democracy. Soueif wants more than anything else to reunite him with his own son, 13, who lives in Brighton and has barely been able to spend time with his father.Helena Kennedy KC is a Labour p...

Events

1 week ago JoJo Siwa and Chris Hughes' tender reunion as they confirm romance and spend day in bed

JoJo Siwa was greeted by a bouquet of red roses by Chris Hughes at Heathrow Airport and clearly adored seeing her mum and

Economics

1 week ago How did Mick Hucknall simply bed so many women? What happened to the unlikely top lothario of the 90s who boasted of 'three lovers every day' despite being 'not a very good

Mick Hucknell was famed for his Lothario status, with a roster of lovers into the thousands and some of the world's most beautiful women amongst his exes.

Politics

2 w. ago NHS plan to open 'calm and welcoming' mental health A&Es across England to ease pressure on 'chaotic' major hospitals

Around 250,000 people went to A&E last year due to a mental health crisis - with around a quarter facing a wait of 12 hours or longer.

Events

2 w. ago ‘When power can define madness’: China accused of using mental health law to lock up critics

More than a decade after China passed a groundbreaking mental health law, victims and activists say that involuntary hospitalisation remains commonZhang Po was barely one year out of school when an out of control mine-cart barrelled into him deep in a pit in Anhui province, causing injuries that ended his brief career as a coalminer. Since the accident in 1999, he has been living off disability allowances provided by his former employer in Huainan, Anhui’s coal city. But in 2024 Zhang was sent to hospital once again – this time to a psychiatric ward.Zhang was sectioned for 22 days in June after he protested outside the office of his former employer, demanding an increase in his disability allowance. “I endured more than 20 days of humiliation in there. There was no phone, and my belt and shoelaces were taken away,” Zhang said in a recent interview with Chinese media. Zhang said that he was forced to take medicines and tied to his bed for several hours a day. After the three weeks in...

Society

2 w. ago Nick Kyrgios selling luxury apartment for just £860,000 days after relationship bombshell

Tennis star Nick Kyrgios has decided to put his luxury three-bed home in Sydney up for sale, just days after his four-year relationship with Costeen Hatzi ended

Economics

2 w. ago Linda Evangelista has very modest 60th birthday party... after not getting out of bed for less than $10K a day

Linda Evangelista was surrounded by family and friends as she celebrated her 60th birthday earlier this month.

Politics

2 w. ago Dumfries and Galloway delayed discharge hits highest level for more than two years

New figures show that 3,305 bed days were lost to the problem in March, an increase of more than 700 days on the previous month.

Events

3 w. ago James Forrest pens Celtic fairytale with historic sweet 16 to spark 4 in a row trophy day bedlam – 5 talking points

It was all about one man and after a season of waiting he left it late to secure a draw against St Mirren

Politics

3 w. ago Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner's flippant reason for verbal assault on jailers

In a letter sent to prison bosses, lead Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner claimed he 'woke up on the wrong side of bed' on the day he 'raged' against guards during a meeting

Events

3 w. ago It used to be rare, now hundreds in mental health crisis wait days for beds in these A&Es

One nurse elsewhere in the country has told of how some patients become so distressed by delays that they have left to try and take their own lives

Events

3 w. ago MSP slams Scottish Government’s “broken promise” to eradicate delayed discharge in NHS Lanarkshire.

Meghan Gallacher's call comes after new statistics from Public Health Scotland showed that over 60,000 bed days were lost in March alone because of so-called bed-blocking across Scotland’s hospitals.

Politics

3 w. ago Dream job opportunity as Scottish coastal estate hiring couple with flat included

A three-bedroom apartment and 28 days of holiday are among the perks.

Politics

3 w. ago People in mental health crisis waiting up to three days in A&E in England

Royal College of Nursing findings described as ‘a scandal in plain sight’ with with conditions ‘close to torture’Thousands of people in a mental health crisis are enduring waits of up to three days in A&E before they get a bed, with conditions “close to torture” for those in such a distressed state.At one hospital, some patients have become so upset at the delays in being admitted that they have left and tried to kill themselves nearby, leading nurses and the fire brigade to follow in an attempt to stop them.Some trusts that previously had no long waits for mental health patients now have hundreds.The number of people seeking help at A&E for mental health emergencies is rising steadily and reached 216,182 last year.The recruitment of mental health nurses has lagged far behind the rise in demand.The number of beds in mental health units has fallen by 3,699 since 2014. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago Amazon says they’ve fired driver after video of her peeing and pooping outside of homes goes viral

‘I was really disgusted, it was a horrible experience. My husband, unfortunately, had to pick it on Mother’s Day,’ Tamara Bedoy says

Events

4 w. ago Corrie star taken back to hospital days after worrying health scare

Coronation Street star Charlie Lawson has issued an update from his hospital bed days after he was rushed to hospital.

Science