5 h. ago Wes Streeting warns doctors ‘the public will not forgive you’ as NHS strike chaos looms

NHS would face major disruption over industrial action, threatening to put Sir Keir Starmer's plans for health service at risk

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16 h. ago NHS set for months of strike chaos after doctors vote to walk out over 29% pay rise demand

Hundreds of thousands of hospital appointments could be cancelled as doctors seek a 29 per cent pay rise

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16 h. ago NHS summer chaos ahead as junior doctors vote to go on strike

The group of medics have already taken industrial action 11 times since 2002, crippling services and forcing health bosses to cancel an estimated 1.5million appointments.

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1 week ago Leading doctor warns of growing risk of easy access to weight loss jabs as use soars

A leading UK eating disorder clinic has issued an urgent warning about the growing dangers of online access to buying weight loss injections, as new figures reveal a dramatic rise in demand.

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1 week ago Leading doctor warns of growing risk of easy access to weight loss jabs in Scotland as use soars

A leading UK eating disorder clinic has issued an urgent warning about the growing dangers of online access to buying weight loss injections across Scotland, as new figures reveal a dramatic rise in demand, as approximately 21,527 young people aged 17–19 in Scotland are reported to have an eating disorder, compared to 10,403 children aged 11–16.

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1 week ago Edinburgh and Glasgow Prestwick airports given 'needs improvement' rating over disabled passenger assistance

Aviation regulator warns of “huge challenge” amid “dramatic” rise in demand

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2 w. ago One million and counting: Russian casualties hit milestone in Ukraine war

As grim tally of its invasion is reached, expansive propaganda campaign and state payouts are keeping grieving relatives onsideOver the past few years, Nikolai has seen the ups and downs of the funeral trade in his native Ufa, a Russian city in the plains west of the Ural mountains.The coronavirus pandemic, which hit Russia with devastating force, brought an unexpected boom to his family-run business, forcing him to hire extra staff almost overnight to cope with the rise in funeral demand. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Demand for later abortions is on the rise in the US. Clinics that perform them are disappearing

The procedure will be harder to obtain after the latest closure of a Colorado clinicOne Tuesday morning in April, Alicia Moreno and the rest of the staff at Boulder abortion clinic learned that the clinic’s owner, Dr Warren Hern, was closing the clinic on Friday. One of the few abortion clinics in the US that performed abortions past the second trimester would, after 50 years, shutter its doors.They sprang into action. Suddenly, the dozen patients who had been scheduled for abortions that week had to go somewhere else. Continue reading...

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last month John Swinney’s youth violence summit must deliver real change not just talk

Record View says grieving families and concerned communities demand urgent action—not promises—as Scotland confronts a rise in knife crime and school violence.

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