6 h. ago Two left seriously injured after quad bike hit and run incident in Edinburgh

Emergency services were called to the Niddrie Mains Road area, near the Jack Kane Community Centre, after the alarm was raised at around 3pm on Saturday.

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8 h. ago PM's chief aide Morgan McSweeney and Health Secretary Wes Streeting in 'shouting match confrontation' over Red

Health Secretary Wes Streeting is said to have had a 'shouting match' row with the PM's chief of staff Morgan McSweeney over brutal briefings.

Society

9 h. ago Scots woman killed in horror two car crash in Ireland as five confirmed dead

Emergency services were called to the Ardee Road on the L3168 in the townland of Gibstown in Dundalk, County Louth, after the alarm was raised shortly after 9pm on Saturday.

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22 h. ago Striking doctors’ bosses turn against them as public support crumbles over pay battle

STRIKING doctors’ bosses are turning against them as public support crumbles for their pay battle with ministers. Hundreds of hospital chiefs applauded Health Secretary Wes Streeting this week when he branded the British Medical Association “unreasonable” and “reprehensible”. Managers have urged union barons to tone down their demands for a 26 per cent pay rise...

Economics

33 h. ago Police lock down major Edinburgh road after incident involving 'van and bike'

Emergency services were called to Clermiston Road in Edinburgh after the alarm was raised at around 9pm on Friday.

Events

33 h. ago ‘He went to hospital as a physically healthy young man but never came home. Now we want answers’

A crisis-hit mental health trust faces questions over multiple deaths as doctors raise the alarm over an alleged culture of fear which they say is putting patients at risk

Society

34 h. ago Wes Streeting accused of ‘chaotic and incoherent approach’ to NHS reform

Exclusive: thinktank report finds health secretary has failed to improve productivity, with the health service unlikely to meet its targetsWes Streeting has been accused of taking a “chaotic and incoherent approach” to reforming the NHS which makes it unlikely the government will hit its own targets, according to a damning report by the Institute for Government (IfG).The report praises elements of how the health secretary has managed the health service in his first year in office, including improving performance and staff retention in hospitals. Thepay settlement he reached with resident doctors last year avoided a winter plagued by NHS strikes Continue reading...

Politics

45 h. ago Wes Streeting still 'backs himself' as future PM after Starmer allies accuse Health Secretary of plotting leadership challenge

The Health Secretary did not deny that he would like to lead Labour in the future as he said he had to 'back himself' following a vicious internal briefing war.

Politics

51 h. ago Baroness Mone slammed for needing to be 'dragged through courts' over PPE cash

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has criticised Baroness Mone needing to be 'dragged through the courts' to pay back millions of pounds owed to taxpayers over faulty PPE

Events

56 h. ago POLL OF THE DAY: Would Wes Streeting be a better prime minister than Sir Keir Starmer?

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has long been tipped as a future prime minister ever since he led the National Union of Students and he has refused to rule out leadership ambitions.

Politics

57 h. ago Majority of doctors do NOT back strike action leaked poll reveals as Wes Streeting claims 'reckless' union 'has lost the plot'

The strike organised by the British Medical Association will now last until 7am on Wednesday. It marks the 13th time since 2023 that the group has taken industrial action.

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57 h. ago Moment Wes Streeting tears into 'extremely irresponsible' junior doctors who have gone on strike despite receiving 28.9% pay rise

Health Secretary Wes Streeting told LBC radio that the five-day resident doctors' strike in England is 'going to set us back' as he accused British Medical Association 'activists' of 'damaging' NHS recovery.

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58 h. ago Wes Streeting sees red as he clashes with striking doctor in LBC phone call

As medics gathered on picket lines this morning for the first day of strikes, Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the doctors’ union was acting like a 'cartel'

Events

58 h. ago Girl, 10, rushed to hospital after being hit by car on major Greater Manchester road

Emergency services cordoned off the road

Events

58 h. ago Anarchy in government as PM's 'nemesis' Wes Streeting celebrates Reeves' humiliating income tax U

Health Secretary Wes Streeting - seemingly emboldened by a botched Downing Street 'hit job' on his leadership ambitions this week - has publicly declared that he had not supported the move.

Politics

58 h. ago Doctors holding patients to ransom by going on strike – Streeting

The Health Secretary said doctors were being ‘irresponsible’ in striking for five days in their dispute over pay and conditions.

Science

59 h. ago Streeting says he and Starmer ‘extremely frustrated’ by leadership row

Health Secretary Wes Streeting was targeted by briefings suggesting he was plotting a coup against Sir Keir Starmer.

Politics

64 h. ago Woman's wait for cardiac care was so long it almost killed her

Angela suffered heart attack while on NHS waiting list.

Events

3 d. ago Ed Miliband says Keir Starmer will sack No 10 briefer who sparked leadership row if found

The cabinet minister says the PM would not have backed attacks on Wes Streeting but will 'get rid' of the culprit who suggested Health Secretary was looking to oust him

Politics

3 d. ago Starmer can’t afford to sack McSweeney, MPs say as new year coup rumours swirl

The prime minister says he has been ‘assured’ nobody in Downing Street briefed against his health secretary amid claims chief of staff Morgan McSweeney is ‘unsackable’

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