40 m. ago Doctors' strike will 'take toll' on patients, warns London NHS chief as five

The industrial action, from 7am on Wednesday 17 December until 7am on Monday 22, comes as hospitals are already under pressure from an unprecedented wave of super flu

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40 m. ago Driving test backlog forces learners to pay up to £500 to resellers

Learners face an average wait time of 22 weeks

Economics

40 m. ago Patients will 'feel impact' of latest doctors' strike as UK battles super

The NHS has issued an "urgent' plea for people to get their flu jab as they cope with striking doctors during record 'tsunami' superflu numbers during the heart of the Christmas season

Science

40 m. ago ‘Dangerous’ junior doctors’ strike begins today – putting ‘lives at risk’ as super flu cripples NHS

NHS patients should brace for long wait misery over Christmas as doctors’ strikes starting today will hit harder than previous walkouts. The British Medical Association voted to press ahead with the five-day walkout that will last until Monday. Health Secretary Wes Streeting called the decision “irresponsible and dangerous”. It comes at the height of a...

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40 m. ago NHS patients warned to brave for long wait misery as strikes starts today – and it’ll hit harder than previous walkouts

NHS patients should brace for long wait misery over Christmas as doctors’ strikes starting today will hit harder than previous walkouts, health chiefs warn. The British Medical Association has voted to press ahead with the five-day walkout that will last until Monday. Health Secretary Wes Streeting called the decision “irresponsible and dangerous”. It comes at...

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97 m. ago Newsom finds new way to troll Trump with website tracking president’s ‘criminal cronies’

Gavin Newsom has launched a new site to ‘detail the criminal records, corruption cases, and extremist ties of the people Donald Trump elevates, protects, pardons, and surrounds himself with’

Politics

1 hour ago Iconic chef plans to revive high street restaurant chain six years after administration

Famous chef Jamie Oliver is still planning to relaunch Jamie's Italian onto the UK's highstreet six years after it went into administration

Politics

1 hour ago British paratrooper killed in Ukraine to be brought back to UK

The repatriation of Lance Corporal George Hooley, 28, will take place at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire on Wednesday afternoon.

Events

2 h. ago Former NIH scientist sues Trump administration, claims illegal firing over research cuts

A former leading scientist at the National Institutes of Health has sued the Trump administration, saying she was illegally fired for warning that research cuts were endangering patients and public health

Science

3 h. ago Amazing bravery of heroic Ukrainians horrifically injured in war as pioneering Brit military unit helps their recovery

JUST three days into the Ukraine war, pensions clerk and mum-of- two Olena signed up to fight the Russians.  Her daughter’s mother-in-law had just been paralysed by an enemy missile strike in their home town of Kryvyi Rih, birthplace of President Zelensky.  Now Olena, an army sergeant, is a triple amputee in a wheelchair — and her recovery is...

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3 h. ago Rob Reiner and wife Michele 'had throats slit in bed' as new details emerge

Rob Reiner and his wife Michele are thought to have had their "throats slit in bed" and are said to have been lying dead for hours by the time their daughter discovered them

Politics

4 h. ago Donald Trump promises mystery White House announcement and claims 'best is yet to come'

Donald Trump has announced a rare address to the country, which will only be the third of his second term if he does so from the Oval Office. He did not offer up any details on what would be announced

Politics

5 h. ago Boots slashes Benefit's £97 beauty gift set to £31 with the 'best mascara ever' inside

The beauty gift set from Benefit features five of the brand's bestsellers including the Hoola Bronzer and the BADgal Bang! mascara and it's now on sale with over £60 off

Economics

5 h. ago Trump promises White House address Wednesday night but is mum on details

‘It has been a great year for our Country, and THE BEST IS YET TO COME,’ Trump said in making the announcement

Politics

5 h. ago ‘Too thin for help’: Eating disorder patients turned away because their BMI is too low

Shocking report highlights how some patients are waiting up to two years to get specialist help

Science

5 h. ago Benefit's £97 beauty gift set that includes the 'best mascara' is slashed to £31

The Benefit beauty gift set contains five of the brand's bestselling products, including a full-size BADgal Bang mascara and Benetint, and will save shoppers more than £60

Economics

5 h. ago NHS has to deal with crocodile bites and volcanic eruption injuries every year

The wackiest reasons for treatment in British hospitals have been revealed and they're packed with DIY fails, animal attacks and zero-gravity space horrors

Economics

6 h. ago UK government’s flagship workers’ rights legislation clears final hurdle

Employment rights bill heads for statute book after House of Lords backs down

Politics

6 h. ago Police chiefs urge public to be vigilant in wake of Bondi and Manchester attacks ahead of Christmas

Senior officers from Counter Terror Policing and the British Transport Police have urged the public to come forward and report any suspicious activity this Christmas in an effort to combat crime.

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7 h. ago Murdered as they slept. Rob Reiner and his wife were killed in their BED after leaving Conan O'Brien party where they argued with son

A vivid detail about how Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were found dead suggests they may have been sleeping when they were attacked.

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