3 h. ago In 1948 a Labour government founded the NHS. My job now is to make it fit for the future | Wes Streeting

Our 10-year plan, backed by an extra £29bn, will transform the service through AI and neighbourhood care – and hand power back to patientsWes Streeting is secretary of state for health and social careThere are moments in our national story when our choices define who we are. In 1948, Clement Attlee’s government made a choice founded on fairness: that everyone in our country deserves to receive the care they need, not the care they can afford.That the National Health Service was created amid the rubble and ruin of the aftermath of war makes that choice all the more remarkable. It enshrined in law and in the service itself our collective conviction that healthcare is not a privilege to be bought and sold, but a right to be cherished and protected. Now it falls to our generation to make the same choice.Wes Streeting is secretary of state for health and social care Continue reading...

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5 h. ago The world's richest (homeless) man could be driven to an idyllic safe haven... but it'll ignite a huge firestorm

He's the richest man in the world with unlimited funds and an army of supporters who have his back. But he could be in deep trouble after falling out with his former best friend.

Events

6 h. ago Scaffolding collapses and smashes window after falling into building on Scots street

The near miss caused a loud bang to echo around the area.

Politics

7 h. ago No 10 defends chancellor after day of bitter recriminations over welfare bill fiasco

Rachel Reeves said to have PM’s full backing after she was in tears in the Commons amid fallout of Labour’s welfare bill U-turnKeir Starmer has been forced to defend his chancellor after a day in which the bitter recriminations over Labour’s welfare bill fiasco appeared to leave Rachel Reeves in tears and the markets in turmoil.Ministers said there would be long-lasting implications for the government’s spending priorities after it was forced to abandon the central plank of its welfare changes to prevent a damaging defeat by rebel MPs. Continue reading...

Economics

7 h. ago Former Royal Navy head sacked over affair with subordinate officer

Ministry of Defence says Ben Key’s conduct fell far short of standards expected following investigationBen Key, the head of the Royal Navy, has been fired and stripped of his commission after it was discovered that the married admiral had been having an affair with a female subordinate.The Ministry of Defence said Key’s behaviour had been found to have fallen far short of the standards expected following an investigation, triggered after the woman’s husband made a complaint. Continue reading...

Society

7 h. ago Former head of Royal Navy sacked over affair with subordinate officer

Ministry of Defence says Ben Key’s conduct fell far short of standards expected after investigationThe former head of the Royal Navy, Ben Key, has been fired and stripped of his commission after it was discovered that the married admiral had been having an affair with a female subordinate.The Ministry of Defence said Key’s behaviour had been found to have fallen far short of the standards expected, after an investigation triggered when the woman’s husband made a complaint. Continue reading...

Society

9 h. ago Former Navy head sacked after ‘falling short of values and standards expected’

Admiral Sir Ben Key was reportedly suspended from his role as First Sea Lord over claims he had an affair with a female subordinate

Politics

9 h. ago Worries over future of Chancellor hit UK stocks, the pound and bond markets

A sharper fall for the FTSE 250 typified a drab day for more UK-focused stocks.

Events

10 h. ago Disney Dream cruise passengers reveal horrifying moment mom realized her daughter fell overboard

Woman saw her five year-old fall off $900 million ship — and watched her husband jump into the sea to rescue her

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10 h. ago Diddy's nemesis 50 Cent makes shock quip while Aubrey O'Day feels 'sick' as stars react to bombshell verdict

Hollywood is reeling after a bombshell verdict dropped Wednesday in the federal trial of fallen hip-hop mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs.

Events

11 h. ago Caitlin Clark sends message to halftime performer Red Panda after she suffered injury falling off unicycle

Red Panda was performing in the middle of the Indiana Fever and the Minnesota Lynx game on Tuesday

Events

12 h. ago Grieving gran of murdered schoolboy Logan Mwangi falls from 200ft cliff in suspected suicide

Clare Williamson, 64, from Bridgend, south Wales, was the grandmother of five-year-old Logan Mwangi, who she described as 'the apple of her eye' and was brutally murdered in 2021

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12 h. ago TfL accuse mum who lost limbs falling down Tube gap of 'contributing' to own injuries

Sarah de Lagarde, 46, lost two of her limbs when a train ran over her body as it left High Barnet station in North London with another coming in and crushing her again

Events

12 h. ago Disney Dream cruise passengers reveal horrifying moment mom realised her daughter fell overboard

The woman saw her five year-old fall off the $900 million ship - and then watched her husband jump into the waters to try and rescue her

Politics

13 h. ago Lorde caught in the crosshairs as new release sparks heated 'bushtok' debate

Lorde has literally bared all for her new album Virgin. Fans have been bestowed a surprising new photo included in her vinyl release, which has sparked calls for a 'full bush summer'

Society

14 h. ago Eminem, AI and me: why artists need new laws in the digital age | Alexander Hurst

I can’t can’t quote a single line from a song in my book. So how can big tech legally feast on all the lyrics ever written?In the 74,833 words of a book I am writing, there are six words that, when strung together in a specific 12-word sequence, I cannot say. It’s a single line from the song Bloodbuzz Ohio by the National, which goes: “I still owe money to the money to the money I owe.”My book is a memoir about the psychological toll that what I term “desperation capitalism” took on millennials in particular, and how it pushed tens of millions of people to try to find a way out of financial precarity by engaging in high-risk financial activity. It’s told through the lens of my own experience of falling deeper and deeper under the spell as I spent 11 months trading a few thousand dollars into more than $1.2m, and then 18 months chasing my losses all the way down to zero. Well, more than zero, in fact, since by the end I owed the US government nearly $100,000 in taxes on phantom gains...

Politics

14 h. ago How The Spice Girls have been plagued by infighting and scandal

While they may have sung that 'friendship never ends', the Spice Girls struggled to practise what they preached, famously falling out on several occasions.

Politics

14 h. ago Brits reveal top behaviours that boost confidence in investing and saving

Brits’ financial confidence has grown in the last 12 months – despite economic uncertainty, recent volatility in the stock market and falling interest rates.

Economics

15 h. ago BBC film leaves fans 'in constant state of anxiety' with 'nerve

Fall, also known as The Fall, is a 2022 psychological thriller film directed by Scott Mann and written by Jonathan Frank and Scott Mann

Politics

15 h. ago Marks and Spencer gives huge update on online shopping recovery following cyber attack

The high street firm is still dealing with the fallout of the hacking scandal - but there are positive signs.

Economics