17 h. ago Kemi Badenoch accuses Starmer of 'not having the baubles' to stop resident doctors' five day strike as the NHS battles super flu outbreak

Kemi Badenoch has accused Sir Keir Starmer of 'not having the baubles' to stop the resident doctors' five-day strike amid Britain's super flu outbreak. 

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22 h. ago Neonatal nurse surprised with free holiday for working Christmas on maternity leave

A NHS nurse from Derby has given up Christmas Day multiple times to work in the neonatal unit - even whilst on maternity leave with her own premature baby

Politics

33 h. ago 'Momentous day' as NHS ramps up support for domestic and sex abuse victims

The Government has pledged to end the postcode lottery of support as part of the biggest crackdown on violence against women and girls in history

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65 h. ago Violent brute denied battering woman and told cops 'she's twice the size of me'

Dylan Read, 22, drank Dragon Soop before he attacked the woman and left her with a serious injury that required surgery.

Politics

3 d. ago Woman diagnosed with brain tumour after hospital visit for broken wrist

Alison Whybrow, 59 went to A&E with a fractured wrist after a fall but was left stunned when scans revealed a brain tumour.

Science

3 d. ago Hospitals in England ‘face dangerous winter overcrowding due to discharge delays’

Exclusive: Analysis of NHS data shows rise in patients ‘stranded’ in beds as flu crisis hits and resident doctors’ strikes loomHospitals in England face dangerous overcrowding this winter because even more patients than last year are “stranded” in a bed, according to an analysis of NHS figures.The findings come as the health service struggles to cope with the early onset of its usual winter crisis driven by a crippling “flu-nami” and the NHS in England is bracing itself for a five-day strike by resident doctors starting on Wednesday.The percentage of bed days used by patients whose discharge was delayed rose from 10.1% in 2024 to 11% this year, an increase of 9% or 19,000 bed days.That rise was driven by an 8% year-on-year rise in the number of discharges, equivalent to about 3,800 patients a month.The number of the NHS’s overall stock of about 100,000 general and acute beds occupied last winter by delayed discharge patients hit a peak of 14%, but it is likely to be even higher this...

Politics

3 d. ago Elderly woman, 87, who died in Linlithgow car crash named by police

Isabella Cordner, 87, known as Isa, died following the crash on the A706 near Linlithgow last week.

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3 d. ago First picture of woman, 87, killed in horror crash on Scots road as three others seriously injured

A WOMAN who died in a horror smash on a Scots road has been named. Isabella Cordner, 87, lost her life in a crash on the A706 near Carriber Mill at around 6.55pm on Friday, December 5. The fatal collision involved a red Honda Civic and a silver Volkswagen T‑Roc. Isabella, known as Isa, was...

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5 d. ago NHS chief 'Sleepy Jim' orders crackdown on staff working from home

He is the head of the NHS who 'runs the national health service from a train carriage' and snoozes in the middle of the working day. Now he is leading a crackdown on NHS staff working from home

Politics

5 d. ago Scots woman delighted as boyfriend builds her giant Jellycat Advent Calendar

Declan Quinn built the giant advent calendar in two weeks - which is topped with fake snow, and a Jellycat logo.

Politics

5 d. ago Cops reveal no crime established after report of woman raped in Scots woods

POLICE have closed a rape inquiry after concluding that 'no crime' has been established. Cops launched a major manhunt after a woman reported a serious sexual assault in a secluded woodland in Kirkcaldy, Fife. The rape was said to have happened in the early hours of Sunday, 7 December this year between 2am and 5am,...

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5 d. ago The cheese, cracker and chutney combinations that can make a festive cheeseboard a nutritional powerhouse

The NHS recommends that we eat around 30g of cheese a day-but who's weighing out their wedges of cheddar when there's a stack of crackers and quince jam to get through?

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7 d. ago Scots woman who broke her back on holiday becomes firefighter after learning to walk

Chelsea Taylor, 34, suffered the horror fall while on holiday in Costa Rica in 2022.

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7 d. ago BMA to survey resident doctors on new offer aimed at ending five day NHS walkout

Resident doctors are due to walkout for five days from 7am on Wednesday as they pursue a 26 per cent pay rise on top of the 28.9 per cent they have received over the past three years.

Politics

7 d. ago Flu jab urgent one day deadline as NHS warns 'it's now or never'

The new H3N2 “subclade K” strain is behind a recent surge in cases of a particularly nasty flu this winter

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7 d. ago Woman dies at Edinburgh Asda supermarket after feeling unwell

A 64-year-old woman died at an Edinburgh supermarket after emergency services raced to reports of someone falling unwell.

Events

7 d. ago Woman dies at Asda supermarket as police race to Edinburgh store

The woman sadly died at the scene.

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8 d. ago Woman who fed toddler adult medicine in murder bid branded 'utterly wicked' by judge

"It is difficult to see that anything could adequately explain or justify what you have done to the child."

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9 d. ago Woman who answered 'astronaut wanted' ad to become Britain's first person in space to headline festival

The first headline speakers at the Edinburgh Science Festival have been announced

Technology

9 d. ago Kirkcaldy incident: Police hunt sex attacker after woman raped in woods

Police are urging anyone with information to come forward while enquiries are ongoing.

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