5 d. ago Trump’s health cuts leave ‘huge void’ in Buffalo, New York – and patients fearing lack of care

After a traumatic brain injury, Rita Buckley worries the skills she worked hard to regain will atrophy as the largest healthcare provider in the area closes clinicsAfter Rita Buckley slipped on a sidewalk, hitting her jaw so hard she broke four teeth and sustained a traumatic brain injury, she struggled to tell red and green apart. Turning her head could make her lightheaded or, worse, spark a devastating headache. She fought to remember basic daily tasks. Driving became impossible, as did the idea of continuing to work as a nurse.But at Buffalo Therapy Services, a clinic near her home in the suburb of East Aurora, New York, Buckley felt hopeful. For more than a year, she worked diligently with the clinic’s cognitive and occupational therapists. They took her into the darkened staff room and flashed red and green lasers so she could relearn the difference. They taught her to write everything down, to help with her lack of short-term memory. They made a list of what she wanted to acc...

Science

5 d. ago Tories and Reform accuse Labour of 'running scared' of voters after Keir Starmer's ministers open door for 63 councils to scrap next May's elections

Labour's move would rob more than 10million people of a vote in May. And with half the councils involved run by Labour, it could limit the party's losses and boost Sir Keir's chances of survival.

Politics

6 d. ago The £6billion cost of Keir Starmer's new bid to suck up to Brussels: PM is accused of 'throwing billions away' to reverse Brexit

Ministers defended the cost of rejoining the so-called Erasmus scheme, which could hit almost £1 billion a year, saying it would provide priceless benefits to students looking to study abroad.

Economics

7 d. 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. 

Events

7 d. ago Doctors strike live: Starmer dodges question on NHS walkout ban despite hammering ‘dangerous’ strikes at PMQs

Resident doctors have started a five-day walkout

Society

8 d. ago It's not just the country that's in the red! Reeves and Starmer see personal ratings plunge to new record lows after Budget lies scandal

YouGov research found just 18 per cent of the public now have a positive view of the PM, his worst score so far.

Politics

1 week ago Small boats migrants should be allowed to live and work in the UK, says Zack Polanski

The Green Party leader has accused Sir Keir Starmer and Labour of matching ‘the racist rhetoric of the far right, from Nigel Farage to Tommy Robinson’

Events

1 week ago DAN HODGES: Reeves' attack dog berated me for saying she lied about the Budget. But even Larry the Downing Street cat knows I'm right

'May I ask the Chancellor a simple question? Did she at any point authorise or allow confidential details of the Budget or the forecast to be briefed to the Press - yes or no?' 'No,' she replied.

Events

1 week ago ‘No one can get in my head’ –  Luke Littler tells rivals not to bother with mind games at £1m World Darts Championship

LUKE LITTLER will not be rattled if rivals attempt mind games as they all chase darts’ first £1million prize. The expanded 20-day PDC World Darts Championship starts on Thursday at Ally Pally and the overall winner will earn a bumper payday on January 3, 2026. Yet anyone trying to unsettle defending champion Littler, 18, will...

Economics

2 w. ago Found another black hole, Chancellor? Reeves says she 'reserves the right' to hammer Britain with MORE taxes as she is grilled by MPs over Budget lies scandal

Rachel Reeves pointedly refused to repeat the explicit guarantee she gave - and then broke - in the wake of her first eye-watering raid last year.

Economics

2 w. ago Now shameless Rachel Reeves moans there were 'too many leaks' about Budget as she tells MPs she's hunting for a mole (but it definitely wasn't her)

Rachel Reeves insisted she was 'frustrated' and is now 'doing something about it' by launching an official probe into who was responsible.

Politics

2 w. ago Student who made 'tea towel' headscarf remark after dubbed 'wannabe Jew' suspended

Brodie Mitchell is suing Royal Holloway, University of London, after he was suspended for telling a peer she was wearing a 'tea towel' on her head in response to being called a 'wannabe Jew'

Politics

2 w. ago Rachel Reeves escapes ministerial ethics probe over Budget lies as standards tsar rejects Farage's demand for Chancellor to be investigated

Reform leader Nigel Farage had demanded the Chancellor be investigated for saying there was a black hole in the public finances of more than £20billion, which it later emerged did not exist.

Politics

2 w. ago Edward Kane and The Voice of the Spider. Chapter 12: Tiny Shards of Green Glass

Here’s a question: when a blind person is hit over the head with a bottle, do they see stars? Perhaps it depends on what is meant by the words ‘seeing’ and ‘stars’. Scientists tell us that a blow to the head can cause significant pressure on the eyes, especially the light-sensitive cells at the back of the eye. The bang on the head can activate those cells and the brain reads their activation as flashes, spots and stars.

Events

3 w. ago Now Rachel Reeves' claim to be a junior chess champion is called into question days after her Budget lies

The Chancellor told the Guardian directly in 2023 that she was the British U-14 girls champion, and the claim has appeared in profiles of the Labour MP since at least 2011.

Politics

3 w. ago Reeves accused of forcing OBR chief to quit after watchdog revealed truth about Budget black hole

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has accused Rachel Reeves for forcing Richard Hughes to resign as chairman of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) because he revealed that she had potentially misled the public over the existence of a spending black hole

Politics

3 w. ago Starmer accused of forcing out OBR head for 'telling the truth' about Reeves' Budget lies in PMQs hammering

In bitter clashes at PMQs, Kemi Badenoch repeatedly battered the PM over the chaos engulfing the fiscal package.

Politics

3 w. ago Watch PMQs live: Keir Starmer accuses Kemi Badenoch of 'completely losing the plot'

Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing off with Tory leader Kemi Badenoch for the first time since the Budget was unveiled by Chancellor Rachel Reeves last week

Politics

3 w. ago Now Rachel Reeves's claim to be a junior chess champion is called into question days after her Budget lies

The Chancellor told the Guardian directly in 2023 that she was the British U-14 girls champion, and the claim has appeared in profiles of the Labour MP since at least 2011.

Politics

3 w. ago Now watchdog bites back at Chancellor: Day after its chairman was forced to quit over Budget shambles, OBR turn screw on Reeves to 'set the record straight'

Rachel Reeves faced fresh calls to quit last night as the war of words with Britain's top economic watchdog intensified.

Politics