67 h. ago Labour leadership live: Starmer warns aides ‘I’ll fire you’ for briefing against ministers amid Streeting saga

Concerns around Labour Party leadership deepens ahead of Rachel Reeves’s upcoming Budget

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68 h. ago NHS will face pressure this winter during ‘challenging’ flu season, says Swinney

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar accused the Government of forcing the health service to ‘breaking point’.

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2 d. ago Labour leadership latest: Starmer must find and ‘get rid’ of aide behind Streeting coup leaks, Miliband warns

Concern around the Labour leadership has deepened ahead of Rachel Reeves’s Budget on 26 November

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3 d. ago Labour leadership latest: Starmer will ‘get rid’ of aide responsible for Streeting coup leaks, Miliband warns

Concern around the Labour leadership has deepened ahead of Rachel Reeves’s Budget on 26 November

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3 d. ago Health Secretary Wes Streeting warns striking doctors 'Nigel Farage waits in the wings'

The Health Secretary revealed that the doctors' trade union is among 'the most effective lobbyists' against paying higher tax - 'effectively saying 'we want other people to pay for higher salaries for doctors''

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3 d. ago Wes Streeting compares doctors’ union to the cartel as he warns strikes will cost NHS hundreds of millions of pounds

The health secretary claimed the British Medical Association is no longer a voice for doctors as he shrugged off Labour leadership claims and urged medics to call off the strikes

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3 d. ago From Streeting to Miliband: Who could challenge Keir Starmer for the leadership?

Keir Starmer appears to be in so much trouble holding on as Labour leader and PM that Downing Street had to warn his potential successors. Political editor David Maddox looks at who could replace him

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4 d. ago Met Office says when heavy rain will return to Greater Manchester after 'streets flooded' and UK warnings issued

The region is braced for another gloomy day

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4 d. ago Downing Street warns plotting ministers that Starmer will fight attempted coup

Wes Streeting denies making moves to replace the PM as other ministers also linked to background manoeuvres

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4 d. ago Downing Street warn plotting ministers that Starmer will fight attempted coup

Wes Streeting denies plotting to replace the PM amid reports several ministers making moves to replace PM

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5 d. ago Unrwa has the capacity and expertise to support a postwar Gaza. We want to help make this peace work | Philippe Lazzarini

With a ceasefire in place, rebuilding must begin, justice be delivered and healing seriously addressed by Palestinian and Israeli societiesPhilippe Lazzarini is the commissioner-general of UnrwaAfter two years of brutal warfare in Gaza, a fragile ceasefire – the first phase of US president Donald Trump’s 20-point plan – offers some respite to an exhausted population. For my Unrwa colleagues on the ground in Gaza, the constant fear of being killed by bombs and guns may have abated, but there is still much to worry about – access to shelter, food and clean water remains challenging, and winter is approaching fast.There is no time to lose in tackling widespread hunger and disease. The scale of physical and psychological trauma is immense, and expectations about access to healthcare and education are growing. The next weeks and months will determine whether this watershed moment will lead to a new dawn or be a prelude to greater despair.Philippe Lazzarini is commissioner-general of the ...

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7 d. ago Police warn parents after 'warzone' on streets as kids throw fireworks

Police officers in Bolton, Manchester have issued a stark warning to parents after kids were seen lighting fireworks and throwing them at members of the public and police in the street

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8 d. ago Almost 9million pensioners to be hit by Rachel Reeves's income tax raid as Chancellor 'tells Budget watchdog she will break Labour's manifesto pledge'

The Chancellor has paved the way for fresh levy hikes later this month after she used a Downing Street speech on Tuesday to warn Britons: 'Each of us must do our bit.'

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8 d. ago Almost 9million pensioners to be hit by Rachel Reeves' income tax raid as Chancellor 'tells Budget watchdog she will break Labour's manifesto pledge'

The Chancellor has paved the way for fresh levy hikes later this month after she used a Downing Street speech on Tuesday to warn Britons: 'Each of us must do our bit.'

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9 d. ago Probation Service being 'set up to fail' under Labour soft justice bill, warn Lords

The Probation Service is being 'set up to fail' under Labour's soft justice bill raising fears about monitoring of violent criminals set loose on the streets, Lords warned today.

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1 week ago Wes Streeting warns of NHS staff facing a rising tide of ‘1970s

Mr Streeting urged patients not to take out their frustration on staff amid the challenges facing the NHS this winter.

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1 week ago Dog found abandoned on street after being shot in head twice by cruel owner

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: A dog was found abandoned on the street after being shot in the head twice by her cruel owner - but has since been rescued and found a loving home

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1 week ago Radiographers sound alarm over 'unsafe' high street baby scans which are wrongly telling parents their baby has DIED

Radiologists have warned high street baby scans are being carried out by untrained professionals, resulting in babies being misdiagnosed as having died and emergencies being missed.

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1 week ago UK’s unregulated pregnancy scan clinics putting lives in danger, say experts

Hospital specialists report cases of missed health problems, misdiagnosed conditions, and women erroneously told their babies had diedHigh street clinics offering pregnancy scans could be putting unborn babies and their mothers in danger through a lack of properly trained staff, UK experts have warned.According to the Society for Radiographers (SoR), high street clinics have seen a huge growth in numbers. However, hospital specialists say they have seen cases of missed health problems, misdiagnosed conditions, and situations in which women were erroneously told their babies were malformed or had died. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Fears for 8,000 British tourists stranded in Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa, with warnings that CROCODILES could be swimming in the flooded streets and environment will be deadly for weeks

As many as 8,000 British citizens are on the island, which last night was struck by one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history that left 'catastrophic winds' and 'flash flooding' in its wake.

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