37 h. ago Grim figures show rise in shoplifting and knife crime as Tories blamed for crisis

Figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveals shoplifting cases hit a record high in 2024, while there were almost 55,000 knife crime incidents recorded in England and Wales

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5 d. ago Surge in NHS 'trolley waits' of 24 hours or more in recent years

The grim NHS data shows there were at least 49,000 incidents of people waiting 24 hours or longer in A&E after a decision to admit them to hospital to a patient finding a bed

Politics

8 d. ago One in five teachers hit or punched by pupils in the past year, shocking survey shows

The NASUWT says there have been 30,000 violent incidents against teachers involving pupils with a weapon in the last 12 months

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2 w. ago My insurer left me with a £10,000 bill for air ambulance mountain rescue I didn't even need: SALLY SORTS IT

Last July, I had a medical incident while on holiday in Austria. I forked out £10,000 of my own funds to settle the bills, but had little meaningful contact with the insurer. Please help.

Economics

2 w. ago Nearly 20,000 serious childcare incidents including deaths occurred in England's nurseries in the past five years, figures reveal 

Nurseries made more than 4,200 reports of serious childcare incidents in 2023-24, up by 40 per cent on 2019-20, with the figures suggesting a worrying rise in child safeguarding breaches.

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3 w. ago ITV Good Morning Britain's Susanna Reid halts show to declare 'major incident'

Good Morning Britain presenter Susanna Reid declared a "major incident" in Birmingham after more than 17,000 tones of rubbish piled up across the city

Culture

3 w. ago Revealed: The number of council hall fat cats earning more than £100,000 as report reveals a record surge in six

Despite hitting families with inflation-busting tax hikes, and more kicking in today, at least 262 local authority chiefs were handed more than £200,000 in pay, pensions, pay-offs and bonuses.

Economics

3 w. ago Birmingham City Council declares major incident over bin strike: Chaos as 17,000 tonnes of waste remains uncollected as picket lines block rubbish trucks at depots

Members of the Unite union in Birmingham are holding an all-out strike which has led to rubbish piling up in the streets.

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3 w. ago Major incident declared over bin strike as 17,000 tonnes of waste left to rot

The all-out strike has led to rubbish piling up in the streets and residents complaining about rats

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3 w. ago Stunned Welsh rugby club catch motorbike vandals in the act as they tear up pitch

Video footage has been passed to South Wales Police after the incident caused potentially £12,000 of damage

Transport

4 w. ago Most Americans, including 60 percent of Republicans, troubled by Signalgate: Poll

According to the poll of almost 6,000 U.S. adults, 53 percent of respondents said the incident was a ‘very serious’ problem

Politics

last month The shocking rise of violent crime in Britain's classrooms: New report reveals nearly 100,000 incidents in three years with seven

Police forces across Britain including in London, Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire have reported nearly 100,000 violent pupil-on-pupil attacks in the last three years.

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