21 h. ago Voices: The UK used to proudly lead the world on international aid – now we don’t save lives that we should

The £150m cut to the UK’s contribution to the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria is a mistake, writes MP Fleur Anderson. But the upcoming Budget is a chance to change course

Society

24 h. ago UK’s £150m cut to worldwide fund fighting deadly diseases will force ‘impossible life

The cut from £1bn to £850m pledged to the Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria – risking 250,000 lives – was revealed by The Independent last week

Economics

24 h. ago UK’s £150m cut to global fund fighting deadly diseases will force ‘impossible life

The cut from £1bn to £850m pledged the Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria – risking 250,000 lives –was revealed by The Independent last week

Economics

4 d. ago My life was dominated by unbelievable levels of pain, then my doctor suggested I took medical cannabis

Retired school teacher Steven Griffiths described how his life 'felt impossible' until he discovered the new way of dealing with his day-to-day pain

Science

9 d. ago Metal detectors at train stations would ‘make life impossible’, says transport secretary

Heidi Alexander says security review after Cambridgeshire train stabbings will consider all other optionsMetal-detector scanners at train stations would “make life impossible” for passengers, the transport secretary has said, adding that a review into security after a mass stabbing on a high-speed train would examine all other options.A member of train staff who intervened to protect passengers as the service approached Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire remained critically ill in hospital but his condition was now stable, Heidi Alexander also told Sky News. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Scientists are baffled after discovering 'impossible' life hidden beneath the Arctic sea ice

Scientific expeditions to the Arctic have uncovered a phenomenon that was previously thought impossible, report experts at the University of Copenhagen.

Politics

2 w. ago Posh, proud and impossible to ignore: the incredible life of Annabel Goldsmith

Born in the 1930s, the former Lady Annabel Vane-Tempest-Stewart flourished in a world that celebrated aristocratic rule-breakers. What does her story tell us about how Britain has changed?If the sitting Marquess of Londonderry died tomorrow, and in so doing bestowed a ladyhood on his 15-year-old granddaughter, would you ever know? Would you be able to find the great houses of Britain on a map, and connect them to their owners? It wouldn’t be true to say that the press has stopped covering the aristocracy, since the Telegraph diligently covers the great estates, but the discussion now comes framed by the idea of meritocracy, which is objectively pretty ridiculous. So the Hon Nick Howard told the Telegraph a fortnight ago, “If my son wants to take over [Castle Howard], he’ll have to pass an interview,” while other great estate owners stress their role as rewilders, ecowarriors or, at their most traditional, conservationists. These days, if you’re proud of heritage simply because you o...

Politics

3 w. ago Botham’s beef over not enough cricket is latest broadside in ever

Lord Beefy has ruffled feathers with his comments on England’s schedule and he has a point – just not the one he thinks he’s makingIt was a shock to hear, this week, that Ian Botham had launched a new podcast. But only because I had assumed he already had one. It seemed impossible that the life peer was the last purveyor of strong opinions to have no permanent platform on Acast. Perhaps he has simply been too content to vent: after all, Brexit is a triumph and cricket is racism-free.But perhaps he was cannily waiting for the dadcasting trend to peak and usher in the age of the granddadcast. This new venture with his old Question of Sport buddy Bill Beaumont will, undoubtedly, appeal to a certain demographic (myself included) who grew up watching the pair josh with each other across a perennially indulgent David Coleman. Continue reading...

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