5 h. ago Coronation Street fans gobsmacked as they hear Mick actor's real voice for first time

Coronation Street actor Joe Layton, who plays Mick Michaelis in the ITV soap, left viewers gobsmacked as they heard his real voice during an appearance on This Morning

Politics

29 h. ago Voices: Is it time to give up on the NHS, our national religion?

The former health secretary Sajid Javid says we should charge £20 for GP appointments and replace the health service with a Dutch-style social insurance system – just as Wes Streeting warns the doctors that they are paving the way for Nigel Farage to do just that, writes John Rentoul

Politics

45 h. ago Hundreds of cystic fibrosis patients become eligible for ‘life

Some people with the rarest forms of the disease have been unable to access the latest medicines.

Science

4 d. ago Anisimova endures a hot Wimbledon nightmare after entering the Swiatek bakery | Jonathan Liew

American’s double bagel defeat was a meltdown that nobody saw coming but she can come back from heartbreakThis is what a scream with no vowels sounds like. This is the weight of the soul leaving the body. The arms are no longer connected to the legs, the legs have been severed from the lungs, the lungs have lost contact with the heart and the heart is getting ghosted by the brain. Amanda Anisimova sits on her chair, baking in the heat, stewing in sadness. She dabs her face with a towel and hopes people won’t notice she’s wiping away tears.A faint voice from the outer edge of the universe calls time. She still has to go out there. She takes a deep breath. Lifts herself from her seat and takes the 18 long steps to her mark just behind the baseline. Ever found it a struggle getting up to go to work? Try summoning the strength to face Iga Swiatek when you’re losing 6-0, 5-0 in a Wimbledon final. Continue reading...

Politics

8 d. ago Voices: It’s time football clubs paid the price of policing matches

The head of the Met is is right that taxpayers shouldn’t be paying the than £70m-a-year cost of match-day policing, says Chris Blackhurst – the filthy-rich Premiership clubs and their billionaire owners should be footing the bill

Events

1 week ago Voices: It is time to release prisoners trapped by inhuman endless jail terms

Thousands of offenders are caught in a cruel legal limbo by IPP sentencing. Indeterminate prison terms are not only unjust, they point to a failure of political courage and leadership, says former chief prosecutor Nazir Afzal

Events

1 week ago America haunted after hearing Bryan Kohberger's voice for the first time

Bryan Kohberger stunned America after he pleaded guilty to the brutal killings of four Idaho college students - making it the first time the public has heard his voice.

Politics

2 w. ago Voices: Why it’s time Wonder Woman was allowed to live her bisexual truth

For the fifth year running, Wonder Woman has been excluded from DC Comics’ Pride anthology, writes Peter Tatchell. The superhero comic publisher’s failure to acknowledge the Amazon’s queer identity is straightwashing and shoves her to the back of the closet

Politics

2 w. ago NHS Scotland: Why the future of five delayed treatment centres will now not be known until December

Proposals to open the NHS national treatment centres were put on hold in February 2024.

Politics

2 w. ago Voices: Why it is time for a new era for global aid and development

The Fourth Financing for Development Conference in Seville must set a clear roadmap towards achieving three major changes, writes minister for international development Jenny Chapman

Politics

3 w. ago Voices: As Tesla’s sales continue to slump, is it time for Elon Musk to step aside?

The former ‘first buddy’ is back in the driving seat of his car business, but hasn’t been able to take the brakes off decline in the key European market since leaving the White House. So who else might be able to turn around the fortunes of the EV juggernaut, asks James Moore

Politics

3 w. ago Voices: Why it’s time you got off Google and used a different search engine instead

Britain’s competition regulator is concerned about the search giant’s market domination – as are watchdogs in the US and the EU. But might the problem yet fix itself, asks James Moore

Politics

3 w. ago England's most DANGEROUS maternity units exposed as health chiefs launch urgent review into scandal

The probe will look at the 10 worst performing  maternity and neonatal services in the country, including Leeds, Sussex, Gloucester, and Mid and South Essex.

Science

3 w. ago Streeting launches national investigation after NHS maternity scandals

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has announced the launch of a national investigation into NHS maternity services.

Events

3 w. ago Streeting launches 'urgent' national investigation into NHS maternity care with a rapid review of the 10 'worst

It comes after Mr Streeting met families who have lost babies and amid the ongoing investigations at some NHS trusts into poor maternity care.

Events

3 w. ago Government launches national investigation into NHS maternity services

The rapid investigation comes after Health Secretary Wes Streeting met with families who have lost babies due to poor maternity care.

Politics

3 w. ago Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s charities identify new ways to reuse current drugs

Experts said there are ‘commonalities’ between the diseases which mean some drugs may work for both.

Events

3 w. ago Now militant doctors demand the right to walkout on 'heat strike' as temperatures soar

Members of the British Medical Association (BMA) are calling on the union to demand that the NHS adopts a 'national maximum workplace temperature'.

Society

3 w. ago Voices: It’s time every police force atoned for its homophobic witch

The formal apologies issued by 21 British chief constables for historic homophobia have strengthened community and trust, says Independent Pride List honoree, Peter Tatchell. But 24 other forces aren't seeing why this is so crucial

Events

3 w. ago Voices: It’s time every police force atoned for its homophobic witch hunts 

The formal apologies issued by 21 British chief constables for historic homophobia have strengthened community and trust, says Independent Pride List honoree, Peter Tatchell. But 24 other forces aren’t seeing why this is so crucial

Events