NHS will pay for more patients to undergo treatment at private hospital in bid to cut backlog More NHS patients will be sent to private hospitals to reduce record waiting lists Around six per cent of care in October was private – 450,000 appointments  Nineteen community diagnostic centres announced to reduce Covid backlog  Health Secretary Steve Barclay said NHS facing ‘unprecedented […]

Rupert Murdoch will be deposed next week as part of Dominion Voting Systems’ $US1.6 billion ($2.4 billion) defamation suit against Fox News over the media company’s reports on a conspiracy theory about the 2020 presidential election. Dominion has been gathering evidence and testimony to help prove its allegation that Fox News recklessly aired claims that the voting-machine company rigged the […]

‘There has not even been a whiff of trouble’: Police chief says NO England football fans have been arrested during World Cup and says difficulty in accessing alcohol and cocaine in Qatar has ‘calming effect” ‘The difficulty in accessing alcohol and cocaine has had a calming effect’ among England fans at the World Cup Chief Superintendent Steve Graham said  No England […]

A venomous snake has attacked a seven-year-old girl who was grabbing hold of a banana when she was bitten. With venom capable of inflicting necrosis and limb loss, the bothrops jararaca is Brazil's fourth most dangerous snake as a family worryingly found out last Thursday (December 1) . At around 6.30am, a girl woke up at her family home in […]

Just Stop Oil pair who plastered John Constable’s masterpiece The Hay Wain with ‘dystopian’ posters that left it needing £1,000 of repairs are found guilty of causing criminal damage Hannah Hunt, 23, and Eben Lazarus, 22, attacked artwork at the National Gallery  The eco-vandals, both of Trowbridge, glued their hands to its frame on July 4 Each have been convicted and will be sentenced on […]

Alternative Christmas advert depicting a young widower struggling to buy his son a present, working by candlelight and going hungry amid the cost of living crisis leaves viewers sobbing as it is dubbed ‘better than John Lewis’ Amateur filmmaker Sam Teale’s alternative Christmas advert goes viral  Tear-jerking film follows bereaved dad struggling with the cost-of-living crisis  ‘The GoKart’ was filmed […]

A very wanted man! Police hunting drugs suspect are flooded with messages from swooning admirers after issuing ‘stunning’ mugshot Admirers flood police appeal with comments about ‘handsome’ suspect  Humberside Police are looking for 36-year-old Robert Rimmer  Some eager eyed women commented on the suspect’s toned and tanned body Officers are keen to speak to him about drug offences in Yorkshire Police […]

A HEARTBROKEN dad has slammed his son's mum after she left the baby to die alone in sweltering heat while she went shopping. Stacey Davis left Ethan Davis, one, trapped in his cot for nearly three hours in a 27C room with no windows open or fan. The callous 35-year-old had gone out to run errands and visit a park in Melksham, […]

Erdogan issues warning to Greece We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Greece has been told it risks provoking the wrath of Turkey if it persists with […]