The number of GP appointments in England with a four-week wait has increased by nearly 250,000 since Labour came to power, official figures show. Every region experienced a significant rise in long waits in the 18 months following Sir Keir Starmer’s appointment as prime minister. Analysis of NHS England data revealed that in November 2025,
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A widower who suffered a cardiac arrest on an empty beach was saved thanks to the quick thinking of his loyal dog. David Howarth, 71, collapsed on Sandbanks beach in Poole, Dorset, after a swim, with no one around except his five-year-old black Labrador, Beau. Recognising something was wrong, Beau ran along the beach barking,
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As the UK enters 2026, understanding the global backdrop is essential to judging the country’s economic prospects. The international environment points to modest growth and low inflation, but rising competition in export markets, elevated debt levels, and geopolitical tensions add layers of risk and uncertainty. Financial market volatility may intensify, and policy unpredictability will persist.
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A year after a night out in Laos turned tragic, Bethany Clarke, 28, is campaigning to prevent further deaths from methanol-tainted alcohol, following the death of her best friend and five other travellers. In November 2024, Clarke and Simone White, also 28, consumed vodka at the Nana Backpackers Hostel in Vang Vieng. Clarke survived, but
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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has reported significant advances in its rebuilding programme, with inspection backlogs nearly eliminated and a wide-ranging consultation guiding the next stage of regulatory reform. At the start of 2025, around 500 assessment reports were pending. This figure has now dropped to just four, demonstrating a dramatic improvement in processing and
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Alaa Abd El-Fattah, the British-Egyptian pro-democracy activist and former political prisoner, has been reunited with his family in the UK following the lifting of a travel ban by Egyptian authorities. The release prompted expressions of support from UK Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, who described the development as a “delight.” However, scrutiny of historical social
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New research from Nationwide and Dementia UK shows that middle-aged men feel significantly less prepared than younger men when it comes to looking after someone with dementia. The survey of 2,000 men without current caring responsibilities aimed to understand how comfortable men feel accessing support and the challenges they face. The findings reveal a stark
Recent collapses of historic canals in northwest England and Shropshire have highlighted the vulnerability of the country’s waterways amid increasingly extreme weather. On New Year’s Eve 2024, a section of the Bridgewater Canal in north Cheshire gave way after heavy rain destabilised an embankment that had stood for more than 250 years, flooding surrounding farmland.
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London’s most expensive homes are changing hands and changing purpose as wealthy non-domiciled residents leave the UK and overseas buyers move in, snapping up prime properties as occasional “holiday mansions” rather than full-time residences. New analysis of official sales data for homes sold at £15 million or more in 2025 reveals a striking shift in
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When Linda Westcarr was told that her daughter had been killed by her controlling boyfriend, her first thought was not of grief but of fear. She worried immediately about the safety of her one year old granddaughter. Kennedi Westcarr Sabaroche, a 25 year old social media marketer, was strangled in her car by Gogoa Lois
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