People over 80 should not be worried if they are not called for the Covid-19 vaccine this month as the vast majority will have to wait until the new year
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Dame Judi Dench, Stephen Fry, Brian Cox and Dame Harriet Walter have called on the Government to fulfil its election promise to double investment in dementia research. During the last
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A victim of trafficking has been left “unemployed, dehumanised and penalised” as a result of the Home Office’s “astonishing” delay in deciding whether she has leave to remain in the
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Care home providers have appealed for patience after the Government said a mass roll-out of rapid result tests would enable residents to receive visitors by Christmas. More than a million
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Doctors may have made blanket decisions about “do not resuscitate orders” without the input of patients or their families during the first wave of the pandemic, the care watchdog has
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The UK has become the first country in the world to approve the Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech, paving the way for vaccination to start next week. The jab
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The founder of The Big Issue has described 2020 as “the worst of all years” but also a year of great social kindness, as vendors prepare to return to the
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A man who threw his 11-month-old son into a river has been found guilty of manslaughter by diminished responsibility. Baby Zakari Bennett-Eko (pictured) died after he was pulled from the
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced a one-off payment for Scotland’s health and social care staff as a ‘thank you for their extraordinary service’ throughout the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. A
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Six million people will lose out if the Government becomes the first since the Great Depression to cut unemployment benefits during a crisis, Labour has claimed. MPs heard that 5.8
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