Stormont’s First Minister has said she respectfully disagrees with a leading medical body’s assessment that new restrictions for Northern Ireland are “too little, too late”. Arlene Foster was responding to
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The criminal justice system was “fairly brutal” on alleged victims of child sexual abuse at the time Lord Janner was accused of historic offences, an inquiry heard. Retired senior police
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A ward at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary has closed in the latest coronavirus outbreak at a hospital in Scotland. No new admissions or visitors will be allowed in Ward 212 –
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Boris Johnson’s Tory government was accused of treating the North with “contempt” after a bitter row erupted over proposed coronavirus lockdown restrictions. Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham (pictured) said the
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Private sector consultants are being paid day rates of around £7,000 by the Government to help with its coronavirus test and trace system, according to reports. Sky News said it
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Millions more people in London and across England will face tougher coronavirus restrictions from Saturday. The capital, along with Essex, Elmbridge, Barrow-in-Furness, York, North East Derbyshire, Erewash and Chesterfield will
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Councils make it harder for families who rent – or who are not “a perfect ethnic match” – to adopt, leaving children being “bounced around the system” waiting for a
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Northern Ireland is to enter a period of intensified coronavirus restrictions after the Stormont executive announced closures of schools, pubs and restaurants. Pubs and restaurants will close for four weeks,
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An NHS trust has apologised unreservedly to a patient and his family after he was restrained on 19 occasions so staff could forcibly treat him. East Kent Hospitals University NHS
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International healthcare workers should have their visas automatically renewed for free to ensure they can help tackle the UK’s second wave of coronavirus, the British Medical Association (BMA) has said.
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