Thousands of ambulance workers and other NHS staff will strike on December 21 in a row over pay, unions have announced. The GMB, Unison and Unite are co-ordinating industrial action
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Black and white portraits have been taken of stars including Ricky Gervais and Stephen Mangan to highlight a campaign to combat loneliness. 1 Million Minutes, which launched in 2016, is
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Disabled people “should not have to rely on celebrities to swoop in and save the day” over energy support, Labour has said. Shadow minister Vicky Foxcroft raised the case in
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Matt Hancock’s memories of how he handled care homes during the Covid pandemic has been condemned as a “deluded version” of events. Nadra Ahmed (pictured), the chair of the National
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A family court judge who referred to a woman’s intelligence when concluding she had not proved her former partner had raped her made an “unhelpful” comment, a more senior High
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Fresh cases of diphtheria have been found at the asylum seeker processing centre at Manston in Kent. The cases, as reported by GB News, come after the UK Health Security
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Vicky McClure has said those using the UK’s social care system are being “neglected and left”. The Line Of Duty actress (pictured) told the PA news agency, at a launch
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The number of households in fuel poverty will increase to 8.4 million from April – up from last October’s 4.5 million – when Government support drops despite spiralling prices, campaigners
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More than 90 family members of the victims of corpse abuser David Fuller will receive financial compensation under a new Government scheme. Close relatives are eligible to receive up to
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More must be done to return rehabilitation facilities to patients after they were repurposed during the Covid-19 pandemic, leading physiotherapists have said. The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) said physiotherapists
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