Category: UK
Streeting does not want ‘corridor care’ in UK hospitals to be normalised – politics live
nurses to look after patients in corridors. Asked specifically about this story by the Lib Dem MP Alison Bennett (Mid Sussex), Streeting said: It’s not [more…]
Andrew Malkinson says miscarriage of justice watchdog should be ‘dissolved’
Andrew Malkinson has said the miscarriage of justice watchdog needs to be “completely dissolved” as it has become “infected with a culture of denial”. Speaking [more…]
Manchester 21-year-old’s conviction quashed after rap video evidence refuted
An aspiring law student who addressed MPs in parliament has had his conviction for being part of a violent conspiracy quashed after new evidence showing [more…]
Goldsmiths student murdered partner in ‘brutal and savage attack’, court hears
An American student murdered his Chinese partner in a “brutal and savage attack” in her bedroom, a court has heard. Joshua Michals, 25, is on [more…]
Doctors to speak out against changes to proposed assisted dying law in England and Wales
Doctors are preparing to speak out against changes to the proposed assisted dying law that could ban physicians from raising the procedures with patients. The [more…]
Starbucks says people using its coffee shops must buy something
Starbucks has said that people using its coffee shops in North America need to buy something, u-turning on a policy which allowed anyone to use [more…]
Amazon makes ‘largest ever’ UK order of electric trucks to cut carbon emissions
Amazon is to deploy nearly 150 electric heavy goods vehicles as well as piling packages on to trains and post-style trolleys in an effort to [more…]
Norwich restaurant charges £100 for a pineapple pizza
A pizzeria is asking its customers to put their dough where their mouth is if they want to eat a Hawaiian – charging £100 for [more…]
Drones flying into jails in England and Wales are national security threat, says prisons watchdog
Drones have become a “threat to national security”, the prisons watchdog has said, after a surge in the amount of weapons and drugs flown into [more…]
Ministers consider ban on all UK public bodies making ransomware payments
Schools, the NHS and local councils will be banned from making ransomware payments under government proposals to tackle hackers. In a crackdown on such cyber-attacks, [more…]