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Health officials in the UK have given the green light for a weight-loss jab to be used to prevent heart attacks and strokes in overweight people. Semaglutide, sold under the brand name Wegovy, has already been approved for weight management in people with obesity. Now, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved […]
The Government has defeated a King’s Speech amendment calling for the two-child benefit cap to be scrapped. The House of Commons voted 363 to 103, majority 260, to reject the amendment tabled in the name of SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn. Slow handclapping could be heard in the chamber after the result was announced. The […]
British Olympian Charlotte Dujardin has received a six-month provisional suspension from equestrian’s governing body with immediate effect. Dujardin withdrew from the Paris Olympics over a video from four years ago showing her making “an error of judgement”, in her words, during a coaching session. Dujardin, a three-time Olympic dressage champion, had decided to pull out […]
A police officer is critically ill after being stabbed in the chest at a high-security prison. The officer, who is from Greater Manchester Police, was attacked at HMP Frankland in Durham just after 11am on Tuesday. Land and air ambulance crews were called to the notorious jail and he was taken to hospital in a critical condition […]
Charlotte Dujardin has withdrawn from the Olympics over a video from four years ago showing her making “an error of judgement” during a coaching session. Dujardin, a three-time Olympic champion, has decided to pull out of all competition while the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI) investigates the incident. “What happened was completely out of […]
A couple killed in a horror crash between a motorcycle and a car which left six people, including two children, dead have been described as loving and caring parents by their son. On Tuesday, West Yorkshire Police named Christopher Barton, 56, and Janine Barton, 48, as the couple who were on a motorbike that was […]
Clapham chemical attacker Abdul Ezedi took his own life and drowned within hours of attacking a woman and two young girls, a coroner has ruled. Police had begun hunting for the 35-year-old pizza delivery worker after the incident in Clapham, south London, at 7.30pm on January 31. His body was found in the River Thames […]
Huw Edwards was paid more than £475,000 by the BBC last year before he resigned and left the corporation following the explicit photos furore. His resignation in April followed allegations that he paid a young person for sexually explicit pictures. The veteran newsreader was paid between £475,000 and £479,999 for the year 2023/24 for 160 […]
A survey has found she’s secured enough delegates to challenge Donald Trump in November Vice president Kamala Harris has secured the support of enough Democratic delegates to become her party’s nominee against Republican Donald Trump, according to an Associated Press (AP) survey. The survey was taken in the aftermath of President Joe Biden’s decision to drop his […]
ASLEF bosses will meet with the Department for Transport Fresh talks will be held on Tuesday between the Government and the union representing train drivers in a bid to resolve their long-running pay dispute. Aslef voiced hopes that the meeting at the Department for Transport (DfT) will be “constructive” after months of stalemate under the […]