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National News
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The UK is falling behind other high-income countries due to long waits for hospital care, a new report suggests. The Health Foundation said that the UK is among the “poorest performing countries” when it comes to hospital-based care. A decade ago, the UK was one of the best nations for people seeing hospital specialists in […]
The search will resume for the remaining person missing after a luxury yacht sank in a storm off the coast of Sicily following the discovery of five bodies inside the wreck. Six people, including technology tycoon Mike Lynch, were unaccounted for after the vessel – named Bayesian – sank at around 5am on Monday. Salvatore […]
Tim Walz accepted the nomination for vice president in a Democratic National Convention speech that blended optimism with fierce critiques of Republican rival Donald Trump. The Minnesota Governor, little known before his selection by Vice President Kamala Harris, thanked the packed arena in Chicago. “We’re all here tonight for one beautiful, simple, reason: We love […]
Four bodies have been found inside the wreck of a luxury yacht that sank in a storm off the coast of Sicily. Three body bags were seen being taken to the port of Porticello on Wednesday afternoon following the sinking of the yacht at around 5am on Monday. The head of Sicily’s civil protection agency […]
A body has been pulled from the water near the site of a sunken luxury yacht off the coast of Sicily as reports suggested two more missing people had been found by divers. Sicily’s civil protection agency confirmed to the BBC that two bodies had been found in the yacht which sank at around 5am […]
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after four people, including three children, died in a house fire in Bradford. Two girls aged nine and one, and a five-year-old boy, were taken to hospital but all died from their injuries, while a 29-year-old woman also died at the scene, West Yorkshire Police said. […]
A Pakistani web developer is facing a criminal charge over claims he helped spread misinformation about the accused Southport attacker. Farhan Asif, 32, has been charged with cyber terrorism after false claims quickly spread online that the suspect was a Muslim immigrant to the UK, when in fact he was born in Wales and comes […]
Masked police officers in Romania have carried out fresh raids at the home of divisive internet influencer Andrew Tate, who is awaiting trial on charges of human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women. Romania’s anti-organised crime agency DIICOT said it was searching four homes in Bucharest and nearby Ilfov county, […]
Yvette Cooper has signalled she will press ahead with the previous government’s plan to reopen two immigration centres in a bid to achieve the highest rate of removals since Theresa May’s premiership. The Home Secretary announced the Border Security Command “is gearing up” after the number of migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats […]
Cost of public services sees government borrowing rise Government borrowing rose by more than expected to £3.1 billion last month, marking the highest July borrowing since 2021, according to official figures. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said public sector net borrowing was £1.8 billion more than in July last year. The total for July […]