M embers of Unison have voted overwhelmingly to accept a pay offer aimed at resolving the long-running NHS dispute. The union announced that 74% of those who voted backed the deal of a 5% pay rise this year and a cash payment for last year. The turnout was 52% amongContinue Reading
F or UK residents, festival season is quickly starting to creep up on us, but as we eagerly await the fun to begin on our side, across the pond, things have well and truly kicked off, with Coachella taking place this and next weekend. One of the biggest festivals inContinue Reading
R ishi Sunak and Volodymyr Zelensky discussed ramping up military support to Ukraine in a phone call on Friday, Downing Street said. The Prime Minister told the Ukrainian president that Britain and its allies “needed to continue to ensure Ukraine was in the strongest possible position to build on itsContinue Reading
We British “love our dogs”, said Rachel Campbell-Johnston in The Times. And since at least the 17th century, British artists have shown equal enthusiasm for depicting man’s best friend. Thomas Gainsborough painted his beloved mutts and put their portrait in “pride of place” above the mantelpiece in his London houseContinue Reading
A report by the Work and Pensions Committee has found a “profound lack of trust” in the system of health assessments for benefits, with the committee recommending some “quick and easy changes” to restore confidence. The system is in place to help those with disability or ill-health access benefits, butContinue Reading
A nursing union is set to announce the result of a ballot over a Government pay offer on Friday, as around 47,000 junior doctors stage a fourth day of strike action in England. Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and Unison, which represents nurses and other health workers,Continue Reading
NEVER mind the Champion Hurdle or the Gold Cup . . . you wouldn’t put it past Constitution Hill to win them both in the same week. Okay, maybe that is stretching the point a little too far. 4 Constitution Hill has proven it might be the best ever hurdlerCredit: PA Landing theContinue Reading
You might want to make booze a thing of the past. pexels/monstera When a couple is planning on having a baby, it’s often the woman who is seen as responsible for the health of the unborn child. In the UK, the chief medical officer’s drinking guidelines recommend that women shouldContinue Reading
Author provided April 2023 marks the 100th anniversary of the death of mathematician and philosopher John Venn. You may well be familiar with Venn diagrams – the ubiquitous pictures of typically two or three intersecting circles, illustrating the relationships between two or three collections of things. For example, during theContinue Reading
The Florida House of Representatives on Thursday passed legislation that would ban most abortions after six weeks, when many women don’t know they are pregnant. The bill passed by a vote of 70 to 40, largely along party lines. The measure now goes to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who isContinue Reading
