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Streeting urges patients to ‘bear with’ GPs as outage sparks major disruption
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has urged people to “bear with” GPs amid a major IT outage that has caused “considerable disruption” to appointment bookings and other services. Thousands of GP practices have been affected, with NHS England confirming there has been an issue with the EMIS Web system, which isContinue Reading
Why did some of the UK’s worst political rejects like Johnson and Truss spend the week parading about the RNC?
Napoleon had the island of Saint Helena, Leon Trotsky had various spots across Turkey, Norway and Mexico. These days political exiles from the UK all appear to end up in a far more desolate place: The Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Among the crowds of US political bigwigs, stateContinue Reading
Why does plague keep plaguing humans?
illustrisima/Shutterstock Throughout human history, different infectious diseases have taken the mantle of “most deadly disease” infecting humans. In the past century alone, the human population has experienced many pandemics: COVID, HIV and various influenza outbreaks – to name a few. Some have lasted for centuries and persist today, such asContinue Reading
You don’t need a doctor to get more physically active – here are 10 simple steps you can take by yourself
SB Arts Media/Shutterstock We all know physical activity has many health benefits, including for mental health. It helps manage stress, ease joint or back pain, and boost energy levels. Exercise can also improve brain function and sleep, and lift mood. In contrast, inactivity or spending too much time sedentary isContinue Reading
IT outage fix deployed but ‘some time’ before all systems restored – CrowdStrike
The chief executive of CrowdStrike, the firm at the centre of the global IT outage, has said he is “deeply sorry” for the incident, but warned it would take “some time” for systems to be fully restored. George Kurtz said a fix had been deployed for a bug in anContinue Reading
FIA may deny Lewis Hamilton wish after Mercedes star’s ‘controversial’ opinion
The FIA is reportedly set to test an ‘active cooling system’ over the coming races to avoid similar cockpit conditions to those experienced at the 2023 Qatar Grand Prix. The news will come as a frustration to Lewis Hamilton, who expressed the ‘controversial’ opinion that F1 should be an ‘extremeContinue Reading
Armie Hammer confronted about cannibalism and rape claims by Piers Morgan
Armie Hammer is set to address allegations he is a cannibal in a new interview with Piers Morgan. The Call Me by Your Name star, 37, first became the centre of a social media scandal in 2021 after messages allegedly sent from him detailed graphic sexual desires and cannibalistic fetishes.Continue Reading
Nigel Farage sparks anger over ‘inflammatory’ Leeds riot comments
Nigel Farage has been accused of inflaming tensions after blaming rioting in Leeds on the “politics of the subcontinent”. The Reform UK leader, who was in the US for the Republican National Convention in Minnesota, posted on social media on Thursday evening as scenes of disorder in the city emerged.Continue Reading
Zelensky calls on Starmer to ‘show leadership’ and allow Ukrainian strikes on Russia
Volodymyr Zelensky used his historic address to the UK cabinet to urge Sir Keir Starmer to “show leadership” and let Ukraine use British weapons for strikes deep inside Russia. The Ukrainian president on Friday became the first foreign leader to address the cabinet in person since Bill Clinton in 1997,Continue Reading
CrowdStrike ‘actively working’ to fix flaw that sparked global IT outage
Cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike is “actively working” to fix a “defect” in an update for Microsoft Windows users which sparked a global IT outage, the company’s chief executive has said. CrowdStrike chief executive George Kurtz said Mac and Linux users were not impacted by the fault and it was “not aContinue Reading