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Jeremy Hunt says he was ‘blessed’ with early cancer diagnosis
C hancellor Jeremy Hunt has called for investment to catch more cancers early and “lift the curse from humanity” after revealing the extent to which the disease has hit his family. Mr Hunt, who has been treated for skin cancer, lost both his parents to cancer, Royal Navy admiral SirContinue Reading
Gove to announce plans to make home extensions and loft conversions easier
M ichael Gove is planning to slash red tape to pave the way for more home extensions and conversions of shops into houses in efforts to address the housing crisis. As part of plans due to be unveiled on Monday, the Housing Secretary said new rules will be drawn upContinue Reading
Bereaved relatives of victims of blood scandal to deliver letter to Number 10
R elatives of victims of the NHS infected blood scandal are to hand in a letter to Downing Street telling Prime Minister Rishi Sunak that “action is needed now” to set up a body to give full compensation. It comes amid complaints the Government is dragging its heels over compensationContinue Reading
Government introduces new British medal to honour humanitarian efforts
T he Government has introduced a new medal to honour people who provide aid during major humanitarian crises, such as floods and earthquakes. The Humanitarian Medal, which has been approved by King Charles, will be awarded to staff in public service organisations and charities who respond in support of humanContinue Reading
Skin, mouth, lungs … it’s not just your gut that has a microbiome
ImageFlow/Shutterstock A lot has been written and said about the gut microbiome – the community of bacteria, viruses, fungi and archaea that lives in our intestines. But the gut is not the only place that has a microbiome. The mouth, nose, skin, lungs and genitals have microbiomes of their own.Continue Reading
Horizon Europe: how the UK’s delay in rejoining EU funding scheme is damaging scientific research
Gorodenkoff / Shutterstock Horizon Europe is the largest and richest funding programme for scientific research in the world. Run by the European Union (EU), it has a budget of €95.5 billion (£83 billion) spread over seven years – from 2021 to 2027. Until 2020, the UK was a full memberContinue Reading
Keir Starmer holds talks with Sadiq Khan as he blames Ulez expansion on Uxbridge defeat
The Labour leader on Saturday called for “reflection” on how the expansion of the charge on polluting vehicles would be carried out after the party was beaten by the Conservatives in Boris Johnson’s old seat. Labour overturned a huge 20,000 Conservative majority in the North Yorkshire seat of Selby andContinue Reading
Labour should ‘stick to their guns’ on Ulez, urges TV presenter Chris Packham
L abour should “stick to their guns” on expanding a charge on the most polluting vehicles in London, according to TV presenter Chris Packham. The environmental campaigner said a Labour government could consider taxing the profits of oil and gas giants to help pay for motorists to switch to cleanerContinue Reading
Primary school children take action after murals at refugee centre painted over
A group of primary school children left feeling “ashamed of their country” after murals were painted over at an asylum centre in Kent have sent hand-drawn pictures to the young refugees housed there. Two classes of pupils, aged between eight and nine, at St Gerard’s Catholic Primary School in Birmingham,Continue Reading
Johnny Mercer will ‘soon be history’, says Keir Starmer after Inbetweeners jibe
S ir Keir Starmer has labelled a Government minister a “silly sod” who will “soon be history”, after Johnny Mercer compared the party’s new 25-year-old MP to a character from cult Channel 4 comedy The Inbetweeners. The minister for Veterans’ Affairs said Keir Mather had been “dropped into” the SelbyContinue Reading