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High Court to hear challenge over Covid inquiry demand for Johnson evidence
T he Government’s legal challenge over the UK Covid Inquiry’s demand for former prime minister Boris Johnson’s unredacted WhatsApp messages, diaries and personal notebooks will be heard at the High Court. The Cabinet Office is bringing a judicial review of inquiry chairwoman Baroness Hallett’s order to release the documents, arguingContinue Reading
More than 300,000 extra doctors, nurses and other workers targeted in NHS plan
M ore than 300,000 extra nurses, doctors and other health workers are expected to be employed in the NHS in England over the coming years through radical plans to improve staffing in the health service. The possibility of cutting the amount of time doctors spend in medical school, driving upContinue Reading
Scotland was not prepared for non-flu pandemic, Sturgeon tells Covid inquiry
S cotland had no plan for a non-flu pandemic ahead of Covid-19 arriving in the country in 2020, Nicola Sturgeon has told a public inquiry. The former SNP leader, who was Scotland’s first minister for the duration of the pandemic, told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry there was “thinking” within governmentContinue Reading
Dear England review, Olivier National Theatre, London
Since 1966, the England men’s football team has had an unerring ability to dash a nation’s dreams, said Andrzej Lukowski in Time Out. So a play about the squad’s supposed “resurrection” under manager Gareth Southgate feels “potentially hubristic” – and at risk of “dangerously overhyping a gifted man who stillContinue Reading
Court of Appeal set to rule on Rwanda policy challenge
T he Court of Appeal is due to rule on legal challenges over Government plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. In December last year, two judges at the High Court dismissed a series of legal bids against the Government’s plan to provide asylum seekers with a one-way ticket toContinue Reading
People with obsessive-compulsive disorder have an imbalance of brain chemicals – our discovery could mean a treatment breakthrough
MRI brain scan. SpeedKingz/Shutterstock People often jokingly say they’ve “got a bit of OCD” (obsessive-compulsive disorder) if they are overly organised or tidy. But OCD is actually a severe and disabling disorder characterised by obsessions – recurrent intrusive thoughts, impulses or images that are unwanted and anxiety provoking. This isContinue Reading
The Titan disaster could suggest deep sea diving is risky — history shows that’s far from the truth
A view of the seafloor from the Deep Rover 2 submersible. Jon Copley, Author provided The tragic death of five people when the Titan submersible imploded during its descent to the wreck of the Titanic has led some to describe deep-diving submersibles as inherently risky. But their history shows thatContinue Reading
Cleverly to call for UN Security Council expansion at ‘turning point of history’
T he Foreign Secretary is expected to call for an expansion of the United Nations Security Council to better respond to international crises such as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. James Cleverly will use a speech at Chatham House’s London Conference to call for a reinvigorated multi-country system that is equippedContinue Reading
Title-winning hockey team pay tribute to ‘inspirational’ coach
A grieving hockey team have celebrated their title win with the name of their beloved late coach worn proudly on their shirts. Ben Dudley, who died in April at the age of 36, was described as a “legend” and “inspirational” by the students he coached as head of hockey atContinue Reading
Lib Dems warn of GP retirement time bomb as ‘one in five near retirement age’
T he Liberal Democrats have warned of a GP “retirement time bomb” after research by the party suggested one in five family doctors could be nearing the end of their career. Some 8,000 members – or 22% – of the current fully qualified workforce are over 55 and 10% areContinue Reading