The NHS will divert billions of pounds from essential services to pay for new medicines, under the terms of the US-UK trade deal agreed in December, which could lead to more than 200,000 excess deaths, analysis has found. Ministers have defended the deal as a way of helping British drug exports avoid US tariffs and giving patients access to vital medication, but critics accuse the Labour party of caving into pressure from Donald Trump. Lucy Hough speaks to columnist Aditya Chakrabortty – watch o
Commissioner asked to investigate Reform UK leader after private meeting with Bank of England governor The standards watchdog has been urged to investigate whether Nigel Farage lobbied the Bank of England to drop a cryptocurrency plan that could be costly for the billionaire bankrolling his party, potentially in breach of parliamentary rules. The Reform UK leader has said his party’s major donor, Christopher Harborne, wanted nothing in exchange for the £15m he donated to the party and the undecl
After decades of campaigning by those affected, PM says state ‘did not do enough to protect’ mothers and children Keir Starmer has formally apologised for the British state’s role in historic forced adoptions after decades of campaigning by mothers and children affected. The government said the “state did not do enough to protect mothers, children and families”, that it “failed to prevent harm from continuing” and that it bore responsibility for funding and legitimising the system that allowed t
Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Trump administration is still having to deal with the "madness" of former President Joe Biden’s "open border" policies, as the Justice Department announces new kidnapping and murder charges against eight members of the foreign terrorist group Tren de Aragua (TDA). According to Blanche, all eight of the charged TDA members "crossed our southern border illegally" and "every one of them entered under the Biden administration between December 2021 a
Two people holding a black flag with white lettering on top of the Empire State Building in New York on Wednesday.
Fox News · Oct 8
Newly released bodycam video shows the moment the U.S. Coast Guard Investigative Service seized Brian Hooker's sailboat "Soulmate" as it was being moved from the Bahamas back to the U.S. back in May. The release of footage follows a months-long investigation into the disappearance of Lynette Hooker, who vanished while on vacation with her husband Brian Hooker in the Bahamas in April. Brian Hooker has not been charged with any crime or accused of wrongdoing. Fox News Digital's Michael Ruiz contri
Fox News · Oct 8
I hit the wall again with baseball yesterday as I incorrectly thought that Paul Skenes and Zack Wheeler would pitch to a pitcher's duel. Skenes gave up five runs in the second inning. Wheeler was better, but it wasn't much better as he allowed four earned runs. Two top pitchers in the league combined to allow 11 runs. We still have a fairly strong slate today, so let's find a winner in the Cardinals vs. Braves game. The St. Louis Cardinals are putting together a strong year. I've brought up the
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Exclusive: Guardian analysis exposes evidence of racial inequalities in pain relief offered across healthcare ‘The epidural failed and no one believed me’ How the ethnicity pain gap follows people from birth to death Women from Black and Asian backgrounds are less likely than their white counterparts to receive an epidural while giving birth, research has revealed. The findings, based on data collected from more than 2.7 million births in the UK, prompted experts to raise the alarm about an “eth
