Month: January 2025

State schools in England could face “very tight” budgets as rising costs are likely to outstrip the growth in school funding, a report has estimated. School costs could rise by around 3.6% in 2025/26 if the pay review body follows the Government’s recommendation for a 2.8% pay award for teachers in 2025, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS). The report on education spending in England estimates that mainstream […]

Exercising in the year before a cancer diagnosis can reduce the odds of the disease progressing by up to 27%, a study has suggested. The promotion of exercise “can yield important benefits”, researchers said, not only in cancer progression but also in the prevention and management of the disease. The South African study, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, included 28,248 people with stage one cancers, the most […]

The Health Secretary has said he feels “ashamed” at the experiences of some patients in the NHS, admitting that some patients are being taken to hospital “to die” because the right care is not available when they need it. It comes after a number of NHS trusts declared critical incidents due to “exceptionally high demands” in emergency departments, with a patient at one hospital forced to wait 50 hours to […]

A 14-year-old boy has been stabbed to death on a bus in south-east London, the Metropolitan Police said. The teenager was treated at the scene in Woolwich but died soon after medics arrived, the force said. The youngster was on a route 472 bus on Woolwich Church Road near the junction with the A205 South Circular Road, close to the Woolwich Ferry. Police were called at 2.28pm on Tuesday. No […]

Members will work to rule and ban overtime from January 20 Workers at the Civil Aviation Authority are to take industrial action for the first time in 40 years in a dispute over pay. The Prospect union said its members will work to rule and ban overtime from January 20, warning the action could have an impact on the industry and ultimately affect passengers. Prospect said the dispute is over […]

Will instead rely on 'community notes' Meta is to scrap its longstanding fact-checking programme in favour of a community notes system similar to that on Elon Musk’s social media platform X. Instead of using news organisations or other third-party groups as it does currently, Meta will rely on users to add notes to posts that might be false or misleading. The changes will affect Facebook and Instagram, the company’s two […]

UK boss faces MPs McDonald’s is facing fresh claims of widespread harassment across its UK branches as hundreds of young current and former workers join a legal action against the company. More than 700 people who were aged 19 or younger when working at McDonald’s have instructed law firm Leigh Day to take legal action on their behalf. The claims come as UK chief executive Alistair Macrow prepares to face questions from MPs […]

Flu season is the “straw that is breaking the camel’s back” A number of NHS trusts in England have declared critical incidents amid “exceptionally high demands” on emergency departments. One trust said it is seeing “high numbers of older patients with respiratory problems exacerbated by the cold weather”. Experts said this flu season is the “straw that is breaking the camel’s back” when it comes to urgent care. Non-urgent patients […]

South Korea’s anti-corruption agency says it has received a new court warrant to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after its previous attempt was blocked by the presidential security service last week. The Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials on Tuesday did not immediately confirm how long the warrant would remain valid. The Seoul Western District Court last week had initially issued a warrant to detain Mr Yoon and a […]