Tories vow to scrap UK’s landmark climate legislation The Conservatives have announced plans to replace the UK’s world-leading climate legislation with a strategy for “cheap and reliable” energy. Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has pledged to scrap the Climate Change Act, brought in by the last Labour government in 2008, which committed the UK to cut
Family of couple detained in Iran call on ministers to ‘secure urgent release’ The family of a British couple detained in Iran is calling on the Foreign Office to “secure their urgent release”, saying the couple’s “physical health is really starting to suffer”. Lindsay and Craig Foreman were taken into custody in January during a
University hails £475,000 fund into ‘groundbreaking’ eczema technology Heriot-Watt University has said its “groundbreaking technology” that could “revolutionise how eczema is diagnosed and treated” has received more than £475,000 to move into clinical research. The university in Edinburgh said the vibroacoustic sensor could end “years of suffering for millions of patients across the UK”. The
Children seeking A&E care are being let down Children are being “let down at the front door of our hospitals”, a top doctor has warned, as leading medics set out how children’s A&E services can improve. Experts from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) said that up to two in five (40%)
Phillipson says there is ‘real urgency’ to scrapping two-child benefit cap Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has said there is “real urgency” to scrapping the two-child benefit cap amid speculation it could be lifted in the upcoming budget. The two-child limit was brought in by the Conservatives and restricts child tax credit and universal credit (UC)
Conservationist and chimpanzee expert Dame Jane Goodall dies aged 91 Dame Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died aged 91. The Jane Goodall Institute announced the primatologist’s death in an Instagram post. According to the Washington DC-based institute, Dame Jane died of natural causes while in California on
Pensioner dies after being ‘assaulted by fellow patient’ at London hospital A murder investigation has been launched into the death of an 85-year-old man who was allegedly assaulted by a fellow patient at a west London hospital. Andrew Farmer, from Ealing, west London, was injured at Charing Cross Hospital in Hammersmith on Thursday September 18,
Market trader groomer ‘Boss Man’ jailed for 35 years A market stallholder who groomed and raped two white schoolgirls in Rochdale has been jailed for 35 years. Mohammed Zahid, 65, known as Boss Man, gave free underwear from his lingerie stall at Rochdale Indoor Market to both teenagers, with money, alcohol and food, in return
Company linked to Mone must repay almost £122m over Covid PPE contract breach A company linked to Tory peer Michelle Mone has been ordered to repay almost £122 million to the Government for breaching a contract to supply surgical gowns during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) sued PPE Medpro
Greggs sales growth cools after July heatwave deters consumers Greggs has revealed its sales rose in recent months but blamed unusually hot July weather and a tough consumer backdrop for a slowdown in growth. The high street bakery chain, with 2,675 shops in the UK, has continued to expand its sprawling estate across the country.