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Hundreds of people in England with a life-limiting blood disorder are set to benefit from a world-first gene-editing therapy after it was given the green light for NHS use. Health bosses hailed the decision by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) as a “historic moment” for patients with the condition. Exagamglogene autotemcel, or exa-cel, is sold as Casgevy and made by Vertex. The treatment is the first […]

The Prime Minister will chair another Cobra meeting with law enforcement officials on Thursday afternoon to “reflect on last night” and plan for the coming days. Sir Keir Starmer will hold the third high-level gathering of its kind in the last week, after threats of further disorder largely failed to materialise on Wednesday evening. Police had expected more than 100 events on Wednesday night, with 30 counter-demonstrations planned. Shops were […]

Another infant has died after contracting whooping cough, bringing the total number of deaths from the disease in the current outbreak in England to 10. Health officials have urged pregnant women to get vaccinated after new data showed the number of confirmed laboratory cases of whooping cough in England passed 10,000 in the year to June. While most cases were in those aged 15 years or older, more than 300 […]

Organisers of three Taylor Swift concerts in Austria later this week have called them off after officials announced arrests over an apparent plot to launch an attack on an event in the Vienna area such as the concerts. Swift was scheduled to play at the Austrian capital’s Ernst Happel Stadium on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Event organiser Barracuda Music said in a post on its Instagram channel late on Wednesday […]

Katie Price has been arrested at Heathrow Airport after failing to appear at court. Price, 46, from Surrey, was arrested at the airport on her return to the UK. The former glamour model has been remanded in custody at a west London police station to appear at the Royal Courts Of Justice on Friday. The Metropolitan Police said: “A 46-year-old woman from Surrey was arrested at Heathrow Airport at 19:45hrs […]

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Great Britain’s hopes of gold in the men’s team pursuit at Paris 2024 slipped away on the final lap after Ethan Hayter lost control of his bike and narrowly avoided a nasty crash. The 1,000th medal in Team GB’s Olympic history was a silver one as Australia, who had been narrowly ahead on the time splits for almost the entire race, were able to ease over the line after the […]

Lee Carsley looks set to take interim charge for England’s Nations League matches next month. The search for Gareth Southgate’s successor – for which Carsley is likely to be a contender as under-21s manager – is under way after the national team boss resigned two days after his side lost the final of Euro 2024 to Spain. England have competitive fixtures against the Republic of Ireland and Finland next month […]

Turkey has filed a formal request with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to join South Africa’s genocide lawsuit against Israel, Turkey’s state-run news agency reported. Ankara’s ambassador to the Netherlands submitted a declaration of intervention at the UN court in The Hague, the Anadolu Agency reported. Turkey, one of the fiercest critics of Israel’s actions in Gaza, becomes the latest nation to seek to participate in the case. Turkish […]