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NHS May Have To Send Patients Abroad To Cope With Backlog

Radical changes to the way the NHS is run are needed to avoid a surge in non-Covid deaths next winter, a leading expert says.

RIP ‘Hotshot': Leeds Legend Lorimer Dies

Peter Lorimer December 14, 1946 –March 20, 2021

Crackdown On Smugglers To Help Refugees

Touch new measures to deport foreign criminals and clamp down on people smugglers are on the way, along with steps to make it easier for refugees to claim asylum.

Sturgeon puts Scots off leaving Britain

NICOLA Sturgeon’s drop in popularity is the biggest reason support for independence is collapsing in Scotland, a study has revealed.

It came from beyond the stars. Rogue meteor hits British airspace with a... SONIC BOOM!

A SONIC boom that rocked south-west England was caused by a meteor that streaked across the UK yesterday, an astronomer believes.

Red Arrows escape axe...for now

THE RED Arrows air display team has been saved from the axe but the “clock is ticking” as senior defence sources claim that the Ministry of Defence can no longer afford to finance them.

Monarchy has faced worse and survived

IT’S BEEN around since 927. It’s survived the Norman Conquests, the Hundred Years’ War, Oliver Cromwell, the Spanish Armada, Napoleon, the Kaiser, Wallis Simpson and Hitler.

Legend of F1 racing Murray dies aged 97

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KATE AND BORIS JOIN NATION IN MOURNING

...but police accused of being heavy handed after dragging women away

EU tells UK: Give Greece their marbles back

THE European Commission has demanded the Elgin marbles are returned to Greece.

Sir Alex Recovered By Recalling His Old Stars

Sir Alex Ferguson feared he would never speak again after suffering a brain haemorrhage three years ago.

Friends Desperate As Woman, 33, Not Seen For Four Days

The family of a woman who vanished after leaving a friend’s house on Wednesday say they are desperate to know where she is as police released footage of her journey.

Actress Playing The PM's Fiancee Clearly Took An Insta-Dislike To The Tories

Isle Vote Labour: Ophelia Lovibond, who is playing Carrie Symonds, inset above, in a new TV drama, posted an image of Boris Johnson with the phrase Inequality is essential

Economic Bounce Back Cannot Be A One-Hit Wonder

It hasn' taken long for the Conservative Party to become comfortable with the notion of spending eyewatering sums of money.

Cheer up Nic! Could it be fifth time lucky for film star Cage?

THE bride wore black and actor Nicolas Cage had a scowl to match as he tied the knot for a fifth time in a “very small and intimate” Las Vegas ceremony.

Pupils urged to tell police about kids in gangs

CHILDREN as young as 11 are being urged to become unofficial police informants and name peers at risk of becoming involved in knife crime, drugs and gangs.

Bailiffs called in to recover licence cash ...from BBC!

BAILIFFS were instructed to collect a debt from the BBC after they refused to reimburse a pensioner for a TV licence he should have had free.

Battling on at Winston's birthplace

SIR Winston Churchill’s birthplace, Blenheim Palace, is losing £1million a month as a result of lockdown and things are now so bad human resources staff have had to help with lambing.

Nadiya on a mission to cut food waste

CELEBRITY baker Nadiya Hussain is fronting a campaign to reduce the food wasted in homes across Britain – which is contributing to climate change.

TUCHEL RAPS SLACK BLUES

THOMAS TUCHEL is still unbeaten as Chelsea's boss but it did not feel like it after this setback. Despite staying fourth in the table the German deemed it two points lost in the bid for Champions League football.

Scots nats don't want freedom... just English gone

I AM HAPPY to admit that I was part of the roar that went up when the final whistle blew at this year’s Calcutta Cup as Scotland achieved their first win over England at Twickenham for 38 years.

Call for tragic WPC to receive George medal

MURDERED WPC Yvonne Fletcher should be awarded a posthumous George Medal for bravery, Parliament will be told this week.

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A busy first year for free speech campaign

A FREE speech campaign group set up a year ago is now dealing with 20 new cases a week.

Trump Attacks ‘Witch Hunt' As He Is Acquitted

Donald Trump was found not guilty at his second impeachment trial yesterday after the hearing verged on farce.

Experts Insist New Variants Should Not Spread Terror

We have nothing to fear from the latest covid variants because they do not “drift” far enough from the original to evade the current vaccines, leading experts say.

Demand For Urgent Action As Plight Of Our Youth Becomes 'National Emergency'

Let them play, say psychologists

Global Britain Embraces Free Trade Worldwide

This Valentine’s Day, Global Britain is embracing its friends and family around the world.

Duchess May Have To Give Up Her Title If She Wants To Be President

The Duchess of Sussex may have to give up her title if she ever wants to run for political office in the States.

Labour's Makeover Won't Fool The North

■ FAR WISER people than I have made far more erudite comments about the death of this wonderful man than I could ever manage – perhaps the most impressive eulogy for Captain Sir Tom Moore came from the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, who said: “ Where he walked, a nation followed.” But possibly this can be added. We are witnessing the curtain sadly coming down on probably the finest generation this country has known. Selfless, full of humility, and understanding implicitly what the word “duty” meant. They got through wars, austerity and trauma without group hugs, counsellors “reaching out” and woke-like absurdity. Truly, we shall never see their like again.