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Without Investment We Are Sitting Ducks For A Pandemic

Are we there yet? The promised land of hybrid immunity, vaccine coverage and endemicity where Covid-19 is no longer a threat to our everyday lives? Simply put: no.

Top Scientists Warn UK 'Not Ready' For Another Pandemic

The UK is not ready for the next global pandemic because public services are being dismantled and key research is being defunded, experts have claimed. More than three years after the global outbreak of coronavirus, top scientists have warned that the UK is no better prepared for a pandemic than it was in 2020.

Whisky Chiefs In Plea To Chancellor: Do Your Duty And Axe Dram Tax Hike

Campaign over 2019 support pledge

Sunak And Barclay Signal No New Pay Offer To NHS Staff Despite Threat Of Year Of Strikes

Rishi Sunak appears set on trying to face down unions with a high-risk strategy to tough out a new wave of NHS strikes that health service leaders warned were unsustainable and could put patient safety at risk

PM: We Need To End 'Anti-Maths Mindset' In UK

Rishi Sunak will today vow to "transform our national approach to maths" and help grow the economy.

Energy Industry Is 'Key To Climate Action'

Head of UN's Cop28 aims to use talks to set out how a business mindset can limit greenhouse gas emissions

No Appetite Το Make Peace With Harry

PRINCE Harry's brief return for his father's Coronation will leave no time to mend his relationship with the Royal Family.

India Restarts Covid Vaccine As Variant Drives Production Infections Up 30% In A Day

India is ramping up its vaccine production following a rapid surge in Covid-19 cases driven by a new subvariant dubbed Arcturus

How Is The Economy Going To Affect The Next Election?

A year of stagflation now seems inevitable but 2024 may see the beginnings of an economic recovery, says Sean O'Grady

Economic Hit From Strikes Worth It To Control Inflation, Says Hunt

The government is willing to accept short-term damage to the economy from public sector strikes rather than give in to pay demands and risk a longer-term hit from persistently higher inflation, Jeremy Hunt has insisted

Biden Casts US And Ireland As Partners In Battle To Defend Democratic Values

Joe Biden declared that Ireland and the US have a “partnership for the ages” in a highly personal address to the Irish parliament yesterday

Why Women Are Having More Affairs Than Ever

RELATIONSHIPS A new ground-breaking TV drama explodes the gendered myths around monogamy and, says Catriona Innes, it reflects real sexual trends

You Must Still Go To Appointments Despite Doctors' Strike, Say Trusts

A LONDON NHS trust today issued an urgent plea for patients to attend appointments during the junior doctors’ strikes amid fears that they were not coming forward for care.

Trump Sues Lawyer In Stormy 'Hush Money' Case For $500 Million

DONALD TRUMP is suing his former lawyer who is a key witness in the “hush money” criminal case against him for more than $500 million.

Musk 'Saved Twitter From Bankruptcy ...it Had Just 4 Mths Left'

Billionaire owner on takeover cuts

Beheading Video Probe

UKRAINIAN officials have promised to investigate a gruesome video circulating on social media that purportedly shows the beheading of a Ukrainian soldier

US And UK 'Relationship Is In Great Shape' - PM

RISHI Sunak has said the relationship between the UK and the United States is in “great shape”, after meeting with US President Joe Biden during his brief visit to Northern Ireland

Beheading Zelenskiy Calls On Leaders To Act Over Video

Volodymyr Zelenskiy has urged international leaders to act after disturbing video emerged yesterday of Russian soldiers apparently beheading a Ukrainian prisoner of war lying on the ground.

Streaming Sites Warned To Block Use Of Music By AI Technology

The music industry is urging streaming platforms not to let artificial intelligence use copyrighted songs for training, in the latest of a run of arguments over intellectual property that threaten to derail the explosive growth of generative AI.

NHS Bosses Urge Health Secretary To Go To Acas To End Strike By Doctors

NHS bosses have urged Steve Barclay to invite the arbitration service Acas to talks to help break the deadlock in his deepening pay dispute with striking junior doctors in England.

National Public Radio To Leave Twitter As Site Labels Us Outlet 'State Affiliated'

The US-based broadcaster National Public Radio (NPR) has said it will no longer post content to Twitter after it was labelled as "state-affiliated media" by the social media platform.

Diabetes Crisis Grows As UK Cases Reach 5 Million

The UK is experiencing a "rapidly escalating" diabetes crisis, with cases topping 5 million for the first time and under-40s increasingly affected, a report warns.

13 More Women Claim Netflix Star Depardieu Sexually Abused Them

Dossier alleges actor had 'wandering hand'

Lockdowns Blamed For Explosion In Obesity-Driven Diabetes Cases

LOCKDOWNS fuelled a record number of diabetes diagnoses, worrying figures show.

Sir Keir: Nobody Is Targeting Wife Of Prime Minister

RISHI Sunak called for "less talk, more action" from politicians as he hit back at Labour's attack adverts against him.

Docs 'Need To Talk'

UNION leaders representing striking junior doctors have held discussions with conciliation service Acas amid the bitter row over pay.

Taiwan Official Condemns Macron Over China Remarks

A senior Taiwan leader has publicly questioned Emmanuel Macron’s commitment to France’s founding ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity following anger at the president’s comments over ties with Beijing

Zelensky Calls On World To Act Over Beheading Footage

Moscow says the authenticity of a video that shows Russian soldiers decapitating a Ukrainian PoW needs to be checked

Is Johnson On A 'Chicken Run' To A Safe Tory Seat?

John Howell, the Conservative MP for Henley, is to stand down at the next election

Meghan Will Find It Hard To Come Back To Britain Now

Even for Meghan Markle fans, and I count myself among the most fervent, it’s a great, great shame that she’s apparently decided not to come with Prince Harry to the coronation. It looks – though it may well not be intended to be – like a snub to the King and, arguably, the British people, which I am quite sure won’t have been her intention