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NHS cancer patients denied life-saving drugs due to Brexit costs, report finds

Published: April 20, 2025 16:00

Exclusive: Britons found to have ‘lost out’ while rest of Europe benefits from golden age of research and treatments‘Children with cancer cannot wait’: the human cost of clinical trial delays after BrexitBritish cancer patients are being denied life-saving…

‘Children with cancer cannot wait’: the human cost of clinical trial delays after Brexit

Published: April 20, 2025 16:00

Exclusive: Price of importing drugs for a Paris and Birmingham study has almost quadrupled to £175,000NHS cancer patients denied life-saving drugs due to Brexit costs, report findsBritish clinical trials of revolutionary cancer treatments are being…

Husband ‘watched in horror’ as wife killed on golf course in Sutton Coldfield

Published: April 20, 2025 13:41

Suzanne Cherry died after being struck by a van at Aston Wood golf course on 11 AprilA man has described watching “in helpless horror” as his wife was struck by a van at a golf club.Suzanne Cherry, 62, of Aldridge, died in hospital on 15 April, four days…

‘I’ve been assaulted’: Reform’s minority ethnic candidates seeking local election wins

Published: April 20, 2025 13:00

Growing group of activists from minority ethnic backgrounds say they can help Nigel Farage’s party win big in cities“I’ve been assaulted, I regularly get verbal abuse, I got a death threat one time. But until the people come to their senses, I will stand,”…

Jim Ratcliffe’s chemicals business under pressure from Trump tariffs, Moody’s warns

Published: April 20, 2025 13:00

Rating agency downgrades Ineos Quattro as it says ‘trade barriers’ could affect it for next two yearsSir Jim Ratcliffe’s loss-making chemicals business could take longer than expected to recover its financial health because of Donald Trump’s trade tariffs,…

Nigel Farage defends allowing US chlorinated chicken into UK as part of trade deal

Published: April 20, 2025 10:51

Reform UK leader on campaign trail as poll predicts rightwing party could be on course to win in a general electionNigel Farage has defended allowing labelled chlorinated chicken from the US into the UK as part of a trade deal, as a poll suggested his…

Syrian refugee says Home Office ‘breaking my heart’ by refusing dying mother entry to UK

Published: April 20, 2025 10:49

Home Office intervened after initial ruling allowing grandmother with terminal cancer to join family in GlasgowA Syrian refugee says the Home Office has “broken her heart” by trying to bar her mother, who has weeks to live, from coming to the UK to spend…

British firms urged to hold video or in-person interviews amid North Korea job scam

Published: April 20, 2025 10:48

Google intelligence report finds UK is a particular target of IT worker ploy that sends wages to Kim Jong Un’s stateBritish companies are being urged to carry out job interviews for IT workers on video or in person to head off the threat of giving jobs to…

Who is Carlo Acutis, the computer prodigy who died at 15 and is to be first millennial saint?

Published: April 20, 2025 09:58

Pope Francis has attributed two miracles to the London-born teenager, who built websites for church and died of leukaemiaHe was a London-born teenager with leukaemia who spread his faith by building websites, later gaining the moniker “God’s…

‘The whole policy is wrong’: rebellion among Labour MPs grows over £5bn benefits cut

Published: April 20, 2025 06:00

Dozens of MPs are angry at their party, despite frantic efforts by whips and government ministers to assuage them• ‘We just go to the park’: making the most of Easter in a child-poverty hotspotLabour MPs opposed to the government’s massive £5bn of benefit…

‘We just go to the park’: making the most of Easter in a child-poverty hotspot

Published: April 20, 2025 06:00

In Manningham in Bradford 72% of children live below the poverty line. The national average is 22%• ‘The whole policy is wrong’: rebellion among Labour MPs grows over £5bn benefits cutWhile some British children will be going on holiday, playing with…

Thousands protest for trans rights in London after supreme court ruling – video

Published: April 19, 2025 18:54

Thousands of trans rights protesters gathered in central London on Saturday to rally against the UK's supreme court ruling that when the Equality Act 2010 referred to women, it referred only to biological sex and did not include transgender women who hold…

Second teachers’ union vows to strike if pay award fails to fund schools in England

Published: April 19, 2025 15:26

NASUWT conference votes to launch strike ballot if spending review does not top up school budgets in fullA second teaching union in England has vowed to strike if the government fails to compensate schools in full for next year’s teachers’ pay award.The…

‘Nobody has done this before’: Britain’s beloved steam trains trial pioneering technology

Published: April 19, 2025 14:00

In-cab digital signalling was tested last week as part of a project to secure the future of main-line locomotivesAbout 500 steam trains run across the UK each year, from Penzance in the south to Inverness in the north, ­transporting tens of thousands of…

Fears that UK military bases may be leaking toxic ‘forever chemicals’ into drinking water

Published: April 19, 2025 13:16

Bases in Norfolk, Devon and Hampshire face MoD investigation over possible leaching of dangerous PFAS into environmentThree UK military bases have been marked for investigation over fears they may be leaking toxic “forever chemicals” into drinking water…

‘We need to get back to British’: concern over immigration in Doncaster before local elections

Published: April 19, 2025 06:00

Residents feel city is in decline and polls suggest Reform could take control of council from Labour next month“You can’t fix the system with the same hands that broke it,” Richie Vallance shouted through a megaphone from his mobility scooter. “Let’s make…

Super spicy! Jack Black’s Minecraft song Steve’s Lava Chicken becomes shortest ever UK Top 40 hit

Published: April 18, 2025 17:00

At 34 seconds, the spectacularly silly song from A Minecraft Movie beats the previous record by two secondsActor and musician Jack Black has made UK chart history, with the shortest ever song to reach the Top 40: his novelty track Steve’s Lava Chicken is…

Rare footage captured of interspecies infanticide by dolphins off Welsh coast

Published: April 18, 2025 16:14

Dolphin-watching tour witnesses four adult bottlenose dolphins kill a common dolphin calf in Cardigan BayThey had been hoping for a nice day out on the bay. Instead, dolphin-watching tourists in Wales were confronted with the shocking and grisly sight of…

Ruling on ‘woman’ definition at odds with UK Equality Act’s aim, says ex-civil servant

Published: April 18, 2025 14:53

Giving trans women same sex discrimination rights as biological women was ‘clear premise’, says key figureA former civil servant who played a key role in drafting the Equality Act has said the supreme court’s ruling about the legal definition of a woman…

No-fly zone in place over Sandringham royal estate ‘after Zelenskyy scare’

Published: April 18, 2025 13:24

Move reportedly came after drones over king’s residence sparked worries on weekend of Ukraine president’s arrivalA no-fly zone order has been put in place over the Sandringham estate after drones were spotted flying in the area last month while Volodymyr…

UK wildfires expose ‘postcode lottery’ of firefighting resources, says union

Published: April 18, 2025 11:00

Exclusive: Head of Fire Brigades Union calls for statutory body to set national standards amid fears for public safetyNational parks warn of ‘catastrophic’ risk this EasterWildfires across the UK during hot, dry springs and summers have exposed a “postcode…

UK national parks warn of ‘catastrophic’ risk from wildfires this Easter

Published: April 18, 2025 10:25

Weeks of fires amid warm and dry spell have decimated ecosystems and threatened endangered species, say expertsBritain’s national parks have warned of a “catastrophic” risk from wildfires this Easter after one of the driest early spring seasons on…

‘The posh areas get cleared’: bin strikes illustrate Birmingham’s wealth gap

Published: April 18, 2025 05:00

People in poorer areas feel frustrated rubbish piles up during strikes, while wealthy households pay for removal“It’s very frustrating that the posh areas get cleared and we’re just left, very frustrating but we expect it,” said Peter Thomas, outside his…

Donald Trump says he is expecting to make second state visit to the UK in September

Published: April 17, 2025 22:06

US president and first lady received invitation from King Charles for an unprecedented second state visit in FebruaryDonald Trump has said he is expecting to travel to to the UK in September for his second state visit.King Charles is preparing to host the…

Trump Media urges regulators to investigate hedge fund’s vast bet against stock

Published: April 17, 2025 18:05

Company behind Truth Social accuses London-based hedge fund Qube of alleged ‘suspicious trading activity’Donald Trump’s fledgling media firm has urged market regulators to investigate “suspicious activity” after a London-based hedge fund disclosed a vast…

Rural communities could be destroyed if UK signs US trade deal, says former food tsar

Published: April 17, 2025 17:38

Exclusive: Henry Dimbleby joins farmers in voicing fears of lower standards and a poor deal for British food producersBritain’s rural communities could be “destroyed”, the former government food tsar has said, if ministers sign a US trade deal that…

Trans activists accuse UK equalities chief of ‘overreach’ for suggesting bans

Published: April 17, 2025 16:46

EHRC’s Kishwer Falkner says trans women may be barred from some women’s spaces after supreme court rulingTrans rights campaigners have accused the head of the UK’s equalities regulator of “overreach” after she said trans women could be banned from women’s…

UK supreme court ruling on legal definition of a woman sparks celebration and criticism – video

Published: April 17, 2025 13:10

Members of the gender-critical campaign group For Women Scotland, which is financially backed by JK Rowling, celebrated as the UK supreme court ruled that 'woman' and 'sex' in the Equality Act referred only to a biological woman and to biological sex.…

University student drowned after being caught in ‘underwater vortex’ off Dorset coast

Published: April 17, 2025 12:34

Body of Emily Sherwin, 20, was never found after she was separated from her friend while diving near SwanageA university student drowned after being caught in an “underwater vortex” while diving off the south coast of England, an inquest has heard.Emily…

Teachers’ union will campaign against Labour MPs if pay offer in England is not improved

Published: April 17, 2025 12:29

NEU leader tells conference delegates to prepare for industrial action if pay and funding are not satisfactoryThe National Education Union (NEU) has warned that it will campaign against Labour MPs if the government fails to improve its pay offer to…

Minister hopes supreme court’s gender ruling will ‘draw a line’ under trans debate – UK politics live

Published: April 17, 2025 08:31

Health minister Karin Smyth says ‘it’s good we have clarity for women’ as Tories call for ruling to be ‘reinforced with legislation’My colleague Archie Bland has this to say in the opening of today’s First Edition newsletter, which has its focus on…

Sainsbury’s joins UK retailers’ £1bn profits club but warns of flat year ahead

Published: April 17, 2025 07:21

Supermarket to close two of its five non-food warehouses to save £70m a year, putting jobs at riskBusiness live – latest updatesSainsbury’s has joined Tesco, Next and Marks & Spencer as one of a handful of retailers who have made £1bn in profits, but it…

Lammy, Rubio and Witkoff to discuss Ukraine war and Iran with Europeans in Paris talks

Published: April 17, 2025 06:04

UK foreign secretary to join Trump envoys and Emmanuel Macron to hear European concerns about Russia and elusive truceDavid Lammy, the UK foreign secretary, is expected to attend talks on Ukraine and Iran on Thursday with the French president, Emmanuel…

A third of UK school staff report ‘physical underdevelopment’ in poor students

Published: April 17, 2025 05:00

A survey of more than 14,000 staff also found schools having to step in to provide basic household itemsA third of school staff have seen “physical underdevelopment” in students due to poverty, with schools in England stretching their budgets to buy basic…

GPs in England will be able to claim £20 for every time patient is not sent to hospital

Published: April 17, 2025 05:00

Surgeries will be able to claim money if doctors refer patients to an out-of-hospital setting in bid to cut waiting listsGPs in England will be paid £20 each time they decide not to send a patient to hospital under a government scheme to help reduce the…

Ex-UK defence minister ‘disgusted’ by Trump’s attitude to Putin and Russia

Published: April 17, 2025 04:01

Grant Shapps also compares calling Sumy strike a ‘mistake’ to statements by IRA terror group when it killed civiliansPronouncing himself “disgusted” by Donald Trump’s favorable attitude to Russia and Vladimir Putin, the former UK defence minister Grant…

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