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For free real-time breaking news notifications sent straight to your inbox, sign up for our breaking news email Sign up for our latest news email As temperatures continue to soar globally, many are wondering if the UK will experience a scorching 40C heatwave this summer, similar to the previous year. Speculation is rife that the … Read more
By Lisa Summers Scottish Health Correspondent 3 hours ago Caption, BBC producer Claire McAllister with partner John after the birth of baby Christopher The BBC Scotland office in Edinburgh has been very grateful to the NHS in recent weeks. My colleague, political editor Glenn Campbell, recently disappeared in action – spending a week in the … Read more
By Charlie Jones BBC News, Suffolk 7 hours ago image source, Steven Marland Caption, Steven Marsland, pictured with his family, said he felt anxious about possibly missing the medication that was keeping him alive Cancer patients say they are relieved to be able to continue taking life-saving drugs after the policy change. Doctors are not … Read more
National Savings & Investments boosted savers’ chances of winning the Premium Bond prize this summer, raising its prize fund rate to 4 percent—the highest level since 2007. The odds of winning the monthly prize have been shortened to one in 22,000: the best in almost 15 years. The £100,000 prize pool increased by six to … Read more
The House of Lords has passed several amendments to the Northern Ireland Issue (the Inheritance and Reconciliation Bill) that would have prevented a number of former republican prisoners, including former Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams, from seeking compensation for internment without trial in the 1970s. The government has said that up to 400 compensation claims … Read more
Receive free Retail trading updates We’ll send you one myFT Daily Digest latest roundup email Retail trade news every morning. Investors have spent nearly $200 million trading theoretically worthless shares in Bed Bath & Beyond since the home-appliance retailer went bankrupt in early May, in the latest manifestation of the stock meme craze. Bed Bath … Read more
Receive free UK financial regulation updates We’ll send you one myFT Daily Digest latest roundup email UK financial regulations news every morning. The Bank of England is looking at controversial plans to force more international banks to set up subsidiaries in Britain, people familiar with the situation told the Financial Times. The move could reduce … Read more
By Maria McCann BBC News NI north east 4 July 2023, 11:29 WIB Updated 2 hours ago image source, Lou Franklin Caption, Aidan Mann, 28, is a tattoo artist based in Bangor A man will spend at least nine years in prison for the murder of Northern Irish tattoo artist Aidan Mann. The 28 year … Read more
Receive free UK politics & policy updates We’ll send you one myFT Daily Digest latest roundup email British politics & policy news every morning. Rishi Sunak on Tuesday acknowledged that inflation was proving “more persistent than people anticipated”, as he vowed to clamp down on public borrowing and take a “responsible” approach to public sector … Read more
Emergency services have been called for the crash on the A470. North Wales Police said part of the road was closed between the Esgyryn roundabout and the main Black Cat roundabout at Llandudno Junction. They have urged drivers to avoid the area if possible, due to heavy traffic in the area. Separately, emergency services are … Read more
A new study of patients with glaucoma in Russia reports a strong association between the degree of retinal ganglion cell loss and the severity of depressive symptoms. The loss of ganglion cells that occurs due to glaucoma impairs the perception of light and thus results in a decrease in the quality of vision. This study … Read more
I called my GP, and was offered a same day appointment (Image: Nick Summerfield) I never in a million years dreamed this would be my story. But it turns out that young people get colon cancer. I first started feeling ‘off’ over Christmas 2020. Like many of us, I work from my home (managing Airbnb … Read more