Covid inquiry told Treasury blocked request for 10,000 NHS beds
Covid inquiry Boris Johnson’s government blocked a request to fund another 10,000 hospital beds at the height of the Covid pandemic, the chief executive of NHS England has said. Amanda…
US will continue climate fight despite Trump
Getty The US will still continue fighting climate change and curbing its emissions of planet-warming gases despite the election of Donald Trump, the US special envoy told the COP29 conference…
Italian authorities bust ‘international forgery ring’
Carabinieri Most of the forgeries recovered were copies of Banksy works Police in Italy say they have busted a major European criminal network forging and selling artworks by some of…
Who is Elise Stefanik, Trump’s pick for UN ambassador?
President-elect Donald Trump has named Republican Congresswoman Elise Stefanik to serve as the US ambassador to the United Nations. A longtime Trump ally, Stefanik is a staunch supporter of Israel…
Kenya’s chief justice says no-one has ever tried to bribe her
Kenya’s most senior judge has hit out following recent allegations of corruption and incompetence within the judiciary. “In all these 22 years I’ve been a judge and a chief justice,…
Mother-of-two dies in Turkey gastric sleeve weight-loss op
Wales News Service Janet Savage was worried about putting on weight and booked surgery in Turkey A driving examiner who went to Turkey for a weight-loss operation bled to death…
Critics praise Paul Mescal film as ‘gobsmacking’ and ‘loopy’
Paramount Pictures Most critics praised Mescal’s performance in Gladiator II Gladiator II – Ridley Scott’s highly anticipated sequel following the 2000 epic – has been met with a mostly positive…
New research prompts rethink on chances of life on Uranus moons
SPL Artwork: Uranus and its five largest moons had been thought to be inactive and sterile. The planet Uranus and its five biggest moons may not be the dead sterile…
Wessex Water fined £500,000 over sewage leaks that killed fish
Wessex Water has been fined £500,000 for polluting two rivers and killing thousands of fish. The company admitted a series of failures which led to untreated sewage being discharged into…
National park to continue using Welsh name for Snowdon
Getty Images Snowdonia National Park Authority has referred to Wales’ tallest mountain solely as Yr Wyddfa since 2022 Wales’ tallest mountain will continue to be referred to solely by its…