Bailey family The deaths of three adults with learning disabilities at a failed hospital should prompt a review to prevent further “lethal outcomes” at similar facilities, a report said. There were significant failures in the care of the patients at Jeesal Cawston Park, Norfolk, it found. Norfolk Safeguarding Adults Board concluded such hospitals should “cease
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PA Media Priti Patel has authorised Border Force to turn boats carrying migrants back at sea to prevent them reaching the UK. More than 1,500 migrants have crossed the English Channel by boat this week. The home secretary and her French counterpart discussed the issue on Wednesday but failed to agree new measures to prevent
Family photo The sentence given to a man who choked a woman to death during sex is being reviewed by the Attorney General to decide if it was unduly lenient. Sam Pybus, 32, was jailed for four years and eight months after admitting the manslaughter of Sophie Moss, 33, at her home in Darlington on
Getty Images MPs will vote later on whether to raise National Insurance to fund health and social care, a day after Boris Johnson announced the manifesto-breaking move. The prime minister says it will raise £12bn a year which will be used to tackle the health backlog caused by the Covid pandemic and boost social care.
A new health and social care tax will be introduced across the UK to pay for reforms to the care sector and NHS funding in England. Boris Johnson said it would raise £36bn for the NHS and social care in the next three years, including the “biggest catch-up programme in…NHS history”. He accepted the tax
PA Media Boris Johnson will vow to end “catastrophic costs” for social care users in England, when he sets out long-awaited reform proposals later. The prime minister will announce the plans to MPs, alongside long-term funding arrangements to help the NHS respond to the Covid pandemic. He is expected to breach election promises and raise
Getty Images Boris Johnson will unveil his long-term plans for social care and the NHS as early as Tuesday, amid rows over how to pay for multi-billion pound funding. The PM said he had a plan to reform social care when he took power in 2019, but has yet to announce the detail. Now, reports
PA Media Boris Johnson will defend his handling of the Afghanistan crisis in the Commons as he reiterates his vow to use “every economic, political and diplomatic lever” to help Afghans. Both he and Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab have faced criticism over the UK’s response to the Taliban takeover. The prime minister will make a
Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding, 39, who had breast cancer, died on Sunday morning, her mother has said. Harding revealed in August 2020 that she had been diagnosed with the disease, which had spread to other parts of her body. Her mother Marie announced the news on Instagram, describing her “beautiful” daughter as “a bright,
Getty Images Taliban officials have broken up a demonstration by dozens of women in Kabul demanding rights following the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan. The group say the Taliban targeted them with tear gas and pepper spray as they tried to walk from a bridge to the presidential palace. But the Taliban maintain the protest got
Getty Images The government believes there is a “strong case” for offering Covid jabs to healthy 12-15 year-olds, a source has told the BBC, as it awaits advice from the UK’s chief medical officers. Experts on Friday said they would not recommend a rollout, as the benefits on health grounds alone were “marginal”. But the
Getty Images One of the UK’s largest suppliers of seasonal flu vaccines has said there will be a delay in jab deliveries to some GP surgeries due to issues related to a shortage of HGV drivers. Seqirus, one of the world’s largest flu vaccine companies, said it had told customers about delays of up to
Getty Images The UK’s vaccine advisory body has refused to give the green light to vaccinating healthy children aged 12-15 years old on health grounds alone. But the JCVI said the government could consider wider issues including disruption to schools. Ministers across the UK have asked chief medical officers to look at whether that tips
US President Joe Biden says “historic investment” is needed to deal with the climate crisis, as the north-east reels from flash flooding and tornadoes that have killed at least 41 people. The US is facing climate-related destruction across the country and tackling it is “a matter of life and death”, the president said. New York
Getty Images There are “shocking failings” and “blatant hypocrisy” in the way major UK religious groups handle child sex abuse allegations, an inquiry has found. The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) said some religious organisations in England and Wales were “morally failing” children. It examined evidence from 38 groups, including sects from Christianity,
The top US general has described the Taliban as a “ruthless group” and says it is unclear whether they will change. Gen Mark Milley said, however, it was “possible” that the US would co-ordinate with the Islamist militants on future counter-terrorism operations. US forces withdrew from Afghanistan on Tuesday, ending America’s longest war 20 years