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Prince Harry says Covid has 'flipped life upside down for so many'

Prince Harry said Covid-19 has ‘flipped life upside down for so many’ as he spoke of his disappointment at the Warrior Games being cancelled. The Duke of Sussex, who spent 10 years in the Army, co-hosted a virtual event for the Games, which celebrates injured active duty and veteran US military service members. Appearing alongside […]

NHS 'is short of 50,000 doctors' as bleak winter looms

NHS ‘is short of 50,000 doctors’ as bleak winter looms: BMA bosses fear health service will struggle to cope over coming months after slump in number of medics NHS in England is short around 50,000 doctors, British Medical Association says The BMA warned number had fallen behind comparable EU countries It found there were 2.8 […]

‘Revenge’: Ex-wife takes frozen bodies, brains from Moscow cryogenics site

Moscow: The frozen bodies and detached brains of people who paid vast sums of money to be cryogenically frozen have been taken from a Russian facility in a corporate dispute between a former husband and wife. Danila Medvedev, 41, said that his ex-wife and former business partner had ordered her staff to seize the bodies […]

Tourism spots in Southeast Asia are set to reopen despite Delta surges.

Thailand and Vietnam, two countries whose economies rely largely on tourism, are pushing to reopen their travel industries despite surges in coronavirus cases and outbreaks of the Delta variant. Late last week, the Vietnamese government announced a reopening of the island of Phu Quoc to fully vaccinated overseas tourists, with the goal of attracting two […]

XR protester, 60, who blocked roads outside Parliament is spared jail

‘Privileged, white middle class’ XR protester, 60, who blocked roads outside Parliament is spared jail after claiming she was ‘acting out of necessity’ Vanessa Stevenson, 60, was arrested outside Parliament while protesting   Charged with failing to comply with a condition imposed by the Met Police  Claimed order interfered with human rights – including freedom of […]

Andrew Neil QUITS GB News: Broadcaster resigns as chairman

Andrew Neil QUITS GB News: Broadcaster resigns as chairman and will step down as presenter ‘to reduce his many commitments’ but channel says he will continue to appear as commentator Ex-BBC political presenter will continue to appear twice a week as commentator  He quit after presenting just two weeks’ worth of shows before extended holiday  […]

'Hot tub falls from crane' and kills pensioner in his 70s

‘Hot tub falls from crane’ and kills pensioner in his 70s while it was being lowered into his back garden Emergency services called to Mangotsfield area of Bristol after man in 70s was struck and killed this morning Lady whose house backs onto garden said: ‘It was definitely a hot tub. They we’re lowering it […]