Damian Green: timeline of how a leak led to a downfall
Tory minister forced to resign after claims of inappropriate behaviour and pornography found on a computerA series of leaked official documents from the Home Office are published in national...
View ArticleUK lottery winner granted interim order to stop book about affair
Gareth Bull, who won £41m on Euromillions, seeking to prevent Donna Desporte exposing details of relationshipA man who won £41m on the lottery with his wife has been granted an interim order stopping...
View ArticleMay says she wants investigation into release of Damian Green information –...
The prime minister flew to Poland after a third cabinet departure in two months created a further headache for governmentFull report: Damian Green sacked as first secretary of stateTimeline: how a leak...
View ArticleOnline test aims to predict best antidepressants for individual patients
Researchers hope to improve current trial and error approach by devising algorithm based on a person’s cognitive characteristicsResearchers are developing an internet-based tool they hope will predict...
View ArticleResearchers to study school records for clues on suicide and self-harm
Project aims to identify risk factors by comparing school and health records, paving the way for early interventionResearchers are embarking on an ambitious project to see whether a child’s school...
View ArticlePolice investigate claims of fox killing during Boxing Day hunt
Clashes took place at hunt in Suffolk after speculation Theresa May might abandon pledge for free vote on foxhunting banPolice are investigating after clashes at a Boxing Day hunt in Suffolk, where it...
View ArticleMan found dead after fall at Canary Wharf construction site
Police launch investigation after unidentified man reportedly falls into trench in London’s banking districtPolice are investigating after a man fell to his death on a construction site in London’s...
View ArticleFire kills 13 monkeys at Woburn safari park
Park will remain open except for affected enclosure while cause of blaze is investigatedThirteen monkeys have died in a fire at Woburn safari park in Bedfordshire, believed to have been sparked by a...
View ArticleUK addiction treatment centres braced for new year surge in demand
Self-referrals predicted to reach record levels amid fears that cuts to drug and alcohol services are compounding problemAddiction treatment centres are bracing themselves for a leap in people seeking...
View ArticleWatchdog bans advert's claim eHarmony is 'scientifically proven'
ASA says claim is misleading because dating site cannot prove it provides a greater chance of finding lasting loveThe advertising regulator has banned the online dating service eHarmony from claiming...
View ArticleDoctors and patients accuse government of failing to stop NHS crisis
At least 21 trusts are on black alert, meaning they cannot guarantee patient safety or provide full range of servicesNHS providers, doctors and patients have joined opposition parties in accusing the...
View ArticleHow to save the NHS: experts offer their big ideas
With the NHS facing a growing crisis, experts tell the Guardian what needs to be done to secure its futureThere is nothing inevitable about a winter NHS crisis. The government has short-changed the NHS...
View ArticleEssex woman dies after waiting nearly four hours for ambulance
Emergency services arrived at 81-year-old’s home three hours and 45 minutes after she called 999 complaining of chest painsAn 81-year-old woman was found dead in her house after waiting almost four...
View ArticleNHS's real problem is underfunding not Australian flu, says virologist
John Oxford says there has been no major outbreak of Australian flu in UK and there are too few doctors and nursesA leading virologist has said there has been no major outbreak of Australian flu in the...
View ArticleBlue Peter named best children's TV show in poll of experts
Grange Hill, Newsround, Tiswas and Multi-Coloured Swap Shop also make top five chosen by panel for Radio TimesBlue Peter has been chosen by a Radio Times panel of experts as the best children’s...
View ArticleBritain First fan who drove van at London restaurant owner walks free
Marek Zakrocki, who also gave a Nazi salute and shouted ‘white power’, served his time on remandA Britain First supporter who drove at a curry restaurant owner after saying “I’m going to kill a Muslim”...
View Article‘Haemorrhaging nurses’: one in 10 quit NHS England each year
Data showing 33,000 nurses left in 2016-17 triggers warning of ‘dangerous and downward spiral’One in 10 nurses are leaving the NHS in England each year, according to official figures, raising fresh...
View ArticleVictim of van attack by Britain First supporter criticises leniency of sentence
Kamal Ahmed says a Muslim who carried out such an attack would be treated differently, after Marek Zakrocki walks freeA restaurant owner who was the target of a van attack by a Britain First supporter...
View ArticleParents pay to plug gaps in free childcare funding, survey finds
Only a third of places under government scheme found to be completely free, with fees often charged for meals and nappiesParents are being forced to subsidise the government’s flagship childcare...
View ArticleTerminally ill man can appeal against right-to-die ruling, say judges
Retired lecturer Noel Conway, 68, is granted right to challenge high court judgmentA man with motor neurone disease has been granted permission to appeal against a high court ruling that said he could...
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