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Doctors’ union says GPs will be overwhelmed by ‘triage tsunami’ and gives ministers 48 hours to take measures GPs in England are threatening to take action over government plans to increase patients’ online access to appointments which they claim will lead to a “tsunami” of extra demand. Ministers have been given 48 hours to put … Read more
Motion backed by unions calls for tougher action, including trade suspension, to end risk of UK complicity UK politics live – latest updates The Labour conference will vote on whether it believes Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza and whether the the UK-Israel trade agreement should be suspended in what could become a significant … Read more
President’s 2024 election rival delivers fiery remarks while accepting Congressional Black Caucus Foundation award Donald Trump has proven himself to be an “unchecked, incompetent, unhinged president,” and his opposition must follow leaders who are ready to “fight fire with fire,” his 2024 election rival Kamala Harris has said. The former Democratic US vice-president delivered those … Read more
The Stella prize-winning author’s work tackles relationship between intent and actions, while testing readers’ assumptions about autobiography Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email When Michelle de Kretser decided to use her acceptance of the Stella prize in May to speak out about Israel’s invasion of Gaza and the Australian government’s role in the ongoing … Read more
From Colin Firth’s wet shirt in Pride and Prejudice to Meryl Streep’s safari gear in Out of Africa, Cosprop’s outfits achieved cinematic realism When the costume designer John Bright founded the period costume house Cosprop in 1965, it was out of a desire to give the clothes seen in film and TV “a greater realism” … Read more
President Maia Sandu had accused Russia of using underhand tactics in attempt to sway voters Former Moldovan prime minister Natalia Gavrilița is speaking at the Warsaw Security Forum this morning. Responding to last night’s election result, she says: “We all need good news, and I’m very, very happy that my people delivered the good news … Read more
Richard Hermer to aim criticism at Nigel Farage and Robert Jenrick at Labour conference event Rightwing populists threaten working-class people’s protections under the rule of law, the attorney general will say in his most political intervention yet. In a criticism directed squarely at Nigel Farage and Robert Jenrick, Richard Hermer will say that populist politicians … Read more
Two years after the tree was cut down, the National Trust says it wants to turn a sense of loss ‘into a sense of hope’ Artists are being asked for ideas to create a “nationally important” work from the wood of the illegally felled Sycamore Gap tree which, organisers hope, will be galvanising and inspiring. … Read more
Spokesperson says claims Harry felt like an ‘official visitor’ were fabricated as duke seeks reconciliation with father Prince Harry has suggested that people are seeking to sabotage his reconciliation with King Charles as he hit back at “invention fed” media reports on the pair’s recent meeting. Harry met the king for the first time in … Read more
Officials name Robert Eugene Brashers in brutal deaths of Amy Ayers, Eliza Thomas and Jennifer and Sarah Harbison After more than three decades, police have identified a dead suspect in an infamous 1991 murder case in which four girls were slain at a yogurt shop in Austin, Texas. Austin police revealed Friday that Robert Eugene … Read more