An emergency alarm will ring out on people’s mobile phones across the country on one day in September as the government tests its emergency alert system. In its second ever nationwide drill, the alert system will be tested at around 3pm on 7 September this year – with approximately 87 million devices vibrating and ringing…
LONDON (AP) — Human rights groups lost their legal challenge Monday to the British government’s decision to supply Israel with parts for F-35 fighter jets and other military equipment. The Palestinian group Al-Haq and the U.K.-based Global Legal Action Network alleged that the government broke domestic and international law and was complicit in atrocities against…
After six weeks of shocking revelations, Sean “Diddy” Combs‘ trial is finally nearing its conclusion as closing arguments have already commenced. A former federal prosecutor not involved in the case has claimed that the rapper’s guilty verdict is “in the bag,” despite the prosecution weakening its argument by not calling the “most crucial witness.” The…
The Chancellor has insisted the Government can hit its NHS waiting times targets despite scepticism from some leaders. Speaking after her spending review, Rachel Reeves said the Government was confident it could hit pledges set down by the Prime Minister last year. Sir Keir Starmer said in December the NHS will carry out 92% of…
Hundreds of thousands fewer patients will face long A&E waits, the Government has pledged, as it also set out plans to try and end “corridor care”. Almost £450 million will be put into creating better care and more facilities, with an emphasis on caring for people closer to their homes, according to the Department of…
The Government should introduce a statutory ban on mobile phones in schools to alleviate the pressure on parents, teachers and headteachers, the leader of the largest education union in the UK has said Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union (NEU), warned that children have access to “hardcore pornography” on their phones which…
A Justice Department attorney who publicly expressed misgivings about the government’s response to the erroneous deportation of a Maryland man to a high-security prison in El Salvador has been put on administrative leave, a DOJ official said Saturday. Erez Reuveni represented the Trump administration Friday at a federal court hearing where lawyers for Kilmar Abrego…
The Government must rethink NHS waiting times targets and the amount it spends on hospitals if it wants to move care closer to home, according to a new report. The King’s Fund charity said strong political leadership was vital if the Government’s desire to care for people outside of hospitals is to become a reality….
Efforts to reverse the suspension of local elections in England have been defeated in the House of Lords. Nine councils have had their elections delayed by one year while the Government reorganises local government. In a rare move, two so-called fatal motions were proposed by the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party in the upper…
Police will be allowed to search homes for stolen mobile phones without a warrant under new legislation unveiled in parliament on Tuesday. The measure is just one included in the government’s new Crime and Policing Bill, aimed at “taking back control of town centres” from criminals. The proposals, which the government want to come into…