Growing numbers of doctors have said they would not blow the whistle about patient safety concerns for fear of retribution, a survey has found. The British Medical Association (BMA) surveyed doctors in 2018 and again in 2024, with a rising proportion saying they would not feel confident raising concerns about …
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Royal Mail has written to residents of a coastal town apologising for delivery delays blaming dive-bombing seagulls for the inconvenience. Householders in Liskeard, Cornwall, have received a letter from the Royal Mail warning them that the aggressive birds have been hampering postal deliveries in the area. Ryan Lean, the Royal …
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A pack of trade and private equity suitors are circling Evri, one of Britain’s biggest parcel delivery companies. Sky News has learnt that Apollo Global Management and Platinum Equity are among the parties which have lodged initial offers for Evri, which is reportedly worth around £2bn. City sources said that …
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Image source, BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION Image caption, The Hulk-branded gaming device is in a vivid green 3 hours ago A story about a rare Xbox console that sold for almost £8,000 at auction was among our most read stories this week in Oxfordshire. We have picked five of them to …
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It’s gone like a flash but we are well past the half-way point of 2024 – and we have the new laws and changes to prove it. New legislation has come in around issues like pet abduction and landlord reforms and is now in force. Many of the changes are …
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WHEN Caroline Gale potters about town in her small red delivery van, you’d be forgiven for thinking she was the local mailwoman dropping off parcels. But in actual fact the ex-Royal Mail vehicle hides a much more exciting interior – as it’s been completely transformed into a fully functioning tiny …
Read More »The former Conservative MP, who spent nearly 16 years in parliament, said the discourse in politics has deteriorated ‘so that’s alienated me a little from wanting to throw everything at it and make all the sacrifices that you do have to make’. By sacrifices, he mainly means his family. Edward …
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Six candidates are standing for election to parliament to represent the Hove and Portslade constituency on Thursday 4 July 2024. The six candidates are Sophie Broadbent (Green), Carline Deal (Conservative), Martin Hess (Reform UK), Peter Kyle (Labour), Tanushka Marah (Independent) and Michael Wang (Liberal Democrat). Each candidate answered questions submitted …
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Six candidates are standing for election to parliament to represent the Hove and Portslade constituency on Thursday 4 July 2024. The six candidates are Sophie Broadbent (Green), Carline Deal (Conservative), Martin Hess (Reform UK), Peter Kyle (Labour), Tanushka Marah (Independent) and Michael Wang (Liberal Democrat). Each candidate answered questions submitted …
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Brits are being warned of five text messages you should never respond to as they are always scams. One recent example includes a cunning HMRC refund scheme text scam. With cybersecurity at an all time high, expert have listed five common text scams and how to deal with them. One …
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