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Boris Johnson has spoken of Christians around the world who are facing persecution: “For them, Christmas Day will be marked in private, in secret, perhaps even in a prison cell … As prime minister, that’s something I want to change.”  Fine words indeed. Let’s see that change. Download the new …

Boris’s Queen’s Speech: The pledges  NHS Funding Bill: to lock in extra £33.9billion health spending over the next four years Scrap hospital parking charges for the most ill Measures to scrap hospital car park charges for ‘those in greatest need’, including the disabled, parents of sick children staying overnight and …

A Devon couple expecting their first baby are gearing up for Christmas in Derriford Hospital’s maternity ward after mum Natalie’s waters ‘semi’ broke three months early. Miss Hull took a funny turn before realising her unborn child was gearing up for his arrival way earlier than expected. The 35-year-old admin …

The flu season is well under way and the NHS is already starting to buckle under the pressure. Alarming new figures from Public Health England (PHE) show thousands of patients have been to their GP with flu-like symptoms in the past five days, and three times as many people have …

Public ownership of rail, water, energy, buses, Royal Mail, broadband and the NHS would save the UK nearly £13billion every year, a study has found. And the money saved could be ploughed into improving public services, creating jobs, boosting local economies and delivering green policies, according the anti-privatisation group We …

A mother shared a photograph of her suffering a seizure on the hospital floor as she blasted NHS provision for those with complex mental health needs. Mother-of-one Jodie Lee, 36, from Anfield, was rushed to A&E at the Royal Liverpool Hospital on Friday evening. She told how she was left fitting on the …

THE Conservatives were accused of “scamming” voters today by sending unpaid mail that appeared to be official NHS letters but turned out to be Tory pre-election PR. Douglas Smith from St Albans was charged £4 by the Royal Mail to collect two letters on Thursday which had been sent to him and …

So febrile have been the scenes in Parliament in recent weeks that the economic statement by Chancellor Sajid Javid on September 4 has gone almost unnoticed, yet it was scarcely what we have come to expect from Tory governments. Declaring ‘the end of austerity’, Javid unveiled the biggest spending spree …

The city’s A&E department is set to be at the heart of a new fly-on-the-wall documentary. Eyes will be firmly fixed on the nurses and doctors at Hull Royal Infirmary while going about their life-saving duties on the programme which will focus on the night shift workers at the hospital. …

A grieving mother has spoken of the constant trauma still haunting her 27 years after the death of her daughter. Michelle was born at Hedon Road maternity hospital in May 1992, but passed away less than 12 weeks later at Hull Royal Infirmary. Michelle’s mother, Janet, was excited for her …