Day: January 3, 2023
Health Secretary Steve Barclay blames flu, Covid and Strep A for NHS winter crisis
January 3, 2023Speaking to broadcasters on Tuesday evening, Mr Barclay cited a “combination” of factors including the increased spread of viruses as the reasons behind long waits in A&E and for ambulances. NHS leaders have said the pressure on the health service is “intolerable and unbearable” for both patients and staff. Patients are currently enduring record waits […]
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Health Secretary blames flu, Covid and Strep A fears for NHS pressures
January 3, 2023T he Health Secretary has blamed high numbers of flu cases, Covid-19 and Strep A fears for the particular pressures the NHS faced over Christmas. Steve Barclay’s comments come as senior doctors say the NHS is on a knife edge, with many A&E units struggling to keep up with demand and trusts and ambulance services […]
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Police in East London step up patrols after ‘erratic’ man enters mosque brandishing knife
January 3, 2023P olice in East London have stepped up patrols after a man entered a Whitechapel mosque and brandished a knife. Met Police officers received a call just after midday on Tuesday to reports of a man behaving “erratically” and waving a knife in Ford Square Mosque. The man’s motivations “remain unknown” and no members of […]
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Train strikes latest LIVE: RMT’s Mick Lynch warns walkouts could go on for months as commuters hit by 48-hour strike
January 3, 2023T he head of Britain’s largest rail union warned train strikes could go on for months on Tuesday as a fresh 48-hour walkout caused misery for commuters. Mick Lynch said the RMT had a mandate to take action up until May, but warned: “If we have to go further, that’s what we’ll need to do.” […]
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Pele funeral live updates: Brazil football legend arrives at cemetery
January 3, 2023P ele funeral – live updates Brazilian football great Pele, whose full name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento, will this afternoon in Santos be laid to rest at the Memorial Necropole Ecumenical in a ceremony attended by just family. It will follow a procession through the city where Pele made his name, with his coffin […]
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The Rev Eric Burton obituary
January 3, 2023My father, Eric Burton, who has died aged 96, was a Congregational Church minister who conducted services in many churches across the UK and in the 1960s was secretary for children’s work at the Congregational Union headquarters in London. He also wrote a book, No Walls Within (1968), which was an innovative guide to creating […]
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Ambulance crews to ‘dump patients in A&E’ if they’re left waiting 45 minutes
January 3, 2023London Ambulance Service will only wait 45 minutes before handing patients over to A&E, it has been revealed. Crews have been told to unload patients onto hospital trolleys, point them out to a nurse and then leave, shows an email leaked to ITV News. The aim is to tackle delayed handovers and ensure ambulances are […]
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Care home at centre of murder investigation after resident found dead
January 3, 2023A second care facility in London has today become the centre of a murder investigation. Metropolitan Police officers were called to the adult care home on Glen Road, Newham, around 3.45am to reports of a resident being injured. They found a 34-year-old man with serious head injuries, who was pronounced dead at the scene. Another […]
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Man charged with murdering missing woman who hasn’t been seen for four weeks
January 3, 2023A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a woman who disappeared four weeks ago. Maureen Gitau, 24, was reported missing by her family on December 10, having last been seen five days earlier as she left her home in Evelyn Street in Deptford, Lewisham, southeast London. Scotland Yard’s Specialist Crime Command took over the […]
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Man, 60, killed ‘in assault at care home’ with resident arrested at scene
January 3, 2023A man has died in a suspected murder at a care facility in west London. Police were called to the home in Hayes just before midnight and he was declared dead at the scene. A 44-year-old resident at the facility was arrested on suspicion of murder and he remains in custody this morning. The victim’s […]
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