Two agency nurses ‘gross failures’ contributed to the death of disabled woman at care home

Two agency nurses whose ‘gross failures’ contributed to the death of a disabled woman were allowed to keep working at a care home because they ‘knew residents well’, a coroner has heard. Rachel Johnston, 49, had all her teeth surgically extracted at Kidderminster Hospital on October 26 2018 due to severe decay, which had been … Read more

Matt Hancock unveils new pandemic-fighting body the UK Health Security Agency

Matt Hancock today unveiled a new pandemic-fighting body that will replace Public Health England and protect the UK in the face of future disease outbreaks. The Health Secretary said the UK Health Security Agency will begin work next month and its ‘sole job’ will be to ‘plan, prevent and respond to external threats to health’. … Read more

Outrage after The National Crime Agency ditches its probe into fraud at HBOS Reading 

Outrage after The National Crime Agency ditches its probe into fraud at HBOS Reading By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:36 GMT, 23 March 2021 | Updated: 22:57 GMT, 23 March 2021 No evidence: The National Crime Agency has ditched its probe into alleged fraud at HBOS Reading The National Crime Agency (NCA) … Read more

Travel agency TUI to close 48 more high street stores after fines introduced for foreign holidays

Holiday firm TUI has announced it will be closing a further 48 retail stores across the UK. It comes as the government announced travellers will face £5,000 fine for going abroad on holiday without ‘reasonable excuse’.  The UK’s biggest tour operator said the travel industry and the high street ‘are both facing unprecedented pressure’ due … Read more

Prince Philip’s sisters shown in portraits captured by America’s earliest news picture agency

Incredible photographs taken by one of America’s earliest news picture agencies have emerged, with Titanic survivors, teenage suffragettes and even royalty among the images. The pictures were produced and gathered for worldwide distribution by George Grantham Bain through his Bain News Service. The service was established in 1898 by Bain, who was known as the … Read more

Melinda Messenger, 50, is considering paying up to £25K to find love through exclusive dating agency

Melinda Messenger has revealed she’s considering to pay thousands in a bid to find a partner. In a new interview, the former glamour model, who turned 50 on Tuesday, declared she’d ‘love to meet somebody’, nearly two years after splitting from her First Dates boyfriend Chris Harding following an eight-month relationship.  The Page Three icon explained … Read more

£800m tech agency championed by Dominic Cummings that aims to help UK inventors launches today

£800m tech agency that was championed by Dominic Cummings and aims to help UK inventors take on the world will be launched today  The Advanced Research & Invention Agency will fund ‘blue sky projects’ It will also give inventors the ‘freedom to fail’ by exempting them from standard rules for taxpayer-funded work  This has raised … Read more

£800m tech agency championed by Dominic Cummings that aims to help UK inventors launches today

£800m tech agency that was championed by Dominic Cummings and aims to help UK inventors take on the world will be launched today  The Advanced Research & Invention Agency will fund ‘blue sky projects’ It will also give inventors the ‘freedom to fail’ by exempting them from standard rules for taxpayer-funded work  This has raised … Read more

Roads agency faces manslaughter charge over grandmother’s death on smart motorway

Highways England could be taken to court for corporate manslaughter following the death of a grandmother on a smart motorway. The dramatic development comes less than a month after the notorious roads were condemned by a coroner as death traps. Yesterday another coroner referred Highways England to prosecutors after it was revealed no one had … Read more

US agency considers allowing fishermen to fire paintballs at endangered seals stealing their fish 

Commercial fishers in Hawaii have had enough of monk seals stealing their catches, damaging their gear and even threatening their crew. But the hefty marine mammals are an endangered species, leading federal officials to look for non-lethal deterrents. The National Marine Fisheries is proposing fisherman shoot the endangered seals with paintballs and sponge grenades. However, … Read more