What the latest NHS performance figures show
Some 10,201 people had waited more than 18 months to start treatment at the end of September, up from 8,998 at the end of August.
Some 10,201 people had waited more than 18 months to start treatment at the end of September, up from 8,998 at the end of August.
It comes ahead of new targets for cancer wait times being brought in as part of a streamlining process.
‘Honoured’ was how retired Guernsey Post employee John Bougourd felt when he learned that its new £1.8m. parcel sorting machine was to be named after him.
Conservative former cabinet minister Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg warned against watering down ‘ancient liberties’.
It was delivered for the first time by Charles as monarch.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has put a series of criminal justice laws at the heart of the King’s Speech, in a bid to draw dividing lines with Labour.
Dr Zahid Chauhan, founder of Homeless Friendly, said the Home Secretary showed ‘ignorance’ and ‘a lack of understanding’.
The first King’s Speech for more than 70 years will be used by the Prime Minister to set out a string of criminal justice measures.
People were less likely to sign up to weight-loss programmes when doctors talked about obesity in a negative way, researchers found.
The Russian Defence Ministry said Ukrainian forces fired 15 cruise missiles at the Zaliv shipyard in Kerch late on Saturday.
Malakai Wheeler, of Swindon, Wiltshire, was convicted by a jury at Winchester Crown Court of six charges.
The attacks caused fires in homes and public buildings, especially in the southern region of Kherson, emergency services said.
Until now, using elevated terrain to observe other groups was seen as a tactic unique to humans.
The researchers and civil servants carried out important work during the Covid pandemic.
More than a third of pupils in England were persistently or severely absent in either Year 10 or Year 11 in 2020/21 and 2021/22, analysis found.