Image copyright LDRSImage caption Roland Crooke was in “huge pain” when he was denied surgery A hip replacement patient took an £11,500 loan to pay for an operation after the NHS postponed treatment due to his weight. Roland Crooke was in “huge pain” when he was denied surgery by Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group […]
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Image copyright Emma O’Neill A police investigation has been launched after a man died after falling from a town’s Christmas tree. The alarm was raised in the early hours of Friday when the injured man was found in Kirkcaldy by people leaving a nearby nightclub, Kitty’s. The man, who has not yet been identified by […]
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Image copyright Getty ImagesImage caption Holidaymakers will have to apply for an electronic permit to travel to the EU Britons will have to pay €7 (£6.30) every three years to travel to EU countries, as a consequence of Brexit. The European Commission has confirmed that while UK travellers will not need a visa, they will […]
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionCohen walked free from court – but will have to report to jail in March US President Donald Trump’s former lawyer insists Mr Trump knew making hush money payments during the 2016 presidential campaign was wrong. Speaking after he was sentenced to prison for campaign finance and […]
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Image copyright SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY An independent review of breast screening in England has found that confusion and misunderstanding were behind an announcement in May that hundreds of thousands of women had missed out on final scans. Jeremy Hunt, then health secretary, said that 450,000 women aged 68-71 were affected because of a computer error. […]
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionDrive with Nasa’s next Mars rover through Jezero Crater It could be easier to detect the signs of ancient life on Mars than it is on Earth, say scientists connected with Nasa’s next rover mission. The six-wheeled robot is due to touch down on the Red Planet […]
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionTony Blair tells Today the EU would help the UK remain if it was “prepared to think again” MPs could end up supporting another Brexit referendum if “none of the other options work”, Tony Blair has said. The ex-prime minister said there could be majority support for […]
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Image copyright Getty ImagesImage caption JD Wetherspoon does not have an official Twitter page The high court in London has ruled that Twitter must reveal the identity behind parody accounts set up to mimic the pub chain Wetherspoons. The accounts had tens of thousands of followers between them. One tweet promised that anyone wearing a […]
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Image copyright Getty ImagesImage caption Migrants have tried to jump over the metal barrier to gain entry into the US A seven-year-old girl who illegally crossed the Mexico-US border with family died hours after being taken into custody, US officials say. The Guatemalan girl, who arrived in the US last week as part of a […]
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Image copyright Getty ImagesImage caption Drake (left) and Kanye West: A bitter war of words In a virtuoso overnight Twitter rant, Kanye West has addressed his ongoing feud with fellow superstar Drake. Over several hours, and more than 100 tweets, he aired grievances about Drake’s lyrics, his use of the purple heart emoji and, in […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Social network Tumblr is back on Apple’s app store after pledging to remove adult content from the platform. Tumblr was removed from the app store in November after child abuse images were found to have slipped through its content filters. The social network then said it would ban adult content completely […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Gary Lineker has been criticised by cricket host Jonathan Agnew for expressing his political views on Twitter. Agnew told Lineker that as “the face of BBC Sport”, he should “observe BBC editorial guidelines”. “Keep your political views, whatever they are and whatever the subject, to yourself,” he continued. Lineker responded by […]
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