The Death of the Community Pharmacy
Pharmacies are considered a pillar of the community and play an important role in ensuring that patients receive safe and effective medication. Pharmacists are responsible for ensuring that the supply of medicines is within the law and advising patients about...
Rwanda is paid an extra £100m from the UK towards asylum deal.
Rwanda has been paid another £100m from the UK this year as part of the Asylum deal. This follows £140m that had already been paid out in April to the African nation, and is ahead of a further payment expected next year of £50m according to Sir Matthew Rycroft. ...
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Suella Braverman accuses police of double standards
Suella Braverman has been condemned for accusing the Metropolitan Police of applying “double standards” to protests. The Home Secretary, writing a brazen article in The Times, claimed aggressive right-wing protestors were “rightly met with a stern response”, while...
A red signal for Great British Railways: the biggest reform to UK rail in 30 years axed by PM
The largest reform of the UK’s railways since privatisation in the 1990s has been shelved by the government, The Times reports. The plans were announced by the former Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps, in 2021, with the intention of fixing the fragmented nature of the...
Mobile network ‘Three’ suffers issues with UK Emergency Alert test
The alert sent to mobile devices. Note the Welsh translation sent to devices in Wales. Customers of the UK’s fourth largest mobile operator, Three, have complained they didn’t receive the UK Government’s Emergency Alerts test notification, or that it was delayed by...
Government axes new smart motorways after safety concerns.
An all lane-running section of the M23 in Surrey, UK. (Image: Google Street View) The building of new ‘smart motorways’ has been cancelled by Downing Street, owing to safety concerns and a lack of public trust. Fourteen planned smart motorways – including 11...
The locations of all traffic enforcement cameras in Plymouth
Have you been driving in Plymouth and accidentally ended up in a bus lane? Well, you wouldn’t be the only one, as in the last five years Plymouth City Council has fined over 107,000 motorists for bus lane and keep-clear offences. However, since 2017, the amount of...
Government crackdown on anti-social behaviour
The story: The sale of laughing gas to the public will be banned as part of a wider crackdown on anti-social behaviour. Levelling up Secretary Michael Gove said the “scourge” of nitrous oxide is turning public places into “drug taking areas” and is helping fuel...
Amount of UK students drinking alcohol is decreasing.
The effects of the cost-of-living crisis, and societies changing relationship with health means younger people are staying away from drinking. From 2005 to 2015, the percentage of 16-24-year-olds in England who do not drink alcohol increased from 18% to 29%. Sales of...
HSBC rescues UK arm of failed Silicon Valley Bank
HSBC has purchased the UK arm of failed US Silicon Valley Bank, which collapsed on Friday. It held over $175bn in customer deposits, including an estimated £10bn from UK companies, in its UK subsidiary. Many UK-based tech companies urged they could go bust without...
Photo ID Needed for Elections
Voters will now have to produce photo ID before casting their votes at elections. The Electoral Commission has launched a public awareness campaign urging voters across England to ensure they are ready for the changes now in place for voting. This comes into force...