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NHS waiting lists are soaring because senior doctors are refusing to take on extra work in order to protect their pensions, health leaders have warned. NHS Providers said it was hearing from hospital trusts whose consultants and senior managers are declining shifts, which is having a massive impact on patient care. One hospital has seen numbers waiting for routine surgery increase by 50% since April, with staffing issues due to the pensions problem partly to blame. NHS pensions changes in...

US Federal prosecutors have announced sex trafficking and conspiracy charges against wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein. Court documents unsealed on Monday show Epstein is charged with creating and maintaining a network that allowed him to sexually exploit and abuse dozens of underage girls. The alleged victims were as young as 14 at the time. Epstein was taken into custody on Saturday. Authorities say he paid underage girls for massages and then assaulted them at his homes in Florida and New York...

The businesswoman and campaigner settled her claim against News Group Newspapers, the former News of the World publisher in February. Heather Mills has received an apology at the High Court after settling her case against the News of the World over phone hacking for a “substantial” sum. The businesswoman and campaigner, who was formerly married to Sir Paul McCartney, settled her claim against News Group Newspapers (NGN), the ex-publisher of the newspaper, in February for an undisclosed sum. An apology...

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Salih Khater allegedly drove his car at cyclists and police outside the Houses of Parliament in August last year.

The accusation comes after Civil Emergency planners described Chris Grayling’s Department for Transport as “unhelpful” and decried it for omitting “key” information when planning for a no-deal Brexit.

Air pollution could shorten a child’s life by up to seven months, a study on one of the largest UK cities has suggested. An eight-year-old child born in 2011 may die between two to seven months early if exposed over their lifetime to projected future pollution concentrations, Kings College London researchers studying Birmingham have found. It is the first time new Government guidance on “mortality burdens” of air pollution has been applied in practice in a large city area. The...

A total of 17 Trusts will go to court to argue they should get the same discount as charities for rates bills on their hospitals More than a dozen NHS Trusts are taking the Government to court to argue that they should have an 80% reduction in business rates – the same discount given to private hospitals and fee-paying schools. The High Court will now decide whether to give the trusts a financial boost of around £2.4 billion, or allow...

The ambassador described Donald Trump's regime as "dysfunctional", "faction riven", "diplomatically clumsy"and "inept.”