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One in five people on the national transplant waiting list live in London
Organ Donation campaign tells Londoners that ‘Words Save Lives’ One in five people waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant live in our capital city. That’s why NHS Blood and Transplant wants to let Londoners know that ‘Words Save Lives’ – with an appeal for people in London and surrounding areas to talk openly about organ donation. Latest figures being released for today’s campaign launch show there are 1,300 people in London on the transplant waiting list* and there are 6,500...
Fire breaks out at Trump Tower
Reports of a fire at Donald Trump's 58 storey midtown Manhattan skyscraper have been reported this morning. The blaze is believed to have started on the building’s roof, with firefighters attending the scene. The President is not there and there have been no reports of injury at this stage. NEW: A small fire broke out on the roof of Trump Tower Monday morning, caused by an electrical box, fire officials say. No injuries reported. -@AaronKatersky pic.twitter.com/Vx6YV6O4eE — ABC News (@ABC) January 8,...
The minister being touted to replace Jeremy Hunt has Wikipedia page edited to remove links to Virgin Care
Education Minister Anne Milton, who is tipped to replace Jeremy Hunt as Health Secretary, has had her Wikipedia page edited today to remove links to Virgin Care. The page recently read that the MP's husband, Dr Graham Henderson "holds a high level position with Virgin Care". However the record was amended this morning along with a host of other amendments in what has been dubbed "serious Wiki surgery". Virgin Care recently made the news for suing the NHS after losing a...
KPMG quit Grenfell Inquiry role after their work for firms linked to blaze revealed
Consultants KPMG have announced they are quitting their advisory role with the Grenfell Tower blaze inquiry. The accountancy giant have waived all their fees for work carried out so far after campaigners pointed out their links to firms that are to come under the scrutiny of the inquiry. KPMG has lucrative contracts with Rydon – the main contractor in charge of the refurbishment which installed the cladding blamed by many residents for the rapid spread of the blaze; with Celotex...
Schoolboy aged 15 launches petition to ban HOMEWORK in secondary schools in UK
A 15-year-old boy is lobbying to have homework scrapped in secondary schools around the country. Lee Sibley, a GCSE pupil at Severn Vale School, Glos, started the Change.org petition urging Prime Minister Theresa May to ban homework in UK secondary schools. It has so far amassed 160 signatures, and the Year 11 pupil, who studies Politics, History, English, Maths, Geography, and Science, says the two pieces of homework a week he gets in each subject is too much. Lee, who...
Fragment of Union Jack flown from Lord Nelson’s flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar to go under the hammer
A large fragment of the Union Jack flown from Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar is to go under the hammer for an expected £100,000. The historic piece was said to been one of two flown from HMS Victory when Lord Horatio Nelson was shot by a French sniper in 1805. Admiral Nelson had issued orders that all his ships going into battle should not only fly the St George's Ensign but also a Union Jack from their...
Marr tells Tory PM May that he “would have died if he had stroke during NHS winter crisis.”[Full Interview]
"If I'd waited five hours to see a doctor, I'd be dead." Theresa May is confronted by Andrew Marr with the reality of the NHS funding and staffing crises on The Andrew Marr Show. In an interview in her constituency office, BBC presenter Andrew Marr explained to Theresa May that if he had suffered the stroke that incapacitated him in 2013 today, he may not have survived. Theresa May continued to insist that the NHS is better prepared and funded...
Another U-turn! May drops manifesto pledge for foxhunting vote
The PM has said that she has decided not to press ahead with her plans to reintroduce foxhunting. May wanted a vote in Parliament, which would have ended the ban on this blood sport, if it had gone the Government’s way. This U-turn could anger rural Tories in Conservative heartlands. She told BBC’s Andrew Marr Show that she had “not changed” her personal view on hunting. She went on to say: “If I look back at the messages that we...
“If 0.001% going on strike can win this imagine what more can do!” As Tory activists complain, McDonalds staff celebrate pay victory
This weekend McDonalds workers are celebrating winning their biggest pay rise in a decade after staff at restaurants in Cambridge and Crayford went on strike at the end of last year. The high-profile #McStrike campaign was supported by Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn followed similar successful campaigns by McDonalds staff in United States and New Zealand. One staff member posted on social media: "WE WON THIS. Biggest pay rise for 10 years! If 0.001% going on strike can win this imagine...