Patients have been left waiting up to 65 hours for an ambulance in England – while one patient waited in the back of an ambulance for 40 hours outside A&E. Data collected by Labour from Freedom of Information requests show long waits for ambulances and people waiting hours outside hospitals waiting to be admitted to
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Energy firms installing prepayment meters will be required to try to contact a customer at least ten times and conduct a “site welfare visit” before forcibly conducting the installation, new guidelines will say. Energy company workers will also be required to wear body cameras or sound recorders to make sure new energy regulator rules that
Pembrokeshire, Wales was one of the areas recognized by the British Geological Survey to be prospective for critical raw materials. Matthew Horwood | Getty Images News | Getty Images Several large swathes of the U.K. on Monday were identified as prospective sites to search for critical raw materials, reflecting the country’s push to deliver a
Details of Paul O’Grady’s funeral procession have been revealed, as his husband thanked supporters for their “support and love”. O’Grady, a TV presenter and comedian, died of sudden cardiac arrhythmia last month at his home in the village of Aldington in Kent. He was 67. His husband Andre Portasio posted in local Facebook groups on
6:00 AM ET Shortly after buying the NHL’s New Jersey Devils, Josh Harris explained why. “What we’ve done is buy good companies,” he told NJ.com in 2014, “good franchises that have a reason to exist but for whatever reason may have some financial difficulties or need some new leadership.” Harris is doing the same thing
Two New York residents have been arrested and charged after allegedly running an illegal Manhattan police station for the Chinese government. The pair face federal charges of operating the undeclared outpost in the Chinatown neighbourhood and conspiring to act as agents for Beijing, said the US attorney for the eastern district of New York. The
Volkswagen finally released its new global ID.7 flagship electric sedan on Monday. The VW ID.7 is the largest in the automaker’s fully electric ID lineup and is built for long-distance journeys with up to 435 miles (700 km) WLTP range. Finally, another electric sedan. The VW ID.7 will be the sixth fully electric vehicle to
Party Pieces, the online party goods supplier founded by the Princess of Wales’s parents, is considering handing a six-figure sum to a buyer as part of efforts to offload the business. Sky News has learnt that a dowry deal is one of the options being considered by Carole and Michael Middleton as they seek new
The European Space Agency is sending its first ever dedicated mission to Jupiter. The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) will launch from French Guiana on an Ariane 5 rocket. Sky’s Science and Technology Editor Tom Clarke tells you everything you need to know. #skynews #jupiter #europeanspaceagency SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews
Prominent First Amendment lawyer Lee Levine discusses the Fox News vs. Dominion voting systems defamation lawsuit. Levine says he’d struggle to defend Fox given the evidence presented and he would recommend a settlement. #CNN #News
Phillip Schofield has thanked fans for their support after returning to This Morning for the first time since his paedophile brother was convicted of sexual offences. The presenter took a period of planned leave around the time his brother Timothy Schofield stood trial at Exeter Crown Court. Timothy Schofield, 54, was convicted earlier this month
Parliament’s standards watchdog has opened an investigation into the prime minister over possible failure to declare an interest. The probe by the standards commissioner, Daniel Greenberg, was launched on 13 April and cited paragraph 6 of the MPs code of conduct, which governs how MPs should behave. The code states that “members must always be
Voting machine company Dominion has settled its defamation lawsuit with Fox News. Dominion Voting Systems sued Fox over its coverage of false claims that the company rigged the 2020 US presidential election to prevent Donald Trump‘s victory. The trial was scheduled to begin on Monday but just a few hours before it was due to
A model of Angry Birds character ‘Red’ sits on display inside the reception area of the Rovio Entertainment Oy headquarters in Espoo, Finland, on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Japanese gaming giant Sega announced Monday it has made a 706 million euro ($776 million) offer for the maker of the
A black teenager in the US has been shot in the head after going to the wrong house to pick up his younger twin brothers, his family has said. Ralph Yarl, 16, is in hospital following the shooting which happened at about 10pm on Thursday in Kansas City, Missouri. Police said he went to the
One of Vladimir Putin’s biggest critics has been jailed in Russia for 25 years after being found guilty of treason. Vladimir Kara-Murza, 41, a father of three and former journalist who holds Russian and British passports, spent years as a politician opposing the Russian president. He was accused of treason and of discrediting the military
Elon Musk’s SpaceX made final preparations early on Monday to launch its powerful new Starship rocket system to space for the first time, on a brief but highly anticipated uncrewed test flight from the Gulf Coast of Texas. The two-stage rocketship, standing taller than the Statue of Liberty at 394 feet (120 m) high, was
Air France and Airbus have been found not guilty of involuntary manslaughter over the crash of Flight 447 in 2009 that killed 228 people. The Airbus A330 was travelling from Rio de Janeiro to Paris when it crashed into the Atlantic Ocean during a thunderstorm in June 2009, killing people from 33 countries. Both Air
This morning, Chinese EV automaker XPeng Motors unveiled its next-generation EV architecture that will be the backbone to future models going forward. XPeng states the new SEPA 2.0 platform will not only shorten future models’ R&D cycles, but offer a modular, interchangeable, end-to-end solution that will support a multitude of vehicle types – like its
Hamburg’s fire brigade has issued an “extreme danger” alert as a cloud possibly containing “chemical components” drifts towards the city centre. The German city’s authorities are advising people to avoid the area and told residents to close doors, windows and ventilation. It comes after a fire at a storage facility in the Rothenburgsort district forced