• Number of cancer patients waiting twice as long as they should to start cancer treatment has doubled since 2020, figures show

    Almost 16,000 patients have waited more than four months to receive cancer care after receiving an urgent referral over the past four years.

  • AEW Dynamite Viewership Numbers Since 2019

    Below are all of the AEW Dynamite TV viewership numbers since 2019. You can see a complete list of cable televised numbers at this link. Below are links to individual shows' viewership numbers WWE Raw WWE Smackdown WWE NXT AEW Dynamite AEW Rampage IMPACT Wrestling AEW Dynamite on TNT/TBS: October 2, 2019: 1.409 million viewers (Debut show) October 9, 2019: 1.018 million viewers (1.140 million viewers when combined with TruTV simulcast) October 16, 2019: 1.014 million viewers October 23, 2019:...

  • Becoming a mother was impossibly hard during Covid. Has anything changed since?

    Rates are improving in the US as healthcare organizations take steps to confront the continuing crisis. Still, new mothers often feel alone: ‘People don’t know what to do’After five months of maternity leave with her second baby, a daughter born on 26 March 2020, Pam Lins felt she was ready to return to work and start a new role. This was the first year of the pandemic, so she had to work remotely while simultaneously raising her newborn and a toddler.Six weeks into her leadership position –...

  • Number of serious injuries on roads is almost double the official figures

    The number of people seriously injured in road traffic accidents is almost double the figure previously recorded, according to research undertaken by the Road Safety Authority (RSA).

  • Historic Edinburgh landmark and museum reopens to public for first time since Covid

    An historic Edinburgh landmark and museum that shut during lockdown will re-open next month, the city council has confirmed. Calton Hill’s Nelson Monument is set to welcome visitors for the first time in over four years following repairs to the 210-year-old hilltop tower. Councillor Val Walker, Edinburgh council’s culture and communities convener, said: “We’re looking to reopen the Monument from May this year.” She added it would remain open over summer before closing for another few weeks...

  • Covid pandemic made poorest countries even worse off, World Bank warns

    Poverty reduction drive all but halted across many nations as Bank calls for more money to tackle a ‘great reversal’Larry Elliott: At last G20 is showing how to fund an assault on povertyThe devastating impact of the pandemic on the world’s poorest countries has brought poverty reduction to a halt and led to a widening income gap with nations in the rich west, the World Bank has warned.In a report released to coincide with its half-yearly meeting, the Washington-based organisation said half of...

  • Apple Faces Worst iPhone Slump Since Covid As China Rivals Rise

    (Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc.’s iPhone shipments slid a worse-than-projected 10% in the March quarter, reflecting flagging sales in China despite a broader smartphone industry rebound..The company shipped 50.1 million iPhones in the first three months, according to market tracker IDC, falling shy of the 51.7 million average analyst estimate compiled by Bloomberg. The 9.6% year-on-year drop is the steepest for Apple since Covid lockdowns snarled supply chains in 2022, the researchers said..The...

  • Edinburgh dentists: Lothian sees biggest fall in NHS dentists since before Covid

    Lothian has seen the biggest fall in the number of dentists providing NHS services in Scotland since before Covid. Figures show the number on NHS dentists here has dropped by 41 from 627 in 2019/20 to 586 in 2023/24. Glasgow saw a fall of 36 in the same period, in Highland the number dropped by 31 and in Fife there are now 25 fewer dentists. Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and Edinburgh Western MSP Alex Cole-Hamilton accused the SNP Government of leaving NHS dentistry “to rot”. A freedom...

  • HUL profit declines 1st time since Covid-hit March 20220 qtr

    MUMBAI: India's largest FMCG company HUL on Wednesday reported a nearly 6% year-on-year decline in net profit to Rs 2,406 crore on a standalone basis in the March quarter. This marked the company's first YoY drop in net profit since the Covid-impacted March 2020 quarter and the biggest drop since the Dec 2015 quarter, data sourced from Refinitiv showed. "If you see HUL's segmental results, you will see pricing growth impacted for both their biggest categories - home care and BPC (beauty &...

  • Blame shoplifting scourge, blasé lawmakers for worst case of storefront vacancies since COVID

    Per the city Department of Finance, more than 11% of Big Apple storefronts now sit empty, discouraging nearby commerce and attracting disorder.

  • Calls for Universal Credit to be reformed as the number of those on long-term sick leave doubles in a decade

    Analysis of 'Universal Credit Britain' by the Resolution Foundation think-tank argues that the current system may be discouraging people from going back to work.

  • Erie’s Delta Sigma Theta holds luncheon Saturday, their first since the pandemic

    A long-time program of the Erie alumnae chapter of Delta Sigma Theta sorority took place this morning. The chapter holding their social action luncheon for the first time back in-person since the pandemic. The luncheon is an opportunity to inform the community of the chapter's legislative priorities and their advocacy work. Their special guest speaker []