Windsor and Maidenhead was the only one of 194 areas to meet the target for so-called 'Category 2' calls last year, with an average time of just over 16 minutes.
Chris Philp denies Tories are deprioritising the NHS, after Dan Poulter says "patients deserve better".
Shoplifting was up by 37% in the year to December 2023, the highest since records began in 2003.
Ireland have made two changes to their side to take on England in the Women's Six Nations with Hannah O'Connor and Aoife Dalton coming in for Sam Monaghan and Enya Breen.
A steady warming trend will continue through the end of the month. Humidity will ramp up as well.Tonight & Tomorrow: Overnight tonight, mainly clear skies and calm winds will allow for temperatures to cool into the low 60s, noticeably warmer than previous nights. We will see an increase in dew points over the next 24 hours which could result in patchy areas of fog early Thursday morning. Thermometers will warm into the upper 80s with little problem beneath mostly sunny skies. The record high...
Exclusive: Study will be aimed at improving medics’ working lives by reducing frequency and repetition of coursesThe amount of time doctors have to spend doing compulsory training will be cut as part of an NHS drive to improve medics’ working lives, the Guardian can reveal.Concern that doctors have too heavy a burden of mandatory training has prompted NHS England to commission a review, which it is expected to announce imminently. Continue reading
Dabrafenib with trametinib can halt growth of some tumours for more than three times as long as standard chemotherapy, study showsThe NHS is to offer children with brain tumours in England a groundbreaking new targeted drug therapy to tackle the disease – a development charities are hailing as the biggest breakthrough in decades.Gliomas are the most common type of brain cancer in children but experts say the standard treatment of chemotherapy can be brutal and gruelling, and also carries the...
Nikol Pashinyan urges calm after making concessions in attempt to avoid war with his country’s heavily armed neighbourNikol Pashinyan, the Armenian prime minister facing four days of protests against his decision to hand four villages to Azerbaijan, has urged Armenians to recognise that the way the issue is handled will determine the viability of the future peace process with its neighbour.In an interview with British journalists in his office, Pashinyan, the leader of Armenia’s velvet...
The FTSE 100 set a new record closing price at the beginning of the week, although it fell narrowly short of its all-time intra-day high set last February.
Inter Miami is, once again, going to help a club break its attendance record, and this time, it is the New England Revolution. Major League Soccer sides have been ready to host Lionel Messi and Inter Miami with record crowds on standby. Last season, both Charlotte FC and Atlanta United yielded their biggest crowds of Inter Miami is, once again, going to help a club break its attendance record, and this time, it is the New England Revolution. Major League Soccer sides have been ready to...
Claire Coutinho says the government's track record is 'strong' after watchdog accuses PM of setting the UK back.
The Football Association (FA) has defended its decision to scrap replays for the FA Cup from the first round next season, saying they discussed the move with the Premier League and English Football League (EFL).