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Hundreds of mentally ill prisoners denied urgent treatment in England
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Hundreds of severely mentally ill prisoners in urgent need of hospital treatment are being left in prison cells due to bed shortages in secure NHS psychiatric units, an investigation has discovered. Freedom of informa...
Johnson should stay because of Ukraine? Nonsense. The war makes it more urgent he go
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Of all the spurious arguments advanced for Boris Johnson to stay in office even though he broke the law, there’s one that stands out. Not because it’s the most offensive: in werklikheid, the stink given off by some of the ot...
UK farmers call for urgent action to prevent soaring food prices
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Farmers are calling for urgent government action to prevent soaring food prices and potential shortages in the UK as the war in Ukraine threatens grain and oilseed harvests, energy costs and the production of fertilis...
Government faces urgent call to tackle Britain’s ‘fraud epidemic’
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The government has been warned by an influential group of MPs to urgently tackle a “fraud epidemic” across Britain, amid concerns about the increasing financial toll on consumers and taxpayers from economic crime. Die...
‘They were overwhelmed’: Families tell of deaths waiting for NHS urgent care
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After arriving in A&E in December 2020, June Roche’s husband, Jake, sat alone and in pain for nine hours before being transferred to a cardiology ward after suffering a heart attack. He died 36 hours later, bejaardes 4...
The urgent need for clean water, at home and abroad
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Your editorial on water pollution (18 Januarie) is right to emphasise the need for a conversation about the water industry’s regulatory framework. Water companies recognise the urgent necessity of ending harm from over...
Energy bills crisis: five UK business groups demand urgent action
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Five of Britain’s leading business groups have demanded urgent and decisive government help to tackle the UK’s energy crisis, warning failure to act will result in lower investment, an increase in poverty and the risk...
MPs call for urgent action to tackle NHS England waiting list
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Plans to tackle the “catastrophic impact” of the Covid pandemic on patients in England waiting for NHS treatment could be derailed by emergency care demands and a lack of staff, MPs have said. Met ongeveer 6 miljoen mense...
Omicron’s cold-like symptoms mean UK guidance ‘needs urgent update’
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The most widespread symptoms of the Omicron variant now match those of common colds, with calls for the government to update its public health messaging to include a wider number of likely Covid symptoms. The most com...
UK’s fading business confidence amid Omicron spread needs urgent action
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It’s shaping up to be all too familiar. A worsening outlook in the pandemic, a government slow to react, and confidence fading fast among businesses and households. In many ways Christmas couldn’t come soon enough for...
Urgent action needed to halt trafficking of children in world’s orphanages – report
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Immediate action must be taken to prevent trafficking and exploitation of children in orphanages, according to a report published on Monday. International children’s charity Lumos says that an estimated 5.4 million ch...
Poetin sê aan Boris Johnson dat dringende samesprekings nodig is oor die NAVO se planne vir die Oekraïne
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Vladimir Poetin het aan Boris Johnson gesê dat hy onmiddellike samesprekings wil hê om duidelike wetlike ooreenkomste te verseker dat die NAVO nie ooswaarts sal uitbrei nie. Volgens 'n Kremlin-uitlees van die twee leiers se telefoonoproep Maandag, Poetin ...
‘An urgent matter’: Biden warns democracy is under threat at summit
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Joe Biden has launched his virtual Summit for Democracy with a warning that democratic rights and norms are under threat around the world, including in the US. Facing video links with 80 world leaders arrayed on two o...
Russia expects urgent Ukraine talks with US after Biden-Putin summit
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The Kremlin has said it is expecting to begin a “discussion of strategic security on the continent” with the US after high-stakes talks between Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden. The Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, om...
Call for urgent regulation of UK’s buy-now-pay-later lenders
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Buy-now-pay-later lenders should be regulated urgently to prevent young consumers taking on a mountain of debt they may be unable to afford, the Labour MP Stella Creasy will argue on Tuesday. Creasy, the MP for Waltha...
Australië staar vlaag van inheemse uitsterwings in die gesig sonder dringende optrede teen indringerspesies, CSIRO berig
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Australië kan 'n vlaag van plant- en diere-uitwissings in die gesig staar 2050 tensy dit dringende stappe neem om die bedreiging van indringerspesies aan te spreek, volgens 'n nuwe verslag wat bevind die probleem kos reeds ten minste ...