Drone footage taken from points on Britain’s faltering High Speed Rail 2 project has revealed the enormous scars ripped into the countryside across the route with as ministers due to make a decision on the northern leg this week.
If all had gone to plan, Britain would be just two and a half years away from high-speed trains whizzing between London and Birmingham, cutting travel times by around 30 minutes.
Construction workers should now be putting the finishing touches to
Cancer targets are being ‘merged’ instead of scrapped, a health minister insisted today.
Under plans yet to be formally announced, the NHS will adopt just three targets on treating and diagnosing patients quicker. Currently, trusts are assessed against 10 different measures.
Will Quince, who sits underneath Health Secretary Steve Barclay, argued that it was the ‘right thing to do’.
But he also acknowledged it was ‘something that the NHS in Wales did back in 2018’.
It comes after the Tories
Covid and flu vaccines will only be offered to over-65s this winter, it was claimed today.
In a bid to ‘go back to normal’, invites won’t be dished out to millions aged 50-64 who were eligible during the pandemic.
Health chiefs are also gearing up for the immunisation drive to begin in October, a full month later than usual.
It is hoped delaying the start of the roll-out will protect people most in December and January, when both viruses are
Western Australia has scrapped new Aboriginal heritage laws implemented only five weeks ago.
Premier Roger Cook acknowledged on Tuesday that the amended Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act ‘went too far’, sparking widespread public outrage.
He admitted that his government’s legislative response was ‘wrong’ and apologised for the ‘stress, confusion and division’ caused in the community.
The new act will be abolished and the 1972 act restored with ‘simple and effective amendments’.
Amendments to the 51-year-old laws will be raised in state
Innocent people wrongly convicted of crimes will no longer be forced to pay “board” for their time spent in prison, the Lord Chancellor is set to announce.
It follows the case of Andrew Malkinson, 57, who was cleared of a rape he did not commit after 17 years in jail but told living costs could be deducted from his compensation.
Rules introduced in 2006 mean people who are wrongly convicted can be charged for the cost of expenses such as
Den Lotsen ging vor dem zweistündigen Startfenster, das um 8:33 Uhr EST (13:33 Uhr BST) begann, die Zeit aus.
Letztendlich, sagte Herr Nail, habe der Startleiter beschlossen, „ein Peeling für den Tag“ zu nennen.
Ingenieure werden die Rakete betankt und in Florida im Kennedy Space Center warten lassen, während sie Daten sammeln.
Ihre nächste verfügbare Flugmöglichkeit ist am Freitag, dem 2. September, aber die NASA hat nicht bestätigt, ob sie dies plant.
The NHS hasn’t completely eliminated its waiting list of patients who have been stuck in the system for over two years, despite the Government’s bold promise.
Under the Covid recovery plan, ex-Health Secretary Sajid Javid stated ‘no-one’ in England would be waiting more than 24 months for treatment such as hip and knee ops by July.
But Health Minister Maria Caulfield has since admitted that ‘a small number of patients’ were still waiting beyond two years by the end of
The controversial decision to scrap grants for new electric cars means many are now £1,500 more expensive than days ago – and on average 44 per cent pricier than a petrol equivalent.
Popular more electric vehicles (EVs) like the Fiat 500, Nissan Leaf, Vauxhall Corsa-e and Volkswagen ID.3 are now no longer eligible for the taxpayer-funded subsidy, which has been available since 2011 to boost the switch to greener motors.
The Plug-in Car Grant (PiCG) had been hacked back to
