Ministers should order police forces in England to keep attending mental health calls until more funding is in place for the NHS to plug the gap or risk further deaths, a charity is urging. Rethink Mental Illness has written to the home and health secretaries asking them to immediately pause the right-care-right-person scheme, which allows… Continue reading Police in England must keep answering mental health calls, charity urges | Mental health
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UN chief says it’s time to ‘truly flood’ Gaza with aid and calls starvation there an outrage
RAFAH CROSSING, Egypt — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres stood near a long line of waiting trucks Saturday and declared it was time to “truly flood Gaza with lifesaving aid,” calling the starvation inside the enclave a “moral outrage.” He urged an immediate cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. Guterres spoke on the Egyptian side of the border… Continue reading UN chief says it’s time to ‘truly flood’ Gaza with aid and calls starvation there an outrage
Lucy Letby: doctor who raised alarm calls for regulation of NHS executives | NHS
NHS executives should be regulated similarly to medical practitioners, the paediatrician who first raised the alarm on Lucy Letby has said, after clinicians’ concerns about her were “turned on the head”. The behaviour and accountability of senior officials within the health service “absolutely” needed to be regulated, said Dr Stephen Brearey, who first carried out… Continue reading Lucy Letby: doctor who raised alarm calls for regulation of NHS executives | NHS
Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop calls it ‘legendary’. But would you pay £22 for a loaf of bread? | Bread
Name: The Happy Tummy Loaf Age: Nine. The Happy Tummy Loaf was created in 2014. Appearance: Dark brown, dense and rectangular. Happy Tummy Loaf – is this an animated character on CBeebies who teaches toddlers to eat their crusts or something? No, it’s a real-life wonderloaf: a “two-day soaked wholegrain chia teff loaf containing 16… Continue reading Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop calls it ‘legendary’. But would you pay £22 for a loaf of bread? | Bread
In Florida, hours of delays and dropped calls are keeping many Hispanic families out of Medicaid, report says
Spanish-speaking Latino households trying to reach Florida’s Medicaid call centers are facing hours of delays, new research shows, jeopardizing their ability to provide crucial information that may prevent them from being kicked out of the federal insurance program. Research from UnidosUS, the nation’s largest Hispanic civil rights advocacy organization, first shared with NBC News, shows… Continue reading In Florida, hours of delays and dropped calls are keeping many Hispanic families out of Medicaid, report says
Stephen Miller Calls For Criminal Referrals Of Biden
Former presidential advisor Stephen Miller declared “lawfare” on President Joe Biden and the Democrats while addressing Donald Trump’s multiple criminal indictments this weekend. Miller appeared ostentatiously angry during an appearance on Fox’s Sunday Morning Futures, where he ranted about “thought crimes” and political persecution before calling on Republicans to draft criminal referrals for President Biden… Continue reading Stephen Miller Calls For Criminal Referrals Of Biden
Ron DeSantis Calls Donald Trump Followers ‘Listless Vessels’
If 2024 Republican presidential hopeful and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is trying to woo Donald Trump’s base, he’s taking a strange approach. DeSantis harped about the former president’s hold on the Republican Party during a sit-down interview with The Florida Standard, calling Trump followers “listless vessels” in a video published by the conservative outlet on… Continue reading Ron DeSantis Calls Donald Trump Followers ‘Listless Vessels’
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez calls on U.S. to declassify documents on Chile’s 1973 coup
SANTIAGO, Chile — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Thursday in Chile that it was imperative for the United States to declassify documents that could shed light on Washington’s involvement in the South American country’s 1973 coup. “The transparency of the United States could present an opportunity for a new phase in our relationship between the United… Continue reading Rep. Ocasio-Cortez calls on U.S. to declassify documents on Chile’s 1973 coup
NatWest customer calls bank’s handling of breach of his data ‘disgusting’
A NatWest customer has praised a whistleblower for informing him that his personal data had been breached, describing the bank’s handling of the issue as “disgusting”. In the same way another former customer who contacted Computer Weekly earlier, the second NatWest customer to make contact with Computer Weekly was also offered £200 compensation by… Continue reading NatWest customer calls bank’s handling of breach of his data ‘disgusting’
‘The Blind Side’ author says no one made massive profits from movie, calls suit ‘breathtaking’
The author of “The Blind Side,” Michael Lewis, says he’s saddened by the lawsuit breaking up former NFL star Michael Oher and the Tuohy family — the subjects of his best-selling book-turned-movie. Oher, 37, alleged in a bombshell court filing Monday that he had never actually been adopted by Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy,… Continue reading ‘The Blind Side’ author says no one made massive profits from movie, calls suit ‘breathtaking’