Health Secretary Wes Streeting has announced a national investigation into maternity care in England. The “rapid” inquiry will urgently look at the worst-performing maternity and neonatal services in the country, including Leeds, Sussex, Gloucester, and Mid and South Essex. Streeting has met parents who have lost babies in a series of maternity scandals at some...
Keir Starmer has accepted recommendations from Baroness Louise Casey. Read full article at source...
Millions voted in Tuesday’s snap election triggered by former president Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment over his failed martial law bid. Kim Moon-soo of the People Power Party conceded defeat and congratulated Lee Jae-myung, who had fought this election as a referendum on martial law – promising to make sure it would never happen again. The...
Getty Images Miriam Margoyles, Jenny Eclair and Bill Bailey are among the performers appearing in more than 3,000 shows at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The programme for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe has been launched, including 3,352 shows across 265 venues. Comedy, music, dance, children’s shows, magic and cabaret will all be part of the...
The 2027 Ryder Cup at Adare Manor will be held from 17-19 September, it has been confirmed. Ryder Cup Europe announced that four “build-up days” will take place between 13 and 16 September before the matches begin on Friday, 17 September. It will be the second time Ireland has hosted the biennial contest after Europe’s...
The BBC has announced plans to make a Call the Midwife film and prequel TV series set during the Second World War. It comes as filming begins for the 15th series of the BBC One drama, which follows a group of nurse midwives working in London’s East End from the late 1950s to the start...
Riyah Collins and Tom Richardson BBC Newsbeat Rockstar Games Lucia Caminos is one of GTA 6’s two protagonists The second trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6 has been released just days after the game was officially delayed to next year. Developer Rockstar Games announced the game’s new release date on Friday, shocking fans who had...
The FA Cup final between Manchester City and Crystal Palace will kick off at 16:30 BST on Saturday, 17 May at Wembley. The Football Association said the time was agreed following collaboration with the two clubs, broadcasters, local authorities, police and the Safety Advisory Group. Both of the previous two finals, featuring City and Manchester...
Lord’s will host the final of the Women’s T20 World Cup on Sunday 5 July next year, organisers have announced. The 12-team tournament will be held across England with Headingley, Old Trafford, Edgbaston, The Oval, the Hampshire Bowl and Bristol’s County Ground also hosting matches. It will begin on Friday, 12 June with the full...
More details on the judge-led public inquiry into the Nottingham attacks – which saw three people stabbed to death – have been announced in Parliament. Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates were killed by Valdo Calocane in the city on 13 June 2023. The deaths have prompted widespread criticism from the victims’ families over...
Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk subtly refuses to confirm when his reported new contract with the club will be announced. Read full article at source...
A vital new masterwork completed shortly before his untimely passing in April 2023, the groundbreaking, enduringly influential artist Mark Stewart presents his eighth solo album, The Fateful Symmetry, due for release July 11 via Mute Records. Pre-order the album HERE. ”Taste is a form of personal censorship” – Mark Stewart Across an illustrious career of pioneering...
Watch: Three things to know about Trump’s tariffs announcement US President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on goods from countries across the world, on what he called “Liberation Day”. He says the move will make America wealthy again, but economists warn that prices could rise for Americans and fears of a global trade war have...
Tom Gerken & Tom Richardson Technology reporter & BBC Newsbeat Nintendo Nintendo has revealed the Switch 2, the long awaited successor to one of the best-selling consoles in history, will be released on June 5. Fans have been impatiently waiting to find out more since January, when the Japanese gaming giant ended months of speculation...