Mother of two-year-old girl found in pond to appear in court charged with murder
Annabel Mackey went missing from her home in Kingsley, Bordon, Hampshire, on September 10 2023 and was found a short time later at Kingsley Pond.
Medics sound alarm over planned funding cuts to ‘vital’ eating disorder services
More children with eating disorders could reach crisis point if “vital” services across England have their funding cut, leading medics have warned. Analysis by the Royal College of Psychiatrists ...
Parents ‘spending nearly £20 per child on costumes for World Book Day this year’
Families will spend £2 more on average per child on costumes for World Book Day than they did last year, a survey for Rakuten indicates.
Use of AI software that predicts falls and illnesses to be scaled up nationwide
An artificial intelligence (AI) platform designed to reduce hospital admissions by predicting when an elderly person is likely to fall at home or become ill is set to be rolled out nationwide. It ...
UK diplomatic push on Ukraine continues as Zelensky ‘ready’ to work with Trump
The UK’s diplomatic push on securing peace in Ukraine will continue as the Defence Secretary heads to Washington on Wednesday, after Volodymyr Zelensky said he was “ready” to work with US President ...
Four in 10 Britons think women’s equality now discriminates against men – poll
Some 42 agreed with the statement, ‘We have gone so far in promoting women’s equality that we are discriminating against men’.
Drivers ‘unfortunate casualties’ of oil price rise as petrol hits six-month high
Petrol prices have reached a six-month high, according to new analysis. The RAC said the average price of a litre of petrol at UK forecourts rose by 0.65p in February to 139.65p.
MPs write to Starmer about ‘deep concern’ over aid budget cut
Sarah Champion, chairwoman of the International Development Committee, said the ‘brutal’ cut to funds ‘risks undermining our soft power’.