Britain’s oldest lorry driver is set to continue working for another year after passing a health check. Brian Wilson, 90, began his career as a lorry driver in 1953 when he started delivering petrol for Esso. Now 70 years later, the father-of-four
Nearly 16 million Americans have so far signed up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act’s marketplace, a 13% jump from a year earlier, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Wednesday. Enrollment for 2023 healthcare
Rishi Sunak has attacked Labour’s plans for healthcare in the UK in a fiery Prime Minister’s Questions exchange with Sir Keir Starmer. The Labour leader criticised the Tories over NHS waiting times, claiming that the Tory Government could not blame Covid for
Officials at a vocational school in eastern Ukraine have destroyed claims from Russia that hundreds of Ukrainian troops were killed in a missile strike there. They have insisted a rocket simply blew out windows and damaged classrooms. The Russian Defence Ministry had
France’s government on Monday unveiled new plans to tighten hunting safety rules but stopped well short of the outright ban that many activists had been hoping for. Ecology Minister Berangere Couillard announced proposed reforms that would outlaw hunting under the influence of
Health secretary Steve Barclay is expected to unveil a significant emergency package costing hundreds of millions of pounds this week. It will include provisions to buy thousands of beds in CQC registered care facilities. The spending is on top of the £500million
Mick Lynch has called for tens of thousands of workers to take part in coordinated strike action across multiple sectors. The action would involve teachers, firefighters and nurses – and possibly junior doctors, who are currently considering joining the wave of industrial
Plans to privatise Channel 4 have been scrapped, in what can be seen as a huge blow to former Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries and former PM Boris Johnson. Ms Dorries had said government ownership was “holding Channel 4 back”. However, her successor
King Charles III has made plans for his coronation to be “inclusive” and “less archaic”, according to royal commentator Jennie Bond. The new monarch reportedly wants to reflect the changes seen in British society over the 70 years since his mother’s coronation
The United States is locked in a “space race” with China as Beijing plans to build a lunar research station, a top NASA official has warned. Former astronaut and NASA administrator Bill Nelson also claimed China could eventually claim to “own” the