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The aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales has left Portsmouth in preparation for a deployment in the Arctic to “protect UK waters”, the Royal Navy said. The Royal Navy flagship and its crew of more than 900 sailed from the Hampshire naval base on Friday carrying helicopters and drones. The warship will deploy to the High North and North Atlantic later this year and take part in operations […]

Dog attacks resulting in injuries across the UK have increased by more than 80% since 2020. Figures obtained by the Daily Mirror show offences of out-of-control dog attacks causing injury recorded by police have risen from 16,040 in 2020 to 29,400 last year – a rise of 83%. The number of attacks has continued to rise despite a ban of the XL bully breed, which came into force […]

Two young children have died in a house fire in Wolverhampton. Officers were called to Mason Street at about 8.30pm on Friday along with the West Midlands Fire Service and West Midlands Ambulance Service, West Midlands Police said. Firefighters entered the property and rescued two young children but they were pronounced dead at the scene, police said. Two other children and a woman were already out of the […]

Manchester City produced a dramatic late fightback to reach their fourth successive FA Cup final with a remarkable 2-1 win over Championship Southampton. A slow-burner of a semi-final came alive as Finn Azaz put Saints on course for a shock Wembley win when he curled home a sublime goal with 11 minutes remaining. Yet that served only to spark City into action and substitute Jeremy Doku quickly equalised […]

Around one in 10 operations in England were either cancelled within 24 hours or postponed because patients were not adequately prepared, new analysis has found. Almost four in 10 last-minute cancellations were potentially avoidable, the study also suggests. Experts said bolstering perioperative care “must be a priority” for the NHS or the health service risks waiting lists remaining “unacceptably high”. The study, published in the […]

A study of job adverts has revealed increased demand for authors, translators, postal workers, couriers, pilots and air traffic controllers. In contrast, adverts have fallen for jobs including credit agents, archivists, conservators and curators and optometrists, according to recruiters. The number of adverts last month totalled over 1.6 million, a 5.6% increase on February, said the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC). The study found a […]

US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on the UK if it does not drop its digital services tax on American social media firms. The digital services tax, introduced in 2020, imposes a 2% levy on the revenues of several major US tech companies. Speaking to reporters from the Oval Office on Thursday, Mr Trump said: “We’ve been looking at it and we can meet that […]

MPs have been told they must decide what happens next in the long-running and divisive debate on assisted dying, as an attempt to change the law formally fails on Friday. Peers supportive of assisted dying shared their “regret” at the fall of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, insisting Parliament “must come to a decision on choice at the end of life as soon as possible”. […]

Assisted dying will not become law in England and Wales after proposed legislation branded “hopelessly flawed” by opponents ran out of time amid claims of a “denial of democracy” from supporters. Those backing a change in the law have pledged “we will not give up” and “we will be back”. The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which had been making its way through Parliament for the […]