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 Consultant paediatrician Dr Dewi Evans told jurors about neonatal care. Consultant paediatrician Dr Dewi Evans told jurors about neonatal care. 

  Liz Truss has moved to rein in runaway household bills caused by rising global gas prices Liz Truss has moved to rein in runaway household bills caused by rising global gas prices 

  Liz Truss has moved to rein in runaway household bills caused by rising global gas prices Liz Truss has moved to rein in runaway household bills caused by rising global gas prices 

  Furious protests have been widespread throughout the country following the death in custody of Mahsa Amini exactly a month ago. ​Furious protests have been widespread throughout the country following the death in custody of Mahsa Amini exactly a month ago. 

  Tory moderate replaces Kwasi Kwarteng in bid to shore up support from MPs Tory moderate replaces Kwasi Kwarteng in bid to shore up support from MPs 

Two largest unions to send ballots to members after rejecting ‘unacceptable’ offers of 5% rise The two largest teaching unions have announced they will vote on industrial action after the government failed to improve its pay offer, raising the prospect of strikes closing schools and colleges this winter. The NASUWT union said ballots were being sent to its members, with voting to close on 9 January, while the National Education Union said it would do the same next week after the vast majority of its members said they supported a ballot on strike action. Continue reading… ​Two largest unions to…

Liz Truss fails to acknowledge mistakes, blames market reaction The PM has delivered her speech on her disastrous mini-budget. Liz Truss said she wants to deliver growth and for the UK to become a country where people can get good jobs, arguing that the UK has been held back. “I want to deliver a low tax, high growth economy”, she says. The PM says she will keep the increase in corporation tax, which will raise £18bn in taxes for the country.  She says “we need to act now to reassure the markets of our fiscal discipline”. Truss says she was…

Mr Kwarteng is now the second shortest serving chancellor.

Alok Sharma’s intervention puts pressure on Trump-appointed Bank chief who faces calls to resign The UK has joined calls for sweeping reforms to the World Bank, to focus much-needed funding on the climate crisis, warning that its current structures are not working. The intervention from Alok Sharma, the current president of the UN climate talks, heaps further pressure on beleaguered World Bank chief, David Malpass. He has faced calls to resign over an apparently climate-dismissing stance, and the Bank’s perceived failures to deliver climate finance. Continue reading… ​Alok Sharma’s intervention puts pressure on Trump-appointed Bank chief who faces calls to…

A BRITISH man has drowned at a private swimming pool on the holiday island of Menorca. A maintenance man reportedly discovered his body floating in the water this morning. The 64-year-old Brit is s…