Browsing: The Guardian

The Guardian says doctors, medical leaders and health campaigners have welcomed the news that the NHS is to start prescribing e-cigarettes in a bid to cut smoking rates.

The Guardian says David Beckham the ex-England star’s deal for his Qatar World CUp 2022 ambassador role is in marked contrast to the wages of the host nation’s migrant workers.

The Guardian says Sinn Féin has welcomed a demand by the British government for progress on the introduction of abortion services in Northern Ireland, as the party denounced Democratic Unionist opposition to the provisions as “shameful and disgraceful”.

The Guardian says Pope Francis has urged world leaders to take “radical decisions” at next week’s global environmental summit in a special message recorded for BBC Radio 4’s Thought for the Day.

The Guardian says a few days after successfully navigating tension, frustration and inexperience to secure her first ever WTA win, Emma Raducanu returned to the BT Arena far more relaxed and at ease.

The Guardian says E-cigarettes may soon be prescribed on the NHS to help smokers quit under radical plans by ministers to slash smoking rates in England.

The Guardian leads on the plan to scrap the public sector pay freeze which it says comes “amid cost of living crisis”.

The Guardian says Rishi Sunak will end the public sector pay freeze for millions of workers and increase the national minimum wage in the budget on Wednesday.

The Guardian says Joanna Lumley has suggested that a system of rationing similar to that seen during wartime, under which people would have a limited number of points to spend on holidays or lavish consumer goods, could eventually help to tackle the climate crisis.

The Guardian says the Metropolitan police failed the family of two black sisters who went missing and were later found murdered.

The Guardian says Labour has accused Mr Sunak of presiding over a “smoke and mirrors” Budget.

The Guardian says Boris Johnson has admitted Britain could fail to broker adequate enough deals to curb irreversible and devastating climate change at the global summit of world leaders beginning in Scotland later this month.

The Guardian says The UK’s “national living wage” is go up to £9.50 an hour from next April, meaning a pay rise for millions of low-paid workers.

The Guardian says a group of 30 UK millionaires have called on the chancellor to tax them and other rich people more because they can afford to pay it.

The Guardian says Emma Raducanu has said she is “optimistic” about finalising a partnership with a new coach before the Australian Open.

The Guardian says James Michael Tyler, most famous for playing Gunther, the manager of Central Perk in the hit sitcom Friends, has died aged 59.

The Guardian says GPs in England are threatening industrial action over pressure to see patients face-to-face as Covid cases rise.

The Guardian says Andy Murray has admitted that “my attitude was poor” after he bowed out of the European Open.

The Guardian says at least 34,000 women in Poland are known to have sought abortions illegally or abroad since the country introduced a near total ban on terminations a year ago.

The Guardian says the California family that died in August while hiking in Sierra national forest was killed by extreme heat and probable dehydration.

The Guardian says Mr Javid suggested that “politicians have a responsibility to set an example” by wearing face coverings in public spaces.

The Guardian says a lorry has fallen into the harbour in Bristol city centre.

The Guardian says Bill Clinton has released a video saying he is on the road to recovery after being hospitalised in southern California.

The Guardian says the NFL agreed to end race-based adjustments in dementia testing that critics said made it difficult for Black retirees to qualify for awards in the $1bn settlement of concussion claims.

The Guardian says Brexit divisions in UK society appear to be as entrenched as ever, according to the latest British social attitudes survey.