A&E review backs ‘two-tier system’
Accident and emergency units would be no more under plans proposed today by England’s medical director. Instead they would be divided into emergency centres and major emergency centres.
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A car bomb rips through the business district in the center of the Lebanese capital Beirut on Friday, killing a prominent pro-western politician and four others.
David Cameron is drawn into a dispute between an MP and one of Britain’s biggest pub companies after accusations that beer drinkers are being overcharged for their favourite tipple.
As the government says it has turned around the lives of 22,000 “troubled families”, Channel 4 News asks if the right families are really being helped.
Downing Street rejects a call from a leading public health expert to consider lowering the age of consent for sex to 15.
Accident and emergency units would be no more under plans proposed today by England’s medical director. Instead they would be divided into emergency centres and major emergency centres.
Children’s minister Edward Timpson has expressed “deep concerns” about a serious case review about four year old Hamzah Khan who lay dead in his Bradford home for almost two years.
Improv games are used in comedy shows all over the world. But they can also help veterans suffering the crippling anxiety disorder post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Two doctors separated by two decades – but their treatment after blowing the whistle on NHS problems shows that little has been learned from the past.
The government has delayed its new disability benefit. Civil servants working on the project previously criticised for weak management said “it took longer expected”.
As Barack Obama signs legislation to end a US government shutdown and raise the debt ceiling, he warns congress: “we’ve got to get out of the habit of governing by crisis.”
There are hopes that Democrat and Republican senators could reach an agreement later that will ease fears of a catastrophic default on America’s debt.
Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has been released after being taken by force at a hotel in Tripoli and held for several hours by a group of former rebels.
Anti-cull activists say a pilot badger shoot has descended into “farce”. But farmers tell Channel 4 News the policy is the only way to stop the slaughter of TB-infected cattle.
The government’s work programme isn’t working, according to a leading disability charity, which predicts a success rate of a maximum of 12 per cent.
A Muslim free school in Derby is told it must take “swift action” to address concerns over the way it is run or face the prospect of closure.