The BA.2 variant is currently deemed a variant under investigation (VUI) by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), following the discovery that it has similar properties to the original Omicron strain of... Read more »
Healthcare workers have backed union calls for an inflation-proof pay rise for NHS staff, warning the health service is at “breaking point”. Fourteen unions, representing 1.2 million health staff in England, have... Read more »
LONDON — Britain’s main nurses’ union warned Monday that exhaustion and surging coronavirus cases among medical staff are pushing them to the breaking point, adding to pressure on the government for new... Read more »
It is Wednesday afternoon and officers on the Met Police team tasked with tackling violent crime in Croydon are preparing to head out on patrol. The scale of the challenge becomes immediately... Read more »
Ministers have been urged to cut the Covid isolation period from seven to five days with experts warning that NHS staff shortages pose a bigger threat than rising patient numbers. The Health... Read more »
Gyms and leisure centres across the capital have warned that a lockdown in the New Year could be “catastrophic”, as one says it’s already seen customer numbers drop by 30 per cent.... Read more »
Hong Kongers are Britain’s fastest growing community. But those supporting new arrivals have told Sky News of their concerns about the impact of large numbers arriving in a short space of time... Read more »
Members of the public have been urged by police not to approach a man who escaped from a mental health unit in East London on Thursday. Justin Harper, 26, absconded from the... Read more »
High Speed Two Ltd updates Sign up to myFT Daily Digest to be the first to know about High Speed Two Ltd news. The cost of the UK’s new HS2 high-speed railway... Read more »
Burrowing deep under the Thames, Silvertown tunnel is scheduled as the first new road link across the capital’s river for 30 years. But, the four-lane highway, due to be completed in 2025,... Read more »
