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RCN general secretary and chief executive Nicola Ranger is urging the Government to act (Image: Royal College of Nursing) Corridor care and temporary escalation spaces all sound innocuous as phrases, but they’re not. What it really means is nursing staff trying to care for patients in corridors, storerooms, carparks, offices and even toilets.   What … Read more

Paul Hillman spent the night on a hard chair while being sick (Image: Beth Hillman) A woman whose terminally ill dad sat in a waiting room for up to 25 hours says it felt like he was being tortured by “a broken system”. Paul Hillman, 58, was diagnosed with stage three gallbladder in April 2022 … Read more

Weather maps show some areas witnessing snowy conditions. (Image: WXCharts) A 561-mile is likely to hammer as the weather maps show seven cities witnessing conditions on January 25. prepared using Metdesk data have turned white for areas ranging from Aberdeen to Southhampton as a cold snap hits. The latest maps come days after the UK … Read more

More than 5,000 nurses shared their experiences in a major survey (Image: Getty) Heartbroken nurses have described seeing dying patients crammed into corridors with no privacy as “like watching a horrid film that I can’t stop”. Harrowing testimony from frontline staff lays bare the scale of the hospital crisis gripping the in a damning 460-page … Read more

Leonardo Di Caprio is donating one million dollars (£819,000) to support ‘urgent needs and post-fire recovery efforts’ (Image: Anadolu via Getty Images) Leonardo Di Caprio, heavyweight and passionate environmentalist, has pledged an incredible £819,000 to support “urgent needs and post-fire recovery efforts” in the wake of the catastrophic The philanthropic actor made the announcement through … Read more

As seen through a window from the Colonnade outside the Oval Office, President Joe Biden speaks during his farewell address at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, as second gentleman Doug Emhoff and Vice President Kamala Harris listen. via Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden never mentioned his successor by name … Read more

LOADINGERROR LOADING President Joe Biden used his farewell address to warn Americans about a scourge of misinformation and social media giants’ failure to stop it, unleashing a blistering criticism as tech companies such as Facebook and X embrace the incoming Trump administration. “Americans are being buried under an avalanche of misinformation and disinformation enabling an … Read more

A female deer wanders through the reeds in Nieuw Land National Park (Image: Getty) Between 17% and 20% of the Netherlands’ land area has been reclaimed by the sea, including Nieuw Land – the world’s largest national park. The national park, measuring around 112 sq miles, actually comprises the existing nature reserves of Oostvaardersplassen, the … Read more

President Biden delivers a farewell address to the US people (Image: Getty) in the final week of his term, delivered a farewell address to the nation from the Oval Office on Wednesday night. He is preparing to pass the baton to next Tuesday. Biden’s presidency has been plagued by high inflation, conflicts in Europe and … Read more

LOADINGERROR LOADING An unconscious man who was admitted to a hospital in Washington state in 2021 was taken off life support inadvertently when he was mistaken for someone else, according to two lawsuits. David Wells, 69, fell unconscious after choking on a steak dinner and was admitted to PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver on … Read more