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LOADINGERROR LOADING Israeli strikes this weekend on what’s considered north Gaza’s main hospital have resulted in about a dozen wounded staff, including the barely operational medical facility’s director, amid the region’s worsening humanitarian catastrophe. For 50 days, Israeli forces have incessantly attacked the territory’s northernmost region, which includes the towns of Jabalia, Beit Lahiya and … Read more

LOADINGERROR LOADING Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) called out President-elect Donald Trump for nominating Matt Gaetz to be attorney general after the pick prompted widespread backlash. Trump tapped Gaetz as his choice to head the Department of Justice earlier this month amid the House Ethics Committee’s open investigation into the congressman over allegations … Read more

Professor Sir Simon is former president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (Image: File) Today is the second reading in Parliament of a new bill to reform the Mental Health Act for England and Wales, thus hopefully concluding a process that started seven years ago, when I was asked to chair an independent review of … Read more

Sir Simon Wessely, former president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, conducted a probe (Image: File) Overdue reforms to “outdated Victorian rules” form part of a new push to end a litany of appalling mental health tragedies. Experts said the killings of Grace O’Malley-Kumar, Barnaby Webber and Ian Coates by schizophrenic Valdo Calocane could have … Read more

The annual drive aims to help those struggling with hunger and food poverty (Image: Humphrey Nemar) Millions of shoppers will ensure Tesco lives up to its motto when the supermarket giant’s Winter Food Collection starts today. Britain’s biggest retailer is known for its slogan Every Little Helps – a strapline that encapsulates how tiny things … Read more

Chad Duell is parting ways with “General Hospital” after starring on the show for almost 15 years. Duell, 37, announced he would be leaving the soap opera in an Instagram post Nov. 23, featuring a photo of himself standing with his fellow castmates. “After many incredible years with General Hospital, I’ve decided to step away … Read more

Bishop T.D. Jakes is stable after experiencing a “health incident” during his recent Sunday service.  The pastor and motivational speaker was speaking at The Potter’s House of Dallas, a nondenominational Christian church, on Nov. 24 when the incident occurred. The 67-year-old was delivering a sermon onstage when he appeared to pause and shake slightly, based … Read more

The house is on a row of B&Bs just a few minutes’ walk away from the beach (Image: Google) A couple aged 68 and 70 who have been diagnosed with cancer and are being forced to sell their home in in what they have described as a “living nightmare”. Ann and Stephen Frew bought the … Read more

Some inmates in UK prisons out-earn their guards, new data shows (Image: Getty) Home Office data shows that the highest-paid in Britain are earning more than the who guard them, with the inmate who received the highest salary in 2023 earning £35,715 – compared to an average of £28,000 for police officers and £24,000 for … Read more

A 59-year-old Canadian grandmother just broke a Guinness World Record for pushups. Marking her second Guinness World Record title, DonnaJean Wilde broke the record for most pushups in one hour by a woman, clocking 1,575 pushups in 60 minutes, Guinness World Records reported Nov. 20. Eleven of Wilde’s 12 grandchildren were cheering her on while … Read more