Month: November 2018

‘I’m not that stupid. I do realise that it is a separate exercise being sovereign,’ says heir to throne in 70th birthday interview Via: Prince Charles insists he will not 'meddle' in politics when he becomes king

‘It is disappointing that Defra has raided staff at Natural England, the organisation responsible for protecting some of the most highly valued wildlife areas in England to prepare for Brexit’ Via: Michael Gove accused of poaching staff from Natural England for Brexit preparations

Historic England register also adds Huddersfield’s first infirmary and ‘an almost perfect Victorian museum’A centuries-old church that counted George Eliot as a worshipper and survived a devastating night during the wartime blitz is one of 242 new entries to England’s Heritage at Risk register.The register also now includes one of Read more…

Heir to throne tells BBC 70th birthday interview he will desist from his hobbyhorses if sovereignThe Prince of Wales has sought to quell concerns that he would be a “meddling” or activist king , saying “I’m not that stupid”. His words, the strongest yet on the subject of his kinghood, Read more…

Surveyors body expects prices to fall in the south and south-east over next three monthsThe UK property market is at its weakest for six years, with prices flat or falling across half the country according to Britain’s official surveyors body, with reports that sales are “in limbo” until a Brexit Read more…

Majority of LGBT+ respondents have experienced depression in the past year, with negative attitudes and lack of awareness particularly harmful to trans people Via: Quarter of LGBT+ people have witnessed discrimination from NHS staff while seeking treatment, poll finds

‘In many hospitals it is easier for a runner with a dodgy knee to get an MRI than it is for a patient on the verge of a heart attack to get a CT-scan’ Via: NHS scanner and radiologist shortages contributing to thousands of avoidable heart attack deaths, experts warn