Month: November 2018

Sixty-six-year-old to appear in Dublin High Court following joint operation between gardai and PSNI Via: John Downey: Man whose trial over IRA Hyde Park bombing collapsed is arrested and accused in murder of two soldiers in Northern Ireland

Trussell Trust calls on the government to enact urgent changes in new welfare reform Via: Food bank use soars 13% in a year as universal credit drives new referrals, charity warns

Egyptologists stumble across ramp that helps explain how huge blocks of stones were hauled into placeThe mystery of how, exactly, the pyramids were built may have come a step closer to being unravelled after a team of archaeologists made a chance discovery in an ancient Egyptian quarry.Scientists researching ancient inscriptions Read more…

Vacancies equivalent to 45 hospitals worth of nurses look set to grow as NHS organisations calls for increase in recruitment efforts Via: Brexit: NHS nursing vacancies will top 51,000 by end of transition period in 2021, report warns

Children receiving tonsillectomy after one sore throat in 10 per cent of cases, while others with serious problems never have operation Via: Tens of thousands of 'useless' child tonsillectomies costing NHS £36.9m a year, new study shows

No evaluation carried out despite 2013 pledge – and repeated warnings of people being pushed into poverty Via: Ministers broke promise to review 'pointlessly cruel' system for benefit sanctions, MPs say

Most of those undergoing procedure in England did not appear to need it, report showsMore than 88% of surgeries to remove children’s tonsils are unnecessary, according to new research, with experts warning the procedure could do more harm than good.According to researchers, about 37,000 tonsillectomies were performed on children in Read more…