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It’s around the four-week mark that many people notice the most dramatic difference – particularly in facial structure
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Health secretary says the government’s ‘new year’s resolution’ should be to ‘get it right first time’
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The Israeli military often orders Palestinians to carry out demolitions themselves
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From summer showers through to autumn downpours, be prepared with these stylish but protective shells
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The latest celebrity to be drawn into the MeToo scandal, Julio Iglesias, faces allegations that he abused the two women in 2021, when the younger woman was aged 22
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All the latest January transfer window news, gossip and rumours
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The British heavyweight prospect suffered an injury in training camp, forcing the bout to be pushed back
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Darren Fletcher’s candidacy is coming to an end after United’s FA Cup exit on Sunday
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Meanwhile, Raducanu’s first-round match against Camila Osorio at the Hobart International was suspended due to rain
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Development comes after the UK supported a US operation to seize a Russian-flagged tanker in the North Atlantic
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Health secretary says: ‘If we tell the public that we can’t make anything work, then why on earth would they vote to keep us in charge’
Ed Davey, the Lib Dem leader, has set out a plan to end 12-hour A&E waits in English hospital. The party says the problem has escalated hugely over the past few years, and it is proposing two measures that it says would address the problem.
They are:
“A new law to enshrine the right for patients to be seen in A&E within 12 hours.”
“Spending £1.5bn to make around 6,000 more beds available each day by expanding hospital capacity and creating ‘safety net’ social care beds for patients waiting on long-term care decisions.” The Lib Dems would get the money by “cancelling the planned medicine price hike agreed with the Trump administration before Christmas”.
Right now, in the corridors of A&E departments across our country, there are thousands of people – sick or injured – lying on trolleys or waiting on plastic chairs. No privacy. No dignity. There have even been tragic cases of people dying on those trolleys and left undiscovered for hours.
What more stark an example could there be, of the way things in our country aren’t working the way they should, than thousands of people lying for hours in corridors in our hospitals, and people dying on those trolleys? This deadly corridor crisis isn’t befitting of the heroic doctors, nurses and other health professionals who work in our NHS. It’s not what we expect from our NHS, and it’s not what we pay our hard-earned money in taxes to fund our NHS for …
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Turkmenistan has strict red tape according to the Foreign Office, including a mandatory £23 Covid test fee
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Hospital trusts said pressure had been driven by admissions for winter illnesses
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Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as central bankers from across the world say they stand with Fed’s Powell
Global central bank officials are reportedly planning to release a coordinated statement of support for US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, after America’s top central banker was threatened with a criminal indictment.
Reuters is reporting that the statement, which is expected to contain the signatures of central bankers from around the world, will back Powell and stress the need for independent central banking.
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The actor also appeared in BBC hit ‘Good Old Days’ and Nineties children’s favourite ‘The Queen’s Nose’
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Alvaro Arbeloa has been named as Alonso’s initial successor but Real Madrid could yet seek a long-term replacement
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