Global IT outage knocks airlines, banks and others offline

Global IT outage knocks airlines, banks and others offline

Major infrastructure including airlines, train companies, banks and media outlets have ground to a halt after their computer systems were knocked offline. Businesses and institutions around the world have been been knocked offline after a major IT outage, believed to have been caused by a faulty update to widely used cybersecurity software. The outage is “causing disruption in the majority of GP practices” in England but there is currently no known impact on […]

July 19, 2024 4

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Streeting: Formal talks planned with junior doctors over pay row

Formal talks are to be held in a bid to resolve the long running junior doctors dispute, it has been announced. The move follows a meeting on Thursday between new Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting and the BMA. Junior doctors in England have been embroiled in a long running row over pay which has led to a series of strikes. Mr Streeting met the BMA shortly after Labour […]

July 19, 2024 9

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Starmer urges action on migrant ‘crisis’ and aid for Ukraine at European summit

Sir Keir Starmer urged European leaders to address the illegal migration “crisis” and to stand firm in support of Ukraine as he sought to strengthen the UK’s ties with the continent. The Prime Minister hopes the European Political Community summit will provide an opportunity to “reset” the UK’s relations with its neighbours after the turmoil of the Brexit years. Opening the summit at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire he also stressed […]

July 19, 2024 7

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Covid-19 Inquiry: Government and the civil service ‘failed’ the public

The UK Government and the civil service “failed” the public due to “significant flaws” in preparing for the Covid-19 pandemic, a public inquiry has found. In its first report into preparedness for a pandemic, the UK Covid-19 Inquiry said there was a “damaging absence of focus” on the measures and infrastructure that would be needed to deal with a fast-spreading disease, even though a coronavirus outbreak at pandemic scale “was forseeable”. […]

July 19, 2024 13

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Starmer hosts summit to start new relationship with Europe

It's taking place at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire. Sir Keir Starmer will use a major European summit to push for action to secure the continent’s borders as he steps up efforts to tackle the UK’s asylum backlog. More than 100 Home Office staff will be redeployed from working on the now-scrapped Rwanda scheme to focus on a “rapid returns unit” to send people with no right to be in the […]

July 18, 2024 4

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President Biden tests positive for Covid-19

It's as he is campaigning in Las Vegas. President Joe Biden has tested positive for coronavirus, according to a speaker at the UnidosUS annual conference broadcast on the White House’s YouTube channel. Mr Biden was due to speak at the event in Las Vegas on Wednesday afternoon as part of an effort to rally Hispanic voters ahead of the November election. UnidosUS president and CEO Janet Murguia told the guests […]

July 18, 2024 3

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Fresh talks to be held in bid to resolve train drivers dispute

The Government is to hold fresh talks with the union representing train drivers in a bid to resolve their long-running pay dispute. Aslef said there will be an initial meeting with the Department for Transport (DfT) next Tuesday, voicing hopes of “constructive” talks. It is understood the Rail Delivery Group, which represents train companies involved in the row, will not be involved in the discussions. Aslef members have taken 18 […]

July 17, 2024 3

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King’s Speech sets out plan to ‘get Britain building’

Sir Keir Starmer set out plans to tear up planning red tape, reform the economy and restore trust in politics in a sweeping set of changes in the Labour Government’s first King’s Speech. The Prime Minister vowed to “fix the foundations of this nation for the long-term” with a programme containing 40 proposed pieces of legislation. Sir Keir said change will not happen overnight but his plan would “unlock growth […]

July 17, 2024 3

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Labour to ‘take brakes off Britain’ with first King’s Speech

As many as 35 bills and draft bills are set to be announced. Labour will “take the brakes off Britain” when it unveils its first King’s Speech on Wednesday, Sir Keir Starmer has said. The new Government is set to present a “packed” legislative agenda focused on improving living standards by driving economic growth, the first of the Prime Minister’s five “missions for national renewal”. The address – the first […]

July 17, 2024 3

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