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Risk to patient health from medicine shortages is ‘distressing new normal’

The risk to patient health from medicine shortages is the “distressing new normal”, pharmacists have warned. A report from Community Pharmacy England, which represents more than 10,000 community pharmacies, said medicine shortages are causing “unprecedented” issues for patients. The organisation polled the owners of more than 4,300 pharmacies in England, alongside more than 1,600 pharmacy workers, and discovered a worse situation than when it surveyed three years ago. It found: – […]

June 30, 2025

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Supermarkets could be fined if they fail to hit new healthy eating targets

Supermarkets could be fined if they do not sell healthier food, under a new Government plan to tackle obesity. The “healthy food standard” will apply to retailers and manufacturers in England as part of a 10-year strategy to cut diet-related diseases, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said. Initially developed by innovation agency Nesta, the policy introduces mandatory health targets for retailers while giving them flexibility in how […]

June 30, 2025

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Starmer: Labour will not take away ‘safety net’ from vulnerable people

Sir Keir Starmer has said “everyone agrees” the welfare system needs to be fixed but that Labour will not “take away the safety net” that vulnerable people rely on. In a speech to the Welsh Labour conference that came after a major U-turn on reforms in the face of a backbench rebellion, he said fixing the “broken” system must be done in a “Labour way”. “We cannot take away the […]

June 29, 2025

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Wes Streeting says chants of ‘death to the IDF’ at Glastonbury were ‘appalling’

Wes Streeting has said chants of “death” to the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) at Glastonbury were “appalling” and that the BBC and festival have “questions to answer”. Rapper Bobby Vylan, of rap punk duo Bob Vylan, on Saturday led crowds on the festival’s West Holts Stage in chants of “Free, free Palestine” and “Death, death to the IDF”, before a member of Irish rap trio Kneecap suggested fans “start a […]

June 29, 2025

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Massive cocaine haul valued at £100m seized at UK port

Border Force officers have seized 2.4 tonnes of cocaine with a value of almost £100 million in one of the biggest drugs busts in years. The enormous haul was found under containers on a ship arriving into London Gateway port from Panama, the Home Office said. Specialist officers detected the shipment earlier this month after carrying out an intelligence-led operation. With help from the port operator, they moved 37 large […]

June 29, 2025

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Warnings of tax rises after Downing Street welfare U-turn

There are predictions of tax rises in the autumn budget after Sir Keir Starmer U-turned on welfare reforms in the face of a backbench rebellion. The Prime Minister said that the concessions strike “the right balance”, but think tanks have warned that the changes announced in the early hours of Friday morning have made Rachel Reeves’s “already difficult Budget balancing act that much harder”. Downing Street declined to rule out […]

June 28, 2025

Shropshire

‘You’ve got to be different’ – Shrewsbury food festival boss

Welcoming about 24,000 people across two days, and now in its 12th year, Shrewsbury Food Festival appears to have cracked the code for success as a large event. With events like Shrewsbury Flower Show, the Battle of Shrewsbury and Camp Bestival's Shropshire event being cancelled in the last 12 months, organisers face a series of challenges to make their festivals last. Ahead of this year's event on Saturday and Sunday at the Quarry, director of […]

June 28, 2025

Worcestershire

Plan backed to encourage more walking and cycling in Worcester

Worcester City Council has approved a plan to encourage more people to walk and cycle rather than use their cars. The place and economic development committee gave the Active Travel Action Plan the green light on Monday, which will be implemented over the coming three years. The local authority's previous plan introduced the Beryl bike scheme, which saw about 52,000 cycle journeys in the city in the past year. "This plan […]

June 28, 2025

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Families of Chinook helicopter crash victims press on with legal action against MoD

The families of those killed in the 1994 Chinook helicopter crash have said they will press on with seeking a judicial review after the Ministry of Defence (MoD) dismissed their demands for a judge-led public inquiry. RAF Chinook ZD576 was carrying 25 British intelligence personnel from RAF Aldergrove in Northern Ireland to a conference at Fort George near Inverness when it crashed in foggy weather on June 2 1994 on […]

June 28, 2025

Risk to patient health from medicine shortages is ‘distressing new normal’

Starmer: Labour will not take away ‘safety net’ from vulnerable people

Massive cocaine haul valued at £100m seized at UK port

Warnings of tax rises after Downing Street welfare U-turn

‘You’ve got to be different’ – Shrewsbury food festival boss

Plan backed to encourage more walking and cycling in Worcester

Families of Chinook helicopter crash victims press on with legal action against MoD

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