GPs will be required to give patients the option to travel further for healthcare or go to a private alternative under plans to cut NHS waiting times. Doctors will have to offer up to five healthcare providers when making referrals, allowing people to select their preference using the NHS app or website. The options will
Police have recovered a body from a river in the search for missing woman Shannon Canning. The 24-year-old was last seen in the early hours of Friday 19 May when she left her home address in Keswick Court, Lancaster. She was due to open the Tipple bar – where she works – in the city
In this article MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A sign for Microsoft Corp. at the company’s office in the central business district of Lisbon, Portugal, on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022. Zed Jameson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft warned on Wednesday that Chinese state-sponsored hackers had compromised “critical” U.S. cyber infrastructure across numerous
ESPN staffMay 24, 2023, 11:22 AM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print NASCAR is racing the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday in Charlotte, North Carolina. Michael Jordan’s 23XI racing team will have two drivers — No. 23 Bubba Wallace and No. 45 Tyler Reddick — in the field for the longest race on the
Ron DeSantis has entered the race to be the next US president, going head to head with Donald Trump. He filed a declaration of candidacy with the US federal electoral commission on Wednesday. The 44-year-old becomes the latest in a crowded Republican contest to decide whether the party will move on from Mr Trump in
Tesla is “probably” going to announce a location for a new factory around the end of the year, says CEO Elon Musk. Where could it end up? Tesla already announced a new factory in Mexico just a few months ago, but we knew it wouldn’t be long before a new factory location was revealed. That’s
At Mercedes-Benz’s annual North American dealer meeting, the automaker highlighted its transformation in the electric era. To continue building momentum, Mercedes told dealers it has a healthy lineup of EVs in the pipeline, including an electric CLA sedan and GLC crossover coming in 2024. Mercedes electric vehicle sales grew 251% in the first three months
After teasing glimpses of its first all-electric 5 Series for weeks, BMW has globally debuted the first two available trims of the i5, including an M performance version with 590 horsepower. The German automaker has introduced a lot of new technology in its latest generation of its long-running series, including in-car gaming, a range conservation
In this article ETH.CM= BTC.CM= Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Representations of virtual currency Bitcoin are placed on U.S. Dollar banknotes in this illustration taken May 26, 2020. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Crypto fell with stocks on Wednesday as investors worried about the debt ceiling and the Federal Reserve’s next move. Bitcoin fell more
Microsoft will on Wednesday lodge a formal appeal against British regulators’ decision to block its $75bn takeover of Activision Blizzard, the Call of Duty maker. Sky News understands that the technology behemoth will file its complaint with the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) within hours, sparking the next phase of its fight to secure one of
Lucy Letby has suggested plumbing issues and “raw sewage” could have played a part in the deaths of the babies she is accused of murdering. The nurse denies killing seven babies, as well as the attempted murder of 10 other infants, at Countess of Chester Hospital between 2015 and 2016. The 33-year-old defendant was cross-examined
The government believes it has secured a commitment from Jaguar Land Rover owner Tata to build a new gigafactory in the UK, Sky News has been told. Senior Whitehall sources believe the Indian industrial giant has chosen the UK over Spain as the site for its giant new battery factory. The news is due to
Russia has accused the west of “growing involvement” in the conflict with Ukraine after releasing pictures of western-made military vehicles it claims were used in a border incursion. The images, which Sky News has identified as showing US-made Humvees, have been criticised by analysts as being “staged”, with suggestions the scene could have choreographed. Security
Breakfast in a Floridian diner is never for the faint-hearted. There’s the biscuits and gravy, the grits, the oversized breakfast tacos, the waffles, the pancakes, the corned beef hash and, of course, the all-American drip coffee. If you survive all that, and if you nudge the locals a little, then the passionate yet divisive politics
Love Island contestants will be banned from any social media activity to shield themselves and their families from online abuse while they stay in the villa this summer. ITV bosses have announced new duty of care procedures for the cast ahead of the hit reality show’s 10th season, due to start in a few weeks.
The COVID inquiry has issued a legal notice to the Cabinet Office for not handing over the full contents of Boris Johnson’s messages. The Cabinet Office tried to object to handing over the communications but was overruled by Baroness Hallett, the chair of the COVID inquiry. But the inquiry chair has ordered that the release
An airplane in the skies over France. The government there wants to cut short-haul flights in the country to reduce emissions. Alain Pitton | Nurphoto | Getty Images A French ban on domestic short-haul flights when alternative train journeys exist came into force this week, with one lawmaker hailing it as “an essential step” in
In this article 9868-HK XPEV Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A XPeng Inc. G6 electric sport utility vehicle (SUV). The company is hoping the release of the new car will boost sales which plunged in the first quarter. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Chinese electric vehicle firm Xpeng dropped on
Millions of people in Mexico have been told to get ready to leave their homes as the country’s Popocatépetl volcano spews ash, rock and gas. Officials said people living downwind of “El Popo” should wear masks and cover their eyes but the country’s president played down the risk to life. The volcano, which lies in
France has banned short-haul flights where people are able to get a train instead, in a bid to reduce carbon emissions. The ban affects journeys that can be completed by train in less than two-and-a-half hours, ruling out flights between Paris and Nantes, Lyon and Bordeaux. Connecting flights are unaffected by the ban. The move