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El Niño now 70 per cent likely, BoM warns

An El Niño event is looking more probable than ever after the…
Eye on America: Barack Obama on My Brother's Keeper initiative and gun violence

Eye on America: Barack Obama on My Brother’s Keeper initiative and gun violence

Eye on America: Barack Obama on My Brother’s Keeper initiative and gun…
Latest NHS data on cancer waiting times showed the 62-day cancer backlog has fallen for the first time since before the pandemic. But almost 6,000 patients did not start treatment within two months of an urgent referral from their GP. It means only 63 per cent of cancer patients in total were seen within the two month target. NHS guidelines state 85 per cent of cancer patients should be seen within this timeframe but this figure has not been met since December 2015

‘Silver tsunami’ of older cancer patients to hit NHS

The rising ageing population will see UK cancer cases surge by a…