Meningitis B vaccine to be offered to a million young people
A million young people in England, Wales and Scotland will be offered a vaccine to help protect against meningitis B. The one-off programme has been launched after concerns over the UK’s largest and fastest growing meningitis B outbreak to date in Kent this year and two further “unusual” clusters in
Dissent fizzes again at the top of the Labour Party
After the spray of resignations, fury and anger a month ago following Labour’s calamitous election results, the Makerfield by-election campaign had put a temporary cork in the bottle of the party’s dissent. Or so we thought. It turns out we didn’t have to wait to find out if the Greater
We need to feel love playing for England
The tournament in North America got under way on Thursday as Mexico – hosts alongside USA and Canada – beat South Africa 2-0. England’s tournament does not get under way until next Wednesday, when they take on Croatia in Arlington, Texas. Bellingham was part of the England squad that reached the
Do not use my music, Ariana Grande tells White House
US pop star Ariana Grande has asked the White House not to use her music, after it did so in a social media video promoting its immigration policies. The TikTok reel shared on Monday depicts border agents placing people in handcuffs, with Grande’s 2024 hit Bye as a soundtrack. It
Trump claims deal to end Iran war near as Tehran says ‘nothing’ finalised
US President Donald Trump claimed an agreement to end the war with Iran was close on Thursday, hours after cancelling a third consecutive night of strikes. Trump had declared the US would strike Iran “very hard”, but hours later said his negotiators had “just made a great settlement” with Iran.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX raises $75bn ahead of world’s biggest stock market launch
SpaceX has raised $75bn (£56bn) from financial firms ahead of it becoming a publicly traded company on Friday, in what is expected to be the highest-value stock listing in history. In a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the space exploration and artificial intelligence (AI) company said it
Scrap legal equality duty for public services, says Badenoch
The Conservatives want to scrap rules requiring public bodies such as schools and hospitals to consider promoting equality in their decisions. In what the party described as the first step in a programme to “restore common sense”, Kemi Badenoch said the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) has resulted in some
Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater split after three years
Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater have ended their relationship after nearly three years together. The couple separated “quietly” and in an “amicable” manner several months ago, a source told US magazine People. “They gave lots of time and careful consideration and decided to go their separate ways,” the source told the
University to launch defence technology courses
New courses to train students in national security and defence technology threats are set to be launched by Bournemouth University. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has given the university about £2.8m to develop courses, which will include the creation of two new facilities for students to gain practical experience in
Williams rolls back the years on return at Queen’s
Serena Williams rolled back the years at Queen’s with a winning performance on her comeback to tennis after 1,375 days away from the sport. Fans with the hottest ticket in town packed out the Andy Murray Arena on Tuesday evening to watch one of the greatest players of all time