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NHS to miss targets for cutting A&E wait times and performance in England
The NHS is set to miss key targets to shorten waiting times for help at A&E, cancer care and planned hospital treatment, leaving millions of patients facing persistently long...
UK mortgage interest rates will rise four times this year, markets predict
The Bank of England will raise the cost of borrowing four times this year, pushing UK interest rates from 3.75% to 4.75% amid the conflict in the Middle East,...
James Blake: Trying Times review – platitudes about politics and Kanye can’t detract from an excellent album
Of all the things you might expect from a James Blake album – exquisite minimalism, plaintive vocal distortion, appearances from hip-hop’s great and good – chin-stroking socio0political commentary probably...
A Woman of Substance review – a lavishly absurd, cliche-packed tribute to simpler times
Basically, there was trouble at ’mill. Or at least t’mill owner’s house. This is the fons et origo of Barbara Taylor Bradford’s A Woman of Substance. The quintessential rags-to-riches...
Wegovy users have five times greater risk of sudden sight loss than Ozempic users, study finds
Patients taking Wegovy have nearly five times the risk of sudden sight loss of those on Ozempic, a large-scale study has found.Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) medicines such...
Black people up to 48 times more likely to be stopped and searched in richest areas of London
Black people are up to 48 times more likely than white people to be stopped and searched by police in some of London’s best-off areas, a new report has...
Defending Nato’s eastern flank from Russia would cost Poland 24 times its current defence budget, minister warns – Europe live
Defending Nato's eastern flank from Russia would cost €1.2tn, Poland saysDefending Nato’s eastern flank in case of a potential Russian aggression would cost at least €1.2tn ($1.42 trillion), Polish...
Eze left thinking ‘will I play many more times this season’ after Arsenal snub
Ebere Eze has again been named on the bench for Arsenal against Wolves with Paul Merson sending a brutal message20:37, 18 Feb 2026Updated 20:53, 18 Feb 2026Ebere Eze has...
