NHS England has urged Instagram to stop users selling a “dangerous” unlicensed weight-gain drug. Apetamin is being sold and promoted on Instagram and other sites as a way to achieve an hour-glass figure in the mould of celebrities like Kim Kardashian. However, senior health leaders say the appetite stimulant could cause “serious harm”. One of
Month: May 2021
The Queen has said that “reconciliation, equality and mutual understanding” in Northern Ireland “cannot be taken for granted”, in a message released to mark the country’s centenary. She said “continued peace” in Northern Ireland “is a credit to its people, upon whose shoulders the future rests”. Her Majesty said the 100th anniversary of the Government
The Duke of Sussex has called for vaccines to be “distributed to everyone everywhere” as he spoke at a star-studded charity concert in Los Angeles. Prince Harry appeared along with a host of famous names from the worlds of music, film and politics at Global Citizen’s Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World –
The legal limit on the number of mourners at funerals will be lifted on 17 May, the government has confirmed. At the moment only 30 people are allowed to attend because of coronavirus restrictions. But under the government’s roadmap for reopening, the size of the group will depend on how many people can be accommodated
Representatives of the world’s richest countries will meet face-to-face this week for the first time in two years. The G7 meeting in London begins today, with attendees from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the US and the UK. Representatives from the European Union will also attend, as will India’s external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. Australia,
This week Scotland goes to the polls in an election that could have profound consequences for the whole of the United Kingdom. The Holyrood result will decide not just who runs Scotland, but whether the battle for another Scottish independence referendum will return to the forefront of our national politics once more. It is a
Police are investigating reports base jumpers have been leaping off the set built for a Mission: Impossible film. A tweet from the Derbyshire Dales Response Unit said: “Stoney Middleton. Reports of people jumping off this film set with parachutes. We attend to complete an area search but don’t find them. Enquiries ongoing…” The quarry in
The UK will pay £400m to Tehran to free Iranian-British woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, according to reports on Iranian state TV. The channel reported that deals have been reached to release prisoners with Western ties held in Iran. An official also said a deal with the US will see a prisoner swap in exchange for the
Angry Manchester United fans are staging a protest against the club’s owners after getting inside their Old Trafford stadium. Supporters had gathered outside to demonstrate ahead of Liverpool’s visit this afternoon following the club’s failed attempt to join the controversial European Super League. Fans were also earlier seen letting off flares and blocking the entrance
The prime minister has been “crystal clear” about how the refurbishment of his Downing Street flat was financed, the foreign secretary has told Sky News. Speaking to Sophy Ridge on Sunday, Dominic Raab said Boris Johnson had “covered the cost himself” and “followed all the relevant codes of conduct”. But another senior Conservative, the party’s
The four astronauts of SpaceX’s first full mission to the International Space Station have splashed back down to Earth off the coast of Florida. It is the first US splashdown under the cover of darkness since Apollo 8’s return from the moon in 1968. The Dragon capsule parachuted into the Gulf Of Mexico just before
Boris Johnson is trying to focus attention on tackling crime and recovering from the coronavirus, despite a number of allegations against him that may damage his party’s election chances. Two new polls suggest the Conservative lead over Labour has been trimmed ahead of Thursday’s local elections in England and voting for parliaments in Scotland and
Caitlyn Jenner has said that transgender athletes who were born male should not be allowed to compete in girls’ sports teams. Jenner recently announced she would run for California governor as a Republican in an effort to unseat Democrat Gavin Newsom. The former Olympic decathlon medallist and reality TV star came out as transgender in
Nicola Sturgeon has thrown down the gauntlet to Boris Johnson over a second independence referendum, telling Sky News that if the UK government doesn’t challenge the Scottish government in court, then “by definition it would be a legal referendum”. Scotland’s first minister, who will claim the right to hold a second independence referendum by the
The US has begun its final phase of the withdrawal of its own and NATO’s last troops from Afghanistan – with the aim of leaving the country by the end of summer. It will bring to an end America’s “forever war” in the country, which began with the invasion in response to the 9/11 terror
Four children have been taken to hospital after suffering a “violent reaction” from eating sweets believed to contain cannabis, police have said. Officers were called to a parade of shops on Pound Lane, Epsom, at 2.15pm on Saturday, and found three children vomiting uncontrollably and falling in and out of consciousness. The 12-year-old girl, 12-year-old