The UK and the EU are once again at loggerheads over the Northern Ireland Protocol, with this week set to be a particularly tense one. Boris Johnson headed to Belfast on Monday morning to try and thrash out a solution with local parties, but as Brussels digs its heels in, …
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To mark Dementia Action Week, Abi Jackson talks to leading experts about how we can help keep the condition at bay. Covid isn’t the only major health concern of our times – experts have been warning about dementia reaching epidemic levels too. Already a leading cause of death and disability …
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Boris Johnson has warned the EU that he is prepared to unilaterally rip up parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol unless Brussels agrees to make major changes to it. The prime minister said there would be “a necessity to act” to protect the interests of consumers and businesses in the …
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Well over two years into the pandemic, hundreds of thousands of COVID cases continue to be recorded around the world every day. With the rise of new variants, the symptoms of COVID have also evolved. Initially, the NHS regarded a fever, cough, and loss or change in sense of smell …
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The Department of Health is being urged to recruit a Chief Pharmacy Officer (CPO) as a matter of priority, ensuring medicine supply is consistently addressed at the most senior levels, according to The Irish Pharmacy Union (IPU). hief Pharmacy Officers exist in many other healthcare systems, including Northern Ireland, England, …
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Ireland is set to see a full lunar eclipse for the first time in several years as the Earth comes between the sun and the moon in the early hours of Monday morning. The moon will appear larger and turn a dim red colour at the moment of full eclipse …
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Boris Johnson’s suggestion that people working from home are more easily distracted was ‘entirely reasonable’, the Business Secretary has said. Kwasi Kwarteng defended the Prime Minister’s comments about home-working as part of Government efforts to get more people back to offices. With the end of Covid restrictions across the UK, …
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Staff shortages are expected to cause mass disruption nationwide as the aviation industry continues to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. A source told The Times that the recruitment process is “cripplingly slow”. Staff shortages has led to passengers being forced to wait in long queues outside of airports for several hours. The situation this week was …
Leer másDerry theatre group for adults with learning disabilities to re-enact Chaplin film mocking Hitler
A Derry-based theatre group for adults with learning disabilities is set to re-enact a famous film which mocked dictator Adolf Hitler in a new production. he Stage Beyond production will combine both the slapstick humour of Charlie Chaplin’s The Great Dictator with a subject close to the hearts of the …
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North Korea has confirmed 15 more deaths and hundreds of thousands of additional patients with fevers as it mobilises more than a million health and other workers to try to suppress the country’s first Covid-19 outbreak. fter maintaining a widely disputed claim to be coronavirus-free for more than two years, …
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