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Brexit offers the best opportunity to radically rethink the NHS since it was set up 68 years ago, according to a think-tank. A new contract between the NHS and society was needed to help it cope with a growing and ageing population, a rise in obesity and environmental and economic changes. To meet these new challenges doctors, scientists, social entrepreneurs, and crossbench peers have launched a new manifesto. It said there needed to be bold thinking to create a healthy society shifting...

This is the cute moment a huge bull elephant tried and failed to play hide and seek with a photographer. Ramona Reichert snapped the playful giant trying to conceal his vast five-tonne frame behind a tree in Tarangire National Park in Tanzania last month. The 36-year-old saw the spectacle while out on safari. She and her husband Ivo Schemionek were watching a family of elephant cows and calves at a watering hole before the male arrived. Ms Reichert said: "When they...

Former Labour leader Tony Blair has indicated that he could be returning to politics to tackle the "one party state" that currently exists in Britain. Speaking to Esquire magazine he said he is “very motivated” to tackle the Tory party’s vision of Brexit Britain, a vision the current Labout party set-up is unable to challenge because they don't appeal to mainstream voters. He said: "I don’t know if there’s a role for me . . . There’s a limit to what I...

Tourists no longer have to walk to the tourist information centre or walk around the capital with a map, trying to find attractions, and ending up missing out the delights of the capital. Now a new app is empowering visitors to make the most of the great deals and tickets to the best events, which add value to every trip in London town. The people behind the Official London Tourist app have set up the What Now?! app joining forces with...

After Lancashire County Council refused to allow permission to take shale gas out of the county, the Government has decided that they will allow it anyway. The council has turned down the request, from shale gas company Caudrilla, because of concerns over traffic and noise pollution. There are also huge concerns about environmental impact and concerns over the power of local councils to stand up to central government. Drilling in the area a few years ago, caused earth tremors and...

Steven Woolfe is suspected to be suffering from bleeding of the brain after he was punched in a bust up outside the European Parliament. The MEP, who is favourite to become the next UKIP leader, collapsed in Brussells amid reports he was punched by a colleague. He was rushed to hospital with suspected head injuries, which could be critical. UKIP party insiders told The Telegraph that Mr Woolfe was punched by a colleague from the same party following an altercation, with one...

Today a joint statement was released, signed by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, the Leader of Plaid Cymru Leanne Wood, and Caroline Lucas and Jonathan Bartley, the co-leaders of the Green Party calling for progressive parties to work together to resist the ‘Tories' toxic politics’. Here is the statement in full: The countries of the United Kingdom face a spiralling political and economic crisis. At the top of the Conservative Party, the narrow vote in favour of leaving the EU has now...

An old fire station which was left untouched for more than 60 years has been discovered in the cellar of an old Co Op factory. The secret fire station is complete with 1920s firefighting equipment, pumps, uniforms and coiled hoses. A half-drunk bottle of lemonade and exercise programmes were also found in the cellar of the former Co Op factory in Dudley, West Mids. Staff at shopfitting company The Allan Nuttall Partnership, which is now based in the building, heard rumours of...

A paper written by James Hanson, an ex-Nasa climate scientist, and a number of other leading experts in the field have reported that the earth is now as hot as it has been for 115,00 years. The worrying news is further compounded by their claims that climate change has contributed to this level of heat, not experienced by modern day humans. The problem is that sea levels will rise and huge structural and technological development will be needed to stem...