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‘Called me a Nazi’: GP surgery receptionists face extreme abuse
'We've had people throw things at our receptionists, use foul language, screaming and shouting, throwing furniture and damaging furniture, screaming in their face, making threats, ‘I know where you live’, that sort of thing."
EU bans its diplomats from Cop26 meetings because of UK’s Covid surge
It comes amid a new surge in coronavirus cases in Britain which is more than three-times the infection rate of the EU average.
Ambulance service faces ‘utterly unprecedented crisis this winter’, paramedics tell govt
“The word is overused, but our members are convinced the ambulance service is facing an utterly unprecedented crisis," said GMB's Steve Rice.
EU energy ministers could cut off third countries – ‘like UK’ – crisis worsens
If energy shortages worsen, EU governments can resort to curbing sales of natural gas and power to 'third countries', which includes Britain as of this year.
Express says ‘human rights deprived’ British expats in Spain are ‘facing disaster’
"No one must be deprived from their rights to enjoy their property freely," a tax qualified barrister said.
Hospitals and pharmacies hit with medicine shortages
From antibiotics to cancer drugs, The London Economic can reveal the full extent of the medicine supply crisis gripping Britain.
Carrie Johnson’s tweet on post-Brexit environment standards resurfaces
"Aged like milk," said one Twitter user.
Watch: Richard Madeley called out for ‘misogynistic’ Angela Rayner remark
"This isn’t Grease 3 - Cruel Rider, you absolute poundshop Partridge."
Small firms see less than half of promised post-Brexit cash
Less than half of a promised £20m post-Brexit pot has been given to small businesses.