A disclosure by GP website Pulse have disclosed some very troubling news about the health sector in the UK. The website discovered that in four NHS bodies in England GP practices are given monetary rewards to not send patients into hospital. A freedom of information survey of 181 CCGs by Pulse found that a quarter offered some sort of financial incentive to GPs to cut referrals These profit share initiatives have been slammed by many health workers and the general...

The crash, involving a blue Renault Clio and a white Scania lorry, took place at 6.15am this morning (tue) on the A15 in Baston, Lincs.

One girl asked her partner to call the Look North studio based in Yorkshire to detail her alleged abuse after viewing a piece relating to a sex abuse gang based in Rotherham

This selfish driver blocked an ambulance when they parked on double yellow lines – just inches away from a ramp used by paramedics to carry patients on board. Shocked paramedics tweeted snaps of the maroon Nissan which pulled up as the crew went into a house to help a poorly patient. The ambulance had its back doors wide open and the ramp was clearly down when the car was casually left on double yellow lines. Paramedics have released photographs of...

The scandal at RBS doesn’t look like it will over anytime soon after a powerful parliamentary committee discovered more worrying business practices. They said that the vast majority of managers at scandal hit RBS restructuring group, GRG, were handed jobs back in a “new” company, supposedly breaking from past issues. The new unit was set up after the unethical practices at GRG had been exposed, for example one memo to staff said “let customers hang themselves.” GRG was supposed to...

Donald Trump is overwhelmingly backed to be re-elected in 2020 after he announced he would run again. Even with a multitude of candidates offered by bookies, the 71-year-old is trumping the market with a total of 58 per cent of all bets on him to be re-elected in the last hour. Odds have been cut on Trump reaffirming his position from 5/2 into 15/8, suggesting an implied 28 per cent chance of winning to a 34 per cent chance of...

The Wizard of Oz, Mary Poppins and Jurassic Park are among the book-to-movie adaptations Brits prefer in film-form, a study has found. A poll of 2,000 adults found that after reading the book and seeing the story unfold on the big screen, many were won over by the movie version of classic tales. Other stories people preferred to watch rather than read include Jaws and Forrest Gump. The 1971 version of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and Mary Poppins...

Dog owners trek more than 1,000 miles, play 2,080 rounds of fetch – and call their pet’s name 3,120 times while walking them each year, a study has found. Exercising their dog will also result in owners having 1,040 conversations with other animal lovers a year with the average pooch spending 17 minutes of each walk off the lead. But owners will also have to untangle their dog’s lead more than 1,000 times and put up with 1,040 arguments –...

Coming off a string of Daddy's Home 2, Bad Moms' Christmas and The House, a Febraury release "WASPs in a pickle" comedy was a sign of oncoming dread to me. As it happens, Game Night is unashamedly huge fun that drags the American middle-class comedy from the gutter. It's love at first sight for Max (Jason Bateman) and Annie (Rachel McAdams), their highly competitive nature bringing them together. When they can't conceive, blame is placed on Max feeling inadequate against...