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Whistleblower tipped off second family over West Suffolk hospital death Pressure builds on hospital as it emerges staff member alerted patient’s relatives to suspected mistakesAn under-fire hospital came under fresh pressure on Friday after it emerged that a second family received a whistleblower tipoff about serious failings in the care of a patient who died, the Guardian can reveal.West Suffolk hospital (WSH), used by Matt Hancock’s constituents, is already facing criticism over its unprecedented demand for doctors to provide fingerprint samples in an attempt to track down an anonymous letter writer who alerted widower Jon Warby to surgical mistakes made before his wife died in August 2018. Continue reading... Go to Source

Outrage at whites-only image as Uganda climate activist cropped from photo Associated Press says Vanessa Nakate was excised ‘purely on composition grounds’ after her video complaint went viralUgandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate has called out racism in media after she was cropped out of a photo featuring prominent climate activists including Greta Thunberg, Loukina Tille, Luisa Neubauer and Isabelle Axelsson.Nakate made the comment in a video which has since gone viral, adding that she now understood “the definition of the word racism” for the first time in her life. Continue reading... Go to Source

Multiple fatalities after earthquake hits eastern Turkey Officials confirm 18 people killed as rescue teams works to free trapped survivorsAn earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 has killed at least 18 people in eastern Turkey.More than 500 have been left injured and several are trapped in the wreckage of toppled buildings. Rescue teams from neighbouring provinces were dispatched to the affected areas, working in the dark with floodlights, and defence minister Hulusi Akar said troops were on standby to help. Continue reading... Go to Source

Scandal-hit hospital recalls patients over concerns about second doctor Spire Parkway in West Midlands recalls 217 patients of senior surgeon Habib RahmanA private hospital at the centre of a breast surgery scandal in which a surgeon was jailed for 20 years has recalled hundreds of patients following concerns about the practices of another senior doctor.Spire Parkway hospital in the West Midlands has recalled 217 patients who received care from Habib Rahman, a consultant orthopaedic surgeon, following an investigation by the Royal College of Surgeons. Continue reading... Go to Source

'Take her out': tape appears to catch Trump demanding removal of Ukraine ambassador – live On recording Trump calls for ousting of Marie YovanovitchImpeachment managers will finish presenting opening arguments todayNext Trump’s lawyers will be given up to 24 hours to begin their defenseHelp us cover the critical issues of 2020. Consider making a contribution 5.53pm GMTTrump just finished speaking at the March for Life on the National Mall, becoming the first sitting president to address the annual anti-abortion event.“It is my profound honor to be the first president in history to attend the March for Life,” Trump told the crowd. “Today, millions of extraordinary women across America are using the power of their votes to fight for the first right in the Declara...

UK coronavirus tests clear 14 people Chief medical officer says more people being checked for virus which has broken out in ChinaFollow the latest coronavirus newsTests for coronavirus on 14 people in the UK have come back negative but checks are being carried out on other people, the chief medical officer has said.Prof Chris Whitty made the announcement on Friday after the Cobra emergency committee met to discuss the threat to the UK and the government sought to calm concerns over the virus, emphasising that the risk to the public was limited. Continue reading... Go to Source

Ben Stokes launches foul-mouthed tirade at fan after ‘Ed Sheeran’ jibe • England player faces ICC punishment after incident• Sports Personality of Year overheard on TV camerasBen Stokes could be facing a ban from the International Cricket Council after the all-rounder was involved in a foul-mouthed altercation with a fan on the first day of the fourth Test against South Africa in Johannesburg. Related: England falter against South Africa after flying start from Zak Crawley Continue reading... Go to Source

Pentagon says 34 US soldiers suffered traumatic brain injury in Iran strike Trump downplayed injuries: ‘I heard they had headaches’Expert calls president’s comment ‘insulting and disrespectful’Thirty-four US soldiers have been diagnosed with concussion or traumatic brain injury from an 8 January Iranian missile attack on their base in Iraq, the Pentagon has revealed.The Pentagon spokesman, Jonathan Hoffman, said on Friday that eight service members who had been previously transported to Germany had been moved to the United States. Continue reading... Go to Source

Coronavirus: UK Cobra committee to meet as China death toll rises to 26 – live news UK emergency committee to discuss outbreak as more than 33 million people affected by lockdown measures in ChinaUK universities issue quarantine warning to Chinese students China: hospitals in chaos as lockdown spreads to affect 33m peopleWhat is the Wuhan coronavirus and how worried should we be?What we know so far 11.52am GMTChina will take stricter and more targeted measures to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, Chinese state television has reported, citing a state council meeting on virus control on Friday.“The spread of the virus has not been cut off...Local authorities should take more responsibility and have a stronger sense of urgency,” according to state media, Reuters reporte...

Essex lorry deaths: man can be extradited to UK, Irish judge rules Eamonn Harrison, from County Down, is wanted in connection with 39 container deathsA man who is wanted in connection with the discovery of 39 bodies in a refrigerated container in Essex can be extradited from Ireland to the UK, a judge in Dublin has ruled.British authorities are seeking Eamonn Harrison, 23, from Mayobridge in Newry, County Down, on charges of human trafficking and immigration offences, as well as 39 offences of manslaughter, in relation to the discovery of the bodies in October last year. Continue reading... Go to Source

Sombre EU leaders sign Brexit withdrawal agreement Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel sign document seven days before exit dayA sombre Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel, the leaders of the European commission and council, have formally signed the withdrawal agreement as Brussels prepares for the UK’s exit from the EU in seven days’ time.In photographs issued of the signing ceremony in the EU’s Europa building on Friday morning, the bloc’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, can be seen standing behind the two presidents. Continue reading... Go to Source

Taylor Swift discloses fight with eating disorder in new documentary ‘There’s always some standard of beauty that you’re not meeting,’ she tells Miss Americana director Lana WilsonTaylor Swift has disclosed her experiences with an eating disorder in a new documentary. In Taylor Swift: Miss Americana, which received its premiere at the Sundance film festival last night, Swift says that she would starve herself to the extent that she felt as if she might pass out during live performances.The 30-year-old star said she would make a list of everything she ate, exercised constantly and shrank to a UK size two; she is now a size 10. “I would have defended it to anybody who said ‘I’m concerned about you,’” she tells the film’s direct...

‘Hypocrisy’: 90% of UK-Africa summit’s energy deals were in fossil fuels Exclusive: Almost £2bn went to oil and gas despite a UK pledge to support cleaner energy in African countries More than 90% of the £2bn in energy deals struck at this week’s UK-Africa investment summit were for fossil fuels, despite a government commitment to “support African countries in their transition to cleaner energy”.Prime Minister Boris Johnson opened the summit on Monday, citing the climate emergency: “We all breathe the same air, we live beneath the same sky, and we all suffer when carbon emissions rise and the planet warms.” Continue reading... Go to Source

HS2 late and billions over budget due to Tory failures, report finds Government failed to understand risks of the project, NAO concludes The planned construction of HS2 is billions of pounds over budget and years behind schedule because of the failure across government to understand the risks involved, according to a damning independent report.In the first official indication that spending on the controversial rail project could escalate beyond £100bn, the National Audit Office has raised the possibility of a further increase by admitting that it is “impossible to estimate with certainty” how much it will eventually cost. Continue reading... Go to Source

Australian bushfires will cause jump in CO2 in atmosphere, say scientists Fires released vast amounts of carbon dioxide and reduced vegetation, pushing planet closer to point of no returnThe devastating bushfires in Australia are likely to cause a jump in carbon concentrations in the atmosphere this year, a forecast suggests, bringing the world closer to 1.5C of global heating.The fires have not only released vast amounts of carbon dioxide and soot, but the unusual extent of the blazes means regrowth is likely to be slower than in previous years. That will reduce the amount of vegetation available to act as a carbon sink, meaning less carbon dioxide is removed from the air. Continue reading... Go to Source

Fourteen people in UK tested for coronavirus Public Health England says five cases confirmed negative with nine awaiting resultsCoronavirus latest - live More than a dozen people in the UK have been tested for coronavirus, as the health secretary warned there is an “increased likelihood” of cases occurring.Fourteen people were tested for the virus, with five confirmed negative and nine still awaiting results, Public Health England (PHE) said on Thursday night. Continue reading... Go to Source

Harry Dunn: UK says US denying Anne Sacoolas extradition request is a 'denial of justice' Home office says it is ‘urgently considering options’ after decision by US secretary of state, Mike PompeoAn extradition request for the US woman charged with causing the death of teenage motorcyclist Harry Dunn has been turned down by secretary of state Mike Pompeo, the family spokesman has said.The 19-year-old’s parents were informed of Pompeo’s decision in a phone call with their constituency MP Andrea Leadsom on Thursday. Continue reading... Go to Source

Impeachment: Democrats say conduct is 'not America first, but Trump first' House managers make case for president’s removal from office So far, all the signs are that Republicans are unmovedIn a stirring oration to conclude the third full day of Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, the lead prosecutor Adam Schiff told senators that in the United States, “right matters” and “you know that what he did was not right”.After about nine hours of argumentation in which Democrats methodically presented evidence that Trump had committed an abuse of power by pressuring Ukraine for his personal political benefit, Schiff urged the Senate to remove Trump from office. Continue reading... Go to Source

China coronavirus: US investigates suspected case as first death confirmed outside Hubei province – live news Patient in Hebei has died; possible cases in Scotland and Belfast come as World Health Organisation committee says ‘too early’ to declare emergencyFive people tested in Scotland amid reports of possible Belfast case China: five cities in lockdown as lunar new year festivities scrappedWhat is the Wuhan coronavirus and how worried should we be? 11.25pm GMTJapan’s health ministry said it had confirmed the country’s second case of a novel coronavirus strain in a man who travelled from Wuhan.In a statement, the ministry said the man in his 40s was a resident of the Chinese city where the outbreak began and arrived in Japan on January 19. 10.58pm GMTFourteen ...