The health secretary has declared that scrapping NHS England is “the beginning, not the end” and has vowed to continue “slashing bloated bureaucracy”. Wes Streeting suggested hundreds more quangos could be in the line of fire after the prime minister announced this week the end of the body overseeing the health service in England. Writing…
Tre Donaldson went coast-to-coast for a left-handed layup just before the buzzer to lift No. 22 Michigan to an 81-80 win over No. 11 Maryland in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals. Donaldson made a 3-pointer to put the Wolverines up three with 28 seconds left, but forward Julian Reese answered with a layup and Derik…
Romania’s electoral commission on Saturday excluded a second far-right hopeful, Diana Șoșoacă, from May’s presidential election, amid rising tension in the run-up to the May rerun of the poll. Earlier in March, the electoral bureau barred Călin Georgescu, an independent who was polling at about 40% before the rerun election. Georgescu, a fierce EU and…
Jon Tonje scored 32 points and grabbed seven rebounds to help No. 18 Wisconsin beat No. 7 Michigan State 77-74 on Saturday in the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament. John Blackwell added 14 points as the Badgers (26-8) won for the third time in four days. They will play No. 11 Maryland or No….
Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed from its website information and educational materials about the history of black and female service members. Some of the content unpublished from the site was on veterans who had received the nation’s highest military recognition, the Medal of Honor, according to military news site Task & Purpose. The content removal…
Tennessee took down top-seeded Auburn 80-75 to reach the SEC Tournament championship game. The Volunteers turned it up a notch on defense in the second half to build a double-digit lead. The Tigers answered back, cutting it to three, but Tennessee staved them off in the end. The defeat was No. 3 Auburn’s third in…
The will of legendary actor Gene Hackman has been released, but uncertainty lingers over his $80m (£62m) fortune. The two-time Academy Award winner left his entire estate to his wife, Betsy Arakawa. The couple was found dead in their New Mexico home in February. Although Hackman’s three children were not named in his will, they…
Adam Gabsi is unequivocal on the subject of his personal independence payment: “It really is an essential lifeline. I don’t feel that I would be able to function without it.” Gabsi receives his Pip disability benefit for multiple sclerosis, with which he was diagnosed 18 years ago, when he was 21. “It’s supposed to cover the costs…
President Trump on Saturday signed the government funding bill passed by the Senate on Friday. The bill was passed just hours before a midnight deadline to avoid a lapse in funding, which would have shut down the government. The signing of the bill ended a week of drama of Capitol Hill. On Tuesday, the House…
Donald Trump said he ordered a series of airstrikes on Yemen’s capital, Sana’a, on Saturday, promising to use “overwhelming lethal force” until Iranian-backed Houthi rebels cease their attacks on shipping along a vital maritime corridor. The Houthis reported a series of explosions in their territory Saturday evening. Images circulating online show plumes of black smoke…
