GPs were once gatekeepers of our great NHS - now they're happy to dish out sick notes for mental health to just about anyone who wants one
Like fit notes, the issuing of autism referrals is fast becoming a formality for GPs, rather than what it should be - an interrogation of the patient and their symptoms.
William and Harry's 'argument' at 'awkward' Fab Four walkabout with Kate and Meghan after the Queen's death, revealed by lip reader
Princes William and Harry had an 'argument' before their 'awkward' Windsor walkabout with Kate and Meghan in 2022 - just one day after the Queen's death, a lip reader has claimed.
Nearly 1,000 wrong-way driver incidents reported on Britain's motorways in last year
Amounting to about 20 every week, the alarming toll includes motorists entering slip roads the wrong way, reversing on the hard shoulder and even attempting dangerous U-turns.
Body of man is found inside wheelie bin in park: Police fear victim was hit by a car and then moved
The unidentified man, believed to be aged 40 to 50, was found by a member of the public in Cash's Park off Daimler Road at around 5pm on Friday.
Woman who accuses Jeffrey Epstein of raping her at 17 says Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor brushed hand against her chest during same New York stay - in 'creepy' encounter at 'meat market' party
Caroline Kaufman, now 32, alleges the 'creepy' encounter happened in 2010 just moments before she was then taken upstairs and raped by billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Sudanese national who abducted five-year-old girl while she played in Birmingham street before sexually assaulting her at his locked home is jailed
Mohammed Abdulraziq, 32, held the victim in a downstairs room until her mother heard her crying and she was rescued by two men who forced their way in.
Parents condemn UK's biggest toy chain for flogging 'creepy' products to young girls that 'force them to grow up too quickly'
The Entertainer, who operates 160 stores in the UK, has began stocking products from beauty brand Sol Beauty, including oils, serums and moisturisers.
Ex-Labour minister Phil Woolas who was confronted by Joanna Lumley on live TV dies from brain cancer aged 66
Sir Tony Blair and Gordon Brown led tributes today to Phil Woolas who passed away on Saturday after a brave battle against the disease.
F1 chiefs CONFIRM cancellation of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia races due to Middle East conflict - leaving month-long gap in the calendar after no suitable alternatives found
JONATHAN McEVOY: The two rounds will not be replaced meaning there will be a hiatus in the calendar through the whole of April, following the Japanese Grand Prix on March 29.
Woman, 43, is arrested for murder as 18-day-old baby girl falls from height from residential property
Police attended a house on Horseferry Road in Westminster, London, following reports that a baby had fallen from a height.
Dubai influencers say Brits who have fled bombing are 'ungrateful' and 'are the type of people we don't mind leaving' - claiming those who have stayed are PROFITING from the war
Dubai influencers have denounced those who have left the besieged city, branding them 'ungrateful' and 'brokies'.
Paris Fury weighs in on nepo baby debate as she says daughter Venezuela, 16, isn't going to 'magically have a career drop in her lap' and discusses her friendship with Molly-Mae Hague
The 16-year-old daughter of boxer Tyson Fury and Paris has been focusing on her social media and has tried her hand at modelling.
Oil boss accused of 'helping funnel cash to Tehran'
The businessman is alleged to have 'dishonest(ly)… allowed' £123 million to be 'misappropriated' from Alliance Petrochemical, a Singapore-based oil firm.
CAPITAL GEARING can protect investors against rising inflation
Its objective is to preserve and grow investors' real wealth over time ahead of inflation. It's not out to achieve racy growth.
Lab-grown diamonds are a girl's best friend, says Astrea boss Nathalie Morrison
Entrepreneur Nathalie Morrison's Astrea London is backed by the Sex And The City star and City grandee Lord Stanley Fink.
Iran conflict incinerates inflation forecasts
Before the conflict, it had hoped inflation would fall back to its 2 per cent target - mainly because the Government's energy price cap shielding domestic users drops next month.
Inside the UK town where women feel under siege from male migrants bussed in from a sprawling camp Starmer said must close TWO YEARS ago
Locals described the bored groups of men taking pictures of schoolgirls, blowing kisses at female staff in beauty salons and making teenagers cry by wolf-whistling at them.
Emily Ratajkowski flaunts her toned physique in a skimpy red bikini as she soaks up the sun poolside in LA
The American model and actress, 34, looked incredible in the two-piece as she sunbathed poolside in LA.
Are U.S. Utilities Trying to Delay Easy-to-Use Solar 'Balcony' Panels?
Plug-in (or "balcony") solar panels can also be hung out a window or be set up in a backyard, reports NPR. They channel energy from the sun straight into a home's electrical outlet, generating enough electricity to power a refrigerator or microwave while "displacing electricity that otherwise would come in from the grid..."
But what's holding up their adoption in America?
For the panels to become more widely available in the U.S., state lawmakers are proposing bills that eliminate complicated utility connection agreements, which are required for larger rooftop solar installations and, most utilities say, should apply to plug-in solar too. Those agreements, along with permitting and other installation costs, can double the price of solar panels. Utah enacted the first law, last May, supporting plug-in solar, and now some 30 pieces of similar legislation have been introduced around the United States. [And Virginia seems poised to pass a similar law.]
But the drive toward plug-in solar is facing pushback from electric utilities. They are raising safety concerns and prompting legislators to delay votes on the bills. So far, utilities have won over lawmakers in five states and convinced them to delay votes on plug-in solar bills... Plug-in solar advocates say that safety concerns about the new technology have been addressed and that utilities are really just worried about losing business, because every kilowatt-hour generated by a plug-in solar panel is one less the utility sells to a customer... There are safety risks with any electrical appliance, and it's true that plug-in solar panels present some unique problems. But safety experts also say those issues can be managed....
German utilities expressed many of the same concerns nearly a decade ago when plug-in solar started to become popular in Germany. But with more than a million systems installed, no safety incidents have been reported for customers who used the panels as instructed, according to a research paper funded by the U.S. Department of Energy.
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Laser pen lout targets search and rescue helicopter helping mountain rescuers in Highland glen made famous by James Bond
Police have launched an urgent appeal for witnesses following Friday's dangerous laser strike in the cinematic landscape of Glen Etive.