2019

Top Gear: ‘Warm’ return praised by TV critics

Image copyright Jeff Spicer/BBC Image caption The new show has been praised for its “warm camaraderie” “Gentler, kinder and all the better for it.” The Guardian’s TV critic is among those welcoming the return of Top Gear with its new line-up of professional driver Chris Harris, retired cricketer Freddie Flintoff and comic Paddy McGuinness. “There

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NHS Wales and care patients given new ‘citizen voice’ body

Image copyright sturti/Getty Images Image caption Community health councils – which currently speak up for patients – will be replaced A new “citizen voice” body to represent patients in the NHS and social care is to be set up, in new legislation proposed by the Welsh Government. Health Minister Vaughan Gething said it would be

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Asian shares mixed as investors look ahead to Fed rates

Asian shares were mixed Monday amid a wait-and-see attitude about the direction of interest rates and the trade dispute between the U.S. and China. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 gained 0.2% to 21,157.12. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.4% to 6,530.90, while South Korea’s Kospi edged down nearly 0.2% to 2,091.96. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng gained 0.7%

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