Image copyright Getty Images The process for appointing senior roles in NHS hospitals and trusts in England should be reviewed, after figures showed boards have become less diverse. Appointments of black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates (BAME) to non-executive positions have fallen over eight years, a report found. The NHS Confederation, who published the report, […]
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Image copyright Karwai Tang TV host Jeremy Kyle has been asked to appear before a Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee inquiry into reality TV. The inquiry was announced in the wake of the death of a guest who appeared on Kyle’s ITV show after taking a lie detector test. The broadcaster axed the long-running
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Stormy times ahead for the eurozone’s economic powerhouse? Concerns are growing over the strength of Germany’s economy – the largest in the eurozone – following the release of more gloomy official figures. Industrial production in April fell by 1.9% compared with the previous month and exports were 0.5% lower
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One by one, the Danube River is giving up its dead. Divers and rescue crews slowly are recovering the bodies of a growing number of people killed when a sightseeing boat and a long river cruise ship collided in Hungary’s capital. Some victims have been found at the river’s bottom still on the boat, which
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For nearly two decades, four suspected victims of serial killer Terry Peder Rasmussen remained unidentified — only decomposed bodies found in two barrels. But on Thursday, authorities were able to name three of them. The state attorney general’s office confirmed one of the victims was 24-year-old Marlyse Elizabeth Honeychurch. Her two daughters, 6-year-old Marie Elizabeth
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Toronto guard Kyle Lowry wanted the Golden State Warriors’ executive who shoved him during an NBA Finals game ousted from the league. The NBA decided a one-year ban and $500,000 fine is enough for now. Mark Stevens, a Warriors’ investor and a member of the team’s executive board, was banned from the NBA for one
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Average hourly earnings rose by 0.2 percent, the same rate as in April. Over the last 12 months, earnings have risen by a solid 3.1 percent. The Takeaway The latest report was a disappointing showing that will stoke fears the economy is softening as the Trump administration’s trade war with China and potentially Mexico escalates.
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U.S. productivity grew at a strong 3.4% rate in the January-March quarter, the best showing in more than four years, the Labor Department reported Thursday. It was an encouraging sign that productivity may finally be improving after a long stretch of weakness. The first quarter gain was more than double the 1.3% increase in the
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Niels Hoegel liked to bring about cardiac arrests in his patients by injecting them with overdoses of heart medication and other drugs because he enjoyed the feeling of being able to resuscitate them. Sometimes he succeeded in bringing them back, but in at least 87 cases they died, making him what is believed to be
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Image copyright Getty Images Beyonce’s publicist has asked the star’s fans not to “spew hate in her name” after they forced a woman off Instagram for a perceived slight against the artist. Nicole Curran, the wife of the owner of basketball team Golden State Warriors, has been targeted with abuse after she was seen watching
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