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Jeremy Hunt has said the “precise details” of how a £20bn funding boost for the NHS will be costed will not be revealed until the next budget. Speaking to Sky News, the health and social care secretary repeated Theresa May’s comments that a “Brexit dividend” will contribute to the increase, and insisted the rise would “not depend on this or that level of economic growth”.He said Chancellor Philip Hammond would reveal more details in the autumn budget in November.It comes as the prime minister, who is coming under pressure over her announcement to mark the NHS’s 70th birthday, is due…

Young migrant children, many of whom have been taken from their parents’ arms, are being kept in cages in facilities along the southern US border, according to journalists who were allowed inside. The Border Patrol responded to criticism and protests over US President Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy for illegal immigrants by allowing the visit to the facility in south Texas.Photos from inside a former warehouse the media were given access to showed people divided into separate wings for unaccompanied children, adults on their own and mothers and fathers with children. Image: A young girl is given some soup at…

Virgin Money has agreed to be taken over by Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banking Group (CYBG) in a deal worth £1.7bn that could result in 1,500 job losses. The banks, which had until 5pm on Monday to strike an agreement, said the combined group would “create the UK’s first true national competitor to the large incumbent banks” with more than six million customers.It would also see the group’s operations come under the Virgin Money brand in a licensing deal with Virgin Enterprises, the announcement said. Image: Clydesdale is one of CYBG’s current brands. Pic: CYBG Under the terms of the all-share…

The Duchess of Sussex’s father has revealed what he made Prince Harry pledge when the royal asked for permission to marry his daughter. Recalling the moment Harry asked for his blessing to marry Meghan, Thomas Markle told ITV’s Good Morning Britain: “Harry asked for her hand over the phone and I said, ‘you are a gentleman, promise me you will never raise your hand against my daughter and of course I will grant you my permission’.” Image: Prince Harry and Meghan married at Windsor Castle The former Hollywood lighting director, who was due to walk the former Suits actress down…

A nine-year-old girl is among three people to have died following a 6.1 magnitude earthquake in and around the Japanese city of Osaka. Officials confirmed the death toll, which includes two men in their 80s, after the area was hit shortly after 8am local time (midnight in the UK) on Monday.The girl was knocked down by a concrete wall at her primary school as she walked by. Image: Water flows out from cracks in a road damaged by the earthquake Image: A road in Takatsuki, north of Osaka, collapsed following the quake One of the men was also killed by…

The Taliban has said it will continue to fight after Afghanistan’s first ceasefire since 2001 ends on Sunday night. “The ceasefire ends tonight and our operations will begin, inshallah,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said.”We have no intention to extend the ceasefire.”Their refusal to extend the three day hold on fighting comes as Taliban fighters were seen hugging and taking selfies with Afghan security forces and civilians as they all celebrated Eid.More follows… From – SkyNews

‘Knicker bunting’ has been strung across the constituency office of an MP who blocked the progress of a proposed law against upskirting. Three pairs of pants were hung in front of Sir Christopher Chope’s office front door in Christchurch, Dorset.Their owner, Lorna Rees, is one of the veteran Tory MP’s constituents.Upskirting is the practice of taking a picture up someone’s skirt without them knowing. Friday was desperately frustrating. I hope my anti-Chope constituency pant protest shows solidarity. Lorna Rees “No one should be able to photo my pants unless I want them to,” Ms Rees wrote on Twitter, along with…

A spate of suicides at a leading French company will see a number of top executives stand trial over alleged workplace bullying. The former head of France Telecom Didier Lombard, six other executives and telecoms operator Orange, formerly France Telecom, are to be taken to court over their alleged role in a wave of staff suicides.They are accused of engaging in or assisting psychological harassment, according to the court order.An April 2010 report from labour inspectors found that 19 employees took their own lives, 12 attempted suicide and eight suffered from deep depression or were forced to stop work as…

Some transplant patients are not getting the best treatment because of a national shortage of heart valve donations. Although the NHS can generally meet demand on most transplant tissue such as eyes, skin and tendons, they are currently struggling to provide enough human heart valves. It means that surgeons are having to use tissue from pigs or mechanical valves which are not generally as reliable.Kyle Bennett, a manager at the NHS Blood and Transplant centre in Liverpool, urged people to have a conversation with loved ones about donating tissue and organs.He said: “It’s just trying to think what would you…

Two ships carrying hundreds of people who have become the focus of a Europe-wide disagreement over migration have docked in Valencia. The Italian coast guard vessel Dattilo arrived in the Spanish port just before 7am local time on Sunday, and was followed by the Aquarius migrant rescue vessel a few hours later.An Italian navy ship, the Orione, will follow. The total number of migrants being transported is 630. They were rescued a week ago off the coast of Libya and have been at sea ever since after the Italian government refused to allow the vessel they were aboard to dock…