Month: January 2025

UK News: Events including limitless drinks in ticket prices also see ‘huge increase’ on one of the year’s biggest nights out

Whether New Year’s Eve is spent watching fireworks, celebrating at a pub, club or party, or eating grapes for good luck, more and more people across the UK are dining out for the occasion as trends shift from club nights to experiences.

Eating in restaurants on New Year’s Eve is on the rise. It increased in 2023 by 17% year on year, according to the online booking platform OpenTable, making it one of the most popular days to eat out after Mother’s Day. Continue reading…
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UK News: Exclusive: Care Quality Commission did not act on evidence casting doubt on care provider’s version of events, ruling says

The NHS ombudsman has criticised the service’s care regulator for failing to properly investigate the death of a five-year-old boy in a specialist unit.

The boy’s foster mother – an NHS doctor – has accused the care provider that looked after him of instigating “a cover-up” of how he died and frustrating her efforts to get to the truth. Continue reading…
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And there are many events are taking place around the world ahead of the midnight celebrations.

There is already a massive crowd in Chongqing in western China ahead of midnight. Continue reading…
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More than 800 African-Caribbean families in Derbyshire were not sent results of tests for genetic blood disorders

An error by the NHS led to hundreds of families with African-Caribbean heritage being left unaware of whether their babies may be carriers of certain genetic blood disorders, the Guardian has learned.

More than 800 families in Derbyshire were not sent the results of a heel prick test given to babies after birth, meaning they did not know whether their child was a carrier of a trait for sickle cell disease or for an unusual haemoglobin gene. Continue reading…
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ICYMI: A brilliantly simple canapé of scallop and mushroom topped with herby breadcrumbs and served in half-shells You can serve these in one of two ways: three scallops, each in large half-shells or small ramekins as a dinner party starter, or if you are lucky enough to have 18 small shells, serve them as canapes – […]
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