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The global comparison, based on World Health Organization data, compared the UK to other nations in western Europe, the Nordics, North America and Oceania. It is now ranked 20th out of 21 with only the US seeing its population live for fewer years in good health.

The format has one slight tweak for the 2026 campaign because of Cadillac’s arrival as the 11th team on the grid.Sprint qualifying has three sessions, where now the six slowest cars are eliminated from the first two instead of five. These sessions, known as SQ1, SQ2 and SQ3, last 12, 10 and eight minutes respectively.This makes up the grid for the sprint race, which is 100km.The top eight finishers score points, from eight for first place to one for eighth spot, which will get added to the overall drivers’ championship standings.Briton Russell beat the two Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and…

A councillor has been forced to take extra “training” after she told a call handler to “speak English” over the phone.Janet Cleverly, an independent councillor for Newport City Council, made the remarks as she reported a fly-tipping incident.At a council standards committee meeting, she later apologised and said she was “mortified” by her actions.According to the ombudsman report, the August 2024 incident was “not what is expected of an elected member”.Mrs Cleverly was said to have interrupted the call handler to ask for “somebody who’s speaking English.”The handler had been in the job for four weeks after they had come…

Labour MPs are urging Sir Keir Starmer to set out his resignation date in the fallout over the Peter Mandelson scandal. In the wake of the upcoming set of local elections, which is expected to bring a day of historic losses for the party, backbenchers are readying themselves to call on the Prime Minister to disclose the day he will leave Downing Street.Despite many rallying around the Prime Minister to move out of No10 after the May elections, rebels will encourage Sir Keir to step down by Labour’s autumn conference – despite the PM vowing to lead the party “beyond”…

The King’s State Visit to the United States of America has been in the planning for a very long time, comfortably preceding the very public spat between President Trump and Prime Minister Starmer.Just hours before a third attempt on his life at the White House Correspondents’ dinner on Saturday, the President claimed he will raise “everything” with King Charles during his time in Washington DC – including the strained US-UK relationship.Meanwhile, it has reportedly been suggested the United States is reviewing its position of Britain’s sovereignty of the Falkland Islands as punishment for Sir Keir Starmer’s decision not to allow…

Analysts are sounding the alarm that the state pension triple lock “cannot exist forever” as taxpayers are forking over £12billion more a year to the Treasury thanks to the policy.New polling suggests the payment uprate mechanism remains politically untouchable as Reform UK has joined the chorus of parties pledging to preserve it should they win power at the next general election.The current Labour Government has also confirmed the guarantee will stay intact throughout this Parliament, which was introduced by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition in 2010.Under the triple lock, state pension payment rates increase every year by either the rate of…

Jeremy Clarkson has confessed to feeling “a little embarrassed” about a major farming event taking place as he made a devastating confession about Diddly Squat Farm.The 66-year-old television presenter revealed that his farm will host Cereals in June, a prestigious two-day gathering attracting agricultural professionals from across Britain, before admitting Diddly Squat was facing financial struggle.Writing in his Sunday Times column, Clarkson said: “I’m very proud that we’ve been selected to host this prestigious event, but also a little embarrassed, because 30,000 farmers will be talking nonstop about farming on a farm where not much actual farming is going on.”He…

On that night, it’s all about those split-second decisions – speaking to community leaders to urge for calm; talking to the man in question, barricaded in his house, to discuss an exit strategy; working out a plan with the PSNI’s Tactical Support Group to take him safely out the front door and away.

Victor Wembanyama made a triumphant return for the San Antonio Spurs to help them to the brink of a series victory in the NBA play-offs.The France international missed game three against the Portland Trail Blazers after suffering concussion in the previous match on Tuesday.But he was cleared to play on Sunday and scored 27 points as the Spurs won 114-93 in Portland to take a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series.The NBA’s defensive player of the year added 11 rebounds, seven blocks and four steals on returning and later admitted to being “very disappointed” with aspects of the NBA’s concussion…

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