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A hospice has announced it needs to save £1.5m and cut 40 jobs in order to secure its future.The chief executive of St Catherine’s Hospice, which operates in West Sussex and Surrey, said funding of the sector needed an urgent root and branch review. Giles Tomsett said the government’s contribution covered 23% of running costs and that over 10 years it had not kept up with inflation. The Department of Health said the new government had inherited huge challenges but ministers were “determined to shift more healthcare out of hospitals” into the community.Mr Tomsett said increases in the cost of…

Car company Volvo has abandoned its target to produce only fully electric cars by 2030, saying it now expects to be selling some hybrid vehicles by that date.The carmaker blamed changing market conditions for its decision to give up a target it had announced only three years ago.It comes as the industry faces a slowdown in demand in some major markets for electric vehicles (EVs) and uncertainty due to the imposition of trade tariffs on EVs made in China.Volvo, which has traditionally flaunted its environmental credentials, joins other major carmakers General Motors and Ford in rowing back on EV ambitions.Volvo…

Jimmy McCain, son of the late Republican Senator John McCain, is endorsing Vice-President Kamala Harris following controversy around Donald Trump’s recent visit to Arlington National Cemetery. He called Trump’s visit last week to the military burial site “a violation”. The Army has accused a Trump staffer of pushing aside an Arlington employee as they tried to warn his team about rules against filming in the cemetery.The Trump campaign says it received permission from families of fallen service members to film video during an event to honour US soldiers killed during the American withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.”Show respect and leave.…

EPADaniel Craig launched his new film Queer at the Venice Film Festival on TuesdayDaniel Craig is one of several Hollywood figures whose awards-tipped films will be shown as part of this year’s London Film Festival, organisers have announced.Other actors whose latest work is being screened include Angelina Jolie, Zoe Saldaña, and Amy Adams.Craig’s movie Queer, which will have its British premiere at the annual event, is based on the 1985 novel by William Burroughs, and follows a man exploring the American expatriate community in 1950s Mexico.Craig’s performance in particular has received strong praise in many reviews, following its world premiere…

UK shares dropped on Wednesday morning following falls in Asian and US markets as concerns grow about the world’s largest economy.Data showed US manufacturing activity remains subdued, with investors now focussed now on US jobs figures due on Friday.American chip giant Nvidia was hit particularly hard, slumping by almost 10% as optimism about the boom in artificial intelligence (AI) dampened.Despite the sharp fall, Nvidia’s shares are still worth double their value a year ago.The FTSE 100 index, which comprises the largest companies on the London Stock Exchange, dropped 0.76% in early trading, with major European indexes also down.Market watchers are…

Donna DunnEmily and her family were reassured her cancer was not life-threatening, but she died from complicationsWhen Emily was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, doctors told her it was a “good cancer” to have – but she died aged 18 because of the side effects of treatment.Her mum Donna Dunn from Cwmbran, Torfaen, said there were “huge holes” in support for blood cancers in Wales, while a consultant haematologist said the workforce was “overstretched and understaffed”.Dr Ceri Bygrave highlighted “crumbling NHS infrastructure”, woeful IT systems and an ageing specialist workforce as major issues.The Welsh government said cancer was one of the…

Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei is in a critical condition in a Kenyan hospital, after allegedly being doused with petrol and set on fire by a former boyfriend. The 33-year-old marathon runner, who competed at the recent Paris Olympics, had suffered burns to more than 75% of her body, police said. She was attacked at her home in western Kenya, where she had been training.There are concerns about the increasing cases of violence against female athletes in Kenya, some of which have resulted in death. Ms Cheptegei is said to have been rescued by neighbours after the incident that happened on…

Family handout/PA MediaSteve Dymond was found dead at his home seven days after appearing on The Jeremy Kyle ShowA guest on The Jeremy Kyle Show who took an overdose after appearing on the programme spoke of the TV host egging on the audience to “boo him”, his son has told an inquest.Steve Dymond, from Portsmouth, is thought to have taken his own life seven days after filming for the ITV programme in May 2019.The 63-year-old took a lie detector test for the show after being accused of cheating on his ex-partner, Jane Callaghan.His son Carl Woolley told the inquest in…

Hong Kong’s flagship airline Cathay Pacific has cancelled dozens of flights after a plane heading from the city to Zurich was forced to turn around due to an “engine component failure”.The company says it has now inspected all 48 of its Airbus A350s and found 15 aircraft with faulty parts that needed to be replaced.The planes’ Trent XWB-97 engines were made by British engineering giant Rolls-Royce.Since Monday, Cathay Pacific has cancelled almost 70 flights, including routes linking Hong Kong to Sydney, Singapore, Bangkok, Tokyo, Seoul and Taipei.Cathay Pacific said the disruptions will continue until at least Saturday.”At Cathay, safety of…

BBCLast Saturday, a Telegram message popped up on Heejin’s phone from an anonymous sender. “Your pictures and personal information have been leaked. Let’s discuss.”As the university student entered the chatroom to read the message, she received a photo of herself taken a few years ago while she was still at school. It was followed by a second image using the same photo, only this one was sexually explicit, and fake.Terrified, Heejin, which is not her real name, did not respond, but the images kept coming. In all of them, her face had been attached to a body engaged in a…