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Victoria Atkins was challenged to name some health trusts meeting their targets to cut waiting lists.But the health secretary said she was wanted to be “even handed” and declined to name any individual trusts hitting the expected standard for treating 80% of people in casualty within four hours.BBC Breakfast’s Naga Munchetty pressed her to back up her claims on which areas of England were performing well, adding that viewers across the country contacted the programme about their own experiences.Fact-checking PM’s claims on prisons, crime and the NHS

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In fact, the previous right-wing Law and Justice-led government, backed by the Catholic Church, presided over a tightening of the law when Constitutional Tribunal judges chosen by the government ruled in 2020 that abortion on the grounds of severe and irreversible foetal abnormalities was unconstitutional. Source link

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French athlete Anouk Garnier attempted to break the rope climbing record on Wednesday by climbing a 110m rope to the second floor of the Eiffel Tower. She reached her goal in just 18 minutes.”I can’t believe I just did that, it’s so crazy,” she said afterwards. “It was me against myself, so I did what was necessary to get there.”The two-time world obstacle course champion trained for a year before attempting the climb. Her record has not yet been validated by Guinness World Records, but she said this did not take away from her accomplishment. The current men’s record for…

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