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GPs are having to deal with more patients while their own numbers dwindle, new research has suggested.Between 2016 and 2022, the number of fully qualified GPs working across England fell from 29,320 to 27,372, while the number of registered patients grew from 58,083,265 to 62,225,886, according to the House of Commons Library.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Ukrainian refugees are still arriving in the UK a year on from the Russian invasion of their homeland.More than 30,000 Ukrainians have arrived since September, many under the Homes for Ukraine scheme that pairs refugees with host families.

Many UK businesses which import food products from the European Union will have to pay a special Brexit tax that will further drive up prices, particularly in smaller shops such as delicatessens, under proposals set out by the government last week.The planned charge of 43 per consignment, outlined in a consultation document issued by the Department for Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), was described on Saturday by a leading industry figure as the sting in the tail of a post-Brexit food inspection regime that was already fuelling inflation.

I was shopping at a department store in a downtown crossing yesterday, I found an item that caught my eye that did not have a price on it.I asked the young man stocking the display for a price.He looked at the item and verified that it did not have a price on it and said "not my department"
I asked if he could get the price.

From the bonuses available, to the quick and easy way to access them, and what you need with you to buy a car, we have the lowdown.Green bonuses Whether you're buying a new or used car, France offers two main grants to encourage people to opt for a cleaner, greener vehicle.The first is the bonus ecologique (ecological bonus), available to purchasers of a new electric or plug-in hybrid car or van, or a second-hand electric vehicle.

From the bonuses available, to the quick and easy way to access them, and what you need with you to buy a car, we have the lowdown.Green bonuses Whether you're buying a new or used car, France offers two main grants to encourage people to opt for a cleaner, greener vehicle.The first is the bonus ecologique (ecological bonus), available to purchasers of a new electric or plug-in hybrid car or van, or a second-hand electric vehicle.

In stark contrast to many countries particularly English-speaking ones where tuition fees can run you up a bill into the thousands every semester, studying at a German university comes at a typical price tag in the hundreds, yes hundreds, of euros per year.Rather than explicit tuition fees, students at German public universities, even non-EU international ones, pay an administrative fee of around 300 a semester, which often includes a transport ticket.

It took a moment to spot the fragment, initially: fist-size and unnaturally smooth, nestled between shrubs teeming with burrs in an endless expanse of arid plains.But after the first, the others were easier to pick out, gleaming dirty white against the red earth and run through with a honeycomb texture.

Two important elections happened this week.In Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan failed to win an outright victory so he now faces a runoff election that could be the most significant political challenge of his career.And in Thailand, ruled by military leaders who took power in a 2014 coup, voters overwhelmingly backed opposition parties, delivering a stinging rebuke to the military establishment.

Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad, has agreed to the opening of two additional border crossings from Turkey into opposition-held territory in northwest Syria to allow the United Nations to deliver humanitarian relief to millions of earthquake victims, U.N. and Syrian officials said on Monday.The decision, which would let aid flow for three months, was the first time that Mr. al-Assad had cooperated in opening opposition-held territory to such assistance since Syria's civil war began in 2011.

The number of asylum seekers in the UK awaiting an initial decision on their case has climbed to a new record high.Latest Home Office figures show the backlog had risen to 172,758 at the end of March, despite government promises to bring it down.The number of asylum seekers waiting longer than six months for a decision now stands at 128,812.

What do songwriters do when they feel death approaching?As time runs out, some choose to spend it by determinedly creating music to outlive them.Seven Psalms sounds like a last testament from the 81-year-old Paul Simon.It's an album akin to David Bowie's Blackstar and Leonard Cohen's You Want It Darker, which those songwriters made as mortality loomed; they each died days after the albums were released.

The underground fires in Launders Lane, Rainham have raged on-and-off for two decades but action to stop them once and for all has so far been prevented by a quagmire of bureaucracy to gain access to the site.Residents are concerned about the reliability of air quality meters with others saying the Havering council have failed the people miserably.

A London woman convicted of four previous thefts has been jailed for 10 weeks after police found her in possession of a 750 stolen phone.Parashkeva Ilevia, 27, of Enfield, was arrested on Cheapside, near Bank Tube station, by City of London Police Proactive Crime Team officers on February 13.The officers had been on patrol around Cheapside in response to numerous thefts and pickpocket offences in recent weeks.

Canadians who may have received pandemic benefits by mistake are allowed to ask for a review of their eligibility status but they might see their tax refunds or other benefits withheld by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) while they wait for a decision.The CRA has sent over one million notices to Canadians it says received pandemic benefits such as the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) for which they weren't eligible.

When one with honeyed words but evil mind persuades the mob, great woes befall the state.Euripides was not of course referring to Brexit in his play Orestes, but to the chaos caused by Clytemnestra's murder of Agamemnon and Orestes's dispatch, in turn, of Clytemnestra.The disastrous outcome for the Conservatives in the local elections may not lead to any physical violence, but all the signs are, as the recriminations begin, that the Tories are in for a metaphorical bloodbath.

Work approaches that can help: As a maintainer, you have choices about how you run your project.And changing some of your project's structures and expectations can help with the availability expectations, toil, and bruised feelings that contribute to burnout.We as an industry ought to normalize that different projects might have different levels of openness to contribution.

The Talking France podcast is back with a special episode looking - of course - at the political crisis engulfing France.From parliament to street protests, we'll be looking at what is going on in France, what happens next and whether tourists should be worried.Published: 22 March 2023 18:53 CET Updated: 25 March 2023 08:33 CET Host Ben McPartland is joined by The Local France editor Emma Pearson, journalist Genevieve Mansfield and political expert John Lichfield to look at everything that is happening in France this week.

France is among the top 10 hardest countries to get set up in after first moving for foreigners, according to a recent survey by InterNations a platform that connects foreign residents abroad.The survey, called Where expats struggle most to get settled, used survey responses from people living abroad to rank countries based on how easy they are for dealing with administration, language, housing and digital life.

The Talking France podcast is back with a special episode looking - of course - at the political crisis engulfing France.From parliament to street protests, we'll be looking at what is going on in France, what happens next and whether tourists should be worried.Published: 22 March 2023 18:53 CET Host Ben McPartland is joined by The Local France editor Emma Pearson, journalist Genevieve Mansfield and political expert John Lichfield to look at everything that is happening in France this week.

Growing concerns about inflation and the general economic situation are weighing on many families in Germany, according to an annual survey which assesses the mood among parents in the Bundesrepublik.Only 43 percent of parents with underage children still rate their economic situation positively, according to the newest Family Barometer published by the Ministry for Family Affairs.

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The British Council has been shoddy, dismissive and lazy in its failure to support staff left behind in Afghanistan, a former deputy director has claimed.Joseph Seaton, who worked in Afghanistan until the fall of Kabul 18 months ago, said 109 of his Afghan colleagues remain in the country and in hiding, at risk of being targeted by the Taliban as a result of their links to the British government.

Santa Clara County residents can check insulin, asthma inhalers and EPI pen costs off their worry list, as a new county program looks to expand.The county's $1 million MedAssist initiative, which launched last March, offers monthly grants to pay for asthma inhalers, epinephrine auto-injectors (EPI pens), insulin and other diabetes medications.

Four years ago, when Alejandro Giammattei was elected president of Guatemala, immigrants living in the United States were able to vote for the first time.In that experimental election, 734 votes were counted among the four polling stations that were installed in Los Angeles, Houston, New York City and Silver Spring, Md. - a tiny fraction of the more than 5 million votes cast.

Farrar, Straus and Giroux The saga of the Hart family murder-suicide slammed the zeitgeist in 2018 with its brutal combination of cruelty, violence and social media narcissism.In late March of 2018, Jennifer Hart and her wife Sarah drove their family off a cliff.Seated in the back seat of their SUV were Ciera, Abigail, Jeremiah, Devonte, Hannah and Markis all between 12 and 19 years old.

Farrar, Straus and Giroux The saga of the Hart family murder-suicide slammed the zeitgeist in 2018 with its brutal combination of cruelty, violence and social media narcissism.In late March of 2018, Jennifer Hart and her wife Sarah drove their family off a cliff.Seated in the back seat of their SUV were Ciera, Abigail, Jeremiah, Devonte, Hannah and Markis all between 12 and 19 years old.

Ukraine's Western backers warn that Kyiv is facing a critical shortage of 155-millimetre howitzer shells as it fires thousands each day in its fight against a grinding Russian offensive.Ministers meeting with their Ukrainian counterpart Oleksiy Reznikov in Stockholm were debating a three-pronged push to meet Kyiv's immediate needs and bolster Europe's defence industry for the longer term.

Ukraine's Western backers warn that Kyiv is facing a critical shortage of 155-millimetre howitzer shells as it fires thousands each day in its fight against a grinding Russian offensive.Ministers meeting with their Ukrainian counterpart Oleksiy Reznikov in Stockholm were debating a three-pronged push to meet Kyiv's immediate needs and bolster Europe's defence industry for the longer term.

The British Ministry of Defence says the impact of the Kremlin's war in Ukraine varies dramatically from region to region, with the biggest and richest cities relatively unscathed.Relative to their populations, the two largest cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg have not seen particularly high levels of casualties in terms of soldiers deployed to the front, the ministry said in its daily intelligence report on Sunday.

Five EU member states and the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group have launched a new fund to support the late-stage growth of promising European tech startups and increase the continent's competitiveness in innovation.The so-called European Tech Champions Initiative (ETCI) aims to address the issue with inadequate late-stage funding, especially for companies seeking more than €50 million in capital.

Ukraine's Western backers warn that Kyiv is facing a critical shortage of 155-millimetre howitzer shells as it fires thousands each day in its fight against a grinding Russian offensive.Ministers meeting with their Ukrainian counterpart Oleksiy Reznikov in Stockholm were debating a three-pronged push to meet Kyiv's immediate needs and bolster Europe's defence industry for the longer term.

Ukraine's Western backers warn that Kyiv is facing a critical shortage of 155-millimetre howitzer shells as it fires thousands each day in its fight against a grinding Russian offensive.Ministers meeting with their Ukrainian counterpart Oleksiy Reznikov in Stockholm were debating a three-pronged push to meet Kyiv's immediate needs and bolster Europe's defence industry for the longer term.

As far as her husband knows, Rebecca Blank threw a party with strawberries and champagne only once in her life.It was spring of 2010, and Ms. Blank was then the under secretary of commerce for economic affairs.Her guests were statisticians and economists in the civil service, the sort of people who write public reports on out-of-pocket medical expenses.

Ukraine's Western backers warn that Kyiv is facing a critical shortage of 155-millimetre howitzer shells as it fires thousands each day in its fight against a grinding Russian offensive.Ministers meeting with their Ukrainian counterpart Oleksiy Reznikov in Stockholm were debating a three-pronged push to meet Kyiv's immediate needs and bolster Europe's defence industry for the longer term.

Ukraine's Western backers warn that Kyiv is facing a critical shortage of 155-millimetre howitzer shells as it fires thousands each day in its fight against a grinding Russian offensive.Ministers meeting with their Ukrainian counterpart Oleksiy Reznikov in Stockholm were debating a three-pronged push to meet Kyiv's immediate needs and bolster Europe's defence industry for the longer term.

Ukraine's Western backers warn that Kyiv is facing a critical shortage of 155-millimetre howitzer shells as it fires thousands each day in its fight against a grinding Russian offensive.Ministers meeting with their Ukrainian counterpart Oleksiy Reznikov in Stockholm were debating a three-pronged push to meet Kyiv's immediate needs and bolster Europe's defence industry for the longer term.

Ukraine's Western backers warn that Kyiv is facing a critical shortage of 155-millimetre howitzer shells as it fires thousands each day in its fight against a grinding Russian offensive.Ministers meeting with their Ukrainian counterpart Oleksiy Reznikov in Stockholm were debating a three-pronged push to meet Kyiv's immediate needs and bolster Europe's defence industry for the longer term.

Ukraine's Western backers warn that Kyiv is facing a critical shortage of 155-millimetre howitzer shells as it fires thousands each day in its fight against a grinding Russian offensive.Ministers meeting with their Ukrainian counterpart Oleksiy Reznikov in Stockholm were debating a three-pronged push to meet Kyiv's immediate needs and bolster Europe's defence industry for the longer term.

Ukraine's Western backers warn that Kyiv is facing a critical shortage of 155-millimetre howitzer shells as it fires thousands each day in its fight against a grinding Russian offensive.Ministers meeting with their Ukrainian counterpart Oleksiy Reznikov in Stockholm were debating a three-pronged push to meet Kyiv's immediate needs and bolster Europe's defence industry for the longer term.

Forget taxes and property and bureaucracy and all that nonsense, let's start with important things about living in France . . .wine rules.Red wine goes with meat; white wine with fish; women don't pour; and don't bring a bottle to a party French wine is a heavily mythologised subject, with people keen to tell you all about the must follow' rules we look at the facts and the fiction surrounding drinking wine in France.

Ukraine's Western backers warn that Kyiv is facing a critical shortage of 155-millimetre howitzer shells as it fires thousands each day in its fight against a grinding Russian offensive.Ministers meeting with their Ukrainian counterpart Oleksiy Reznikov in Stockholm were debating a three-pronged push to meet Kyiv's immediate needs and bolster Europe's defence industry for the longer term.

Rishi Sunak has unveiled his new deal to reform the Northern Ireland Protocol, designed to cut bureaucracy and dysfunction between Britain and Northern Ireland following Brexit.The 26-page Windsor Framework lays out the plans for trade, lovement of goods and future legislation.Speaking after a two-hour meeting with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen Mr Sunak said: Today's agreement delivers smooth flowing trade with the whole of the United Kingdom, protects Northern Ireland's place in our union, and safeguards sovereignty for the people of Northern Ireland.

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Britain and the EU hailed a new chapter in their relations on Monday after reaching a historic deal to solve post-Brexit trading problems in Northern Ireland.Rishi Sunak, the prime minister, and Ursula von der Leyen, the EU Commission president, unveiled the Windsor Framework' which fundamentally changes how the protocol works.

Germany's agriculture minister has called for a ban on all advertising accessible by children of unhealthy food including sweets and items with a high salt, fat and sugar content, arguing that the future health of Germany's young people is at stake.Cem Ozdemir, of the Greens, said it was time to protect children from the effects of unhealthy food including obesity, diabetes and other illnesses.

Ukraine's Western backers warn that Kyiv is facing a critical shortage of 155-millimetre howitzer shells as it fires thousands each day in its fight against a grinding Russian offensive.Ministers meeting with their Ukrainian counterpart Oleksiy Reznikov in Stockholm were debating a three-pronged push to meet Kyiv's immediate needs and bolster Europe's defence industry for the longer term.

According to research of over 160,000 U.S. employees from 2014-2016, 41.4% cashed out at least part of their 401(k)s when leaving a job - and 85% of those drained their balance entirely.Why does this occur at this moment in particular, despite evidence that it can damage your ability to retire and despite warnings from experts that it's a bad idea?

Innovation sells on the campaign trail.Tout a new way to attack a long-standing problem, and a candidate is likely to snag the attention of would-be voters.Sometimes, however, an existing policy or program can be part of the solution.It may be someone else's idea, but if it has promise, hubris shouldn't get in the way of good governance.

Ukraine's Western backers warn that Kyiv is facing a critical shortage of 155-millimetre howitzer shells as it fires thousands each day in its fight against a grinding Russian offensive.Ministers meeting with their Ukrainian counterpart Oleksiy Reznikov in Stockholm were debating a three-pronged push to meet Kyiv's immediate needs and bolster Europe's defence industry for the longer term.

Juventus are in France for the second leg of their Europa League knockout round playoff game, with their clash against Nantes finely balanced after last week's 1-1 draw in Turin.With no away goals rule in place any more, the Bianconeri will need to win the game outright, whether it's in regulation time, extra time or on a penalty shootout to advance to the next round.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been pressed by business leaders in Northern Ireland for pragmatic solutions in a deal on the Brexit protocol.The UK Government and the EU are negotiating changes to the Northern Ireland Protocol amid speculation that agreement is close.Mr Sunak spoke with around 15 business leaders in a call on Wednesday.