It seems that everyone from Bill Murray to ballet companies to the Muppets has done some sort of version of A Christmas Carol. The versatile actors take on multiple roles, whirling us - and the miser - through place and time and all kinds of emotion as he visits Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet To Come. With fewer distractions of staging, the text really comes to life and it's fresh as a flurry of snow, which falls like confetti at the joyful end. It reminds you why A Christmas Carol is such a well-told tale, and it's told so very well here. A Christmas Carol - On Air will be performing at Theatre Royal Windsor until Saturday, November 16.

New Zealand’s parliament was halted after a controversial bill that proposes to radically alter the way the country’s treaty between Māori and the Crown is interpreted was tabled. A vote on the bill was suspended, when opposition parties and people in the public gallery joined in a haka led by Te Pāti Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, who proceeded to rip up a copy of the bill. The Treaty Principles Bill was tabled by the libertarian Act party.

Lee Carsley played down the idea of tension between club and country after nine players pulled out of the England squad. The England interim manager said: 'We’ve got a really good relationship with all the clubs, especially the medical departments.' Anthony Gordon, who has seven international appearances, added: 'We can only focus on the players who are here.'

This year's John Lewis Christmas ad breaks the mould – by actually being about Christmas shopping, without a lovable penguin or snowman in sight. The Narnia-inspired tale is about a woman’s last-minute dash to buy the perfect gift for her sister. There is still magic: like the children in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, she tips through a rack of dresses into a world of memories that give glimpses of her sister growing up

14 November 2024 The Guardian ceases sharing content on social media platform XThe Guardian has decided to stop sharing its content on X, citing concerns over the platform’s toxic environment and its influence on political conversations, particularly ahead of the U.S. presidential election. The British newspaper, The Guardian, has made a significant decision to cease sharing its content on the social media platform X, which has been under the ownership of billionaire Elon Musk. In a candid announcement, The Guardian described the social media environment on X as rife with troubling content, citing the presence and promotion of far-right conspiracy theories and content deemed racist. The newspaper’s strategy underscores a commitment to an independent funding model, distinct from the traditional reliance on social media platforms for traffic and engagement. This decision reflects an evolving media landscape where news organisations are actively reassessing their digital strategies in response to the changing nature of social media and its impact on public discourse.

I really trust that the audience are going to embrace, certainly, a lead female detective. BBCAccording to the synopsis: "Return to Paradise follows DI Mackenzie Clarke (Anna Samson), an Australian expat who’s made a name for herself in London’s Metropolitan Police for cracking uncrackable murder cases. Return to Paradise will air on BBC One and iPlayer on Friday 22nd November. AdvertisementCheck out more of our Drama coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.

"Last month's budget fixed the foundations to restore economic stability and put our public services on a firmer footing," Reeves said in comments alongside the pensions announcement. That starts with the biggest set of reforms to the pensions market in decades to unlock tens of billions of pounds of investment in business and infrastructure. "She added that the reforms would also "boost people's savings in retirement and drive economic growth ".Some analysts urged caution over the shakeup. "The government's hope will be... economies of scale," noted Tom Selby, director of public policy at investment platform AJ Bell.He added that "conflating a government goal of driving investment in the UK and people's retirement outcomes brings a danger". But it's clearly possible that it will go the other way, so there needs to be some caution in this push to use other people's money to drive economic growth."

As the Guardian has reported in a newsletter this morning:Wes Streeting has decided it's time to bring [a] competitive edge to the NHS. Streeting should know that but clearly does not realise that if there's a decline in NHS productivity, this is a major cause of it. And rightly, they did not expect this from a Labour health secretary. But then, Wes Streeting is LINO (Labour in name only) and about as much a socialist as David Cameron ever was. It appears that lacking imagination, not caring, and being utterly indifferent to the harm you might cause by your actions are the qualifications for serving in Starmer's cabinet.

Cori Crider , senior fellow 1 , Jess Morley , postdoctoral research associate 2 , Katie Brammall-Stainer , chair 3 1Future of Technology Institute, London, UK 2Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA 3GPC UK, BMA, London, UK Correspondence to: C Crider mail{at}coricrider.comCitizens want assurance on accountability and controlIf the NHS is broken, as the UK health secretary, Wes Streeting, says,1 better use of data should be part of the remedy. A recent report by Ara Darzi on the state of the NHS rightly notes that health data offer untapped opportunities to enhance care and shift services towards the community.2 Yet history shows this principle is easier stated than achieved. There is broad agreement that the NHS should use health data more effectively—to treat patients, ease clinicians’ workloads, and find innovative treatments—but progress has been elusive. The NHS remains, as Darzi says, in the “in the foothills of digital transformation,”2 partly owing to a lack of public confidence in the NHS’s ability to use data for secondary purposes that align with public values and deliver public benefit.34Successive high profile failures, including care.data and General Practice Data for Planning and Research (GPDPR),56 have damaged the public’s faith that the NHS can or will protect privacy, or that it will ensure data are used for purposes that fall within the social licence rather than commercial gain. Some 3.46 million people—one …

Juliet Dobson , managing editor The BMJ jdobson{at}bmj.comOn 6 November Donald Trump was re-elected president of the United States after an election campaign characterised by fear, lies, and disinformation. Trump’s campaign featured his insistence that he was cheated out of winning in 2020—a lie that has left many Americans distrustful of their voting system. Martin McKee and colleagues describe how the rapid spread of such disinformation, particularly on social media, poses a threat to societies and democracies everywhere (doi:10.1136/bmj.q2485). A patient centred approach is encouraged to help improve communication, especially as young people may not always recognise themselves as victims of exploitation. The clinicians’ role to advocate on behalf of young people is vital: a package of articles in this week’s journal provides in-depth advice for practising clinicians (doi:10.1136/bmj-2024-079497 doi:10.1136/bmj-2023-079054).1415

The Guardian has announced it will no longer post content on Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, from its official accounts. “We wanted to let readers know that we will no longer post on any official Guardian editorial accounts on the social media site X,” the Guardian said. The Guardian said content on the platform included far-right conspiracy theories and racism. Although the Guardian’s official accounts are withdrawing from X, there will be no restrictions on individual reporters using the site beyond the organisation’s existing social media guidelines. Responding to the announcement, Musk posted on X that the Guardian was “irrelevant” and a “laboriously vile propaganda machine”.

The Guardian news organisation for example announced that it will no longer post content on Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, from its official accounts. The Guardian has become the latest to leave Elon Musk’s X. The Guardian said X users would still be able to share its articles across the platform and that posts on X would occasionally be embedded in its work as part of its live news reporting. One million Bluesky additionsMeanwhile rival platform Bluesky continues to benefit from fed up users retreating from X, with another surge after Trump’s election win. Bluesky now has 14.7 million users in total, which means it is now the third largest micro-blogging type social media platform behind X and Meta’s Threads.

CCTV footage has been released by a court showing 95-year-old Clare Nowland at a nursing home in New South Wales. Sen Const Kristian White is on trial accused of the manslaughter of Nowland, who died in May 2023 after being tasered following requests for her to put down a steak knife. White has pleaded not guilty

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U.K. publication The Guardian will no longer post on X, the social media platform previously known as Twitter that has been taken over by Elon Musk. “This is something we have been considering for a while given the often disturbing content promoted or found on the platform, including far-right conspiracy theories and racism,” the publication said. “It will become, potentially, ‘The Manhattan Project’ of our time.”Representatives for X did not immediately respond to Variety‘s request for comment. The Guardian added that X users will still be able to share its articles on the platform and that it may still embed posts on X into its stories. The Guardian reporters are also still able to use X as a newsgathering resource and do not have any restrictions on having profiles on the site themselves.