by Agency Reporter | Jul 2, 2024 | Briefing
WORKFORCE shortages in hospital and community services are so severe that patients are being left in pain and in some cases dying alone, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) says, as new analysis shows just a third of shifts had enough registered nurses. Shortages mean...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 2, 2024 | Briefing
WORLD governments at the UN Ocean Treaty’s first meeting since it opened for signatures in 2023 have committed to a programme consistent with ratification in 2025, and an ambitious first Ocean Treaty COP (Conference of Parties) in 2026. Chile, the first of the seven...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 1, 2024 | Briefing
CLIENTEARTH has urged the newly named President of the European Commission to step up action against climate change, toxic pollution and biodiversity loss by putting people and the environment at the heart of all EU decisions. On 28 June, EU Heads of States and...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 1, 2024 | Briefing
THE REV HELEN CAMERON was elected and inducted as President of the Methodist Conference on Saturday 29 June at the Methodist Conference in Leeds. Helen Cameron is currently the Moderator of the Free Churches Group and President of Churches Together in England. She has...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 30, 2024 | Briefing
BASF, the German chemical giant, has pulled out of a $2.6 billion project to refine nickel on the Indonesian island of Halmahera, after campaigners highlighted the plight of uncontacted people in the area. The ‘Sonic Bay’ project, in partnership with France’s Eramet,...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 29, 2024 | Briefing
PEACE CAMPAIGNERS have welcomed the news that there will be no national Armed Forces Day event this year, as no local authorities have come forward to host it. There has also been a sharp drop in the overall number of Armed Forces Day events across the country. In...
