Новости за 08.08.2015

The Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt, has been told by family doctors that proposals to strip trainee GPs of thousands of pounds’ worth of salary supplements could have a “catastrophic” impact on the workforce and compromise safe patient care. The Government is considering plans to scrap pay subsidies worth between £14,300 and £16,200 a year to GPs in training, which were originally introduced to address pay discrepancies between GPs and hospital doctors. 

David Cameron is poised to give peerages to a string of Conservative advisers as early as this week.

It’s official: reading is good for you, according to a new report from The Reading Agency which looked at the effects of reading for pleasure on adults and children. Benefits include increased empathy, better relationships with others, reduced symptoms of depression and risks of dementia and improved well-being throughout life.

It’s official: reading is good for you, according to a new report from The Reading Agency which looked at the effects of reading for pleasure on adults and children. Benefits include increased empathy, better relationships with others, reduced symptoms of depression and risks of dementia and improved well-being throughout life.

When it comes to beer drinking, not all glasses are born equal. Take the half pint, for example. For years it has been the poor relation of the full pint, a slang name for someone of lowly stature.

So Utopia really does exist – but it might not be what you are looking for, unless your ideal society is deep under water and includes alien-looking creatures, dead man’s fingers and hungry little baby sharks.

1. Broad gives rise to false expectations

Thursday was the first time I had been to a match as a spectator. I was there with some people who had never been to watch a game of cricket before and, as the players walked out, I didn’t think there was any particular sign that something extraordinary was about to happen.

Labour’s deputy leadership candidates say they will serve under Jeremy Corbyn if he becomes leader, despite warnings from a number of senior MPs that they would quit the Shadow Cabinet.

Labour’s head office is reportedly in chaos, with up to 100 staff trying to root out ineligible supporters, amid accusations that the hard left is infiltrating the party’s leadership election to support Jeremy Corbyn.

The Government’s commitment to speed up adoption for vulnerable children in Britain has suffered a blow with the sudden closure of a prominent charity amid a financial and leadership crisis.

It was a cri de coeur on behalf of the Australian players that we heard from Michael Clarke in the aftermath of defeat, rather than any kind of self-absorption. “We need to give them a good opportunity and not write them off when we see a few bad performances. Stick with them through the tough times,” Clarke said. “That’s one thing I would love to see improve, especially in the Australian media. I think we can stick with strong players… rather than write them off.”

England head into the first and only Test of their Ashes series on Tuesday knowing that Australia, now 4-2 up in the multi-format series after taking the One Day Internationals 2-1, have found the X-factor so sorely lacking at present in their men. Captain Meg Lanning is living up to her status as number one batter in the world having struck a sublime century in the second ODI to take her series tally to 195.

Alastair Cook has a farmer’s realism and a yeoman’s resilience. He is a man whose passion is expressed briefly and privately, rather than indulgently and visibly. Just before noon on Saturday, ambushed by cricket history at Trent Bridge, he came as close as he has ever done to weeping in public.

STAR PLAYER

Wifried Zaha: Fine finish by Zaha for the opening goal and simply had too much quality for Norwich throughout. If the 22-year-old can reproduce this sort of form over the season and show why Manchester United once paid £15million for him, then Zaha could find himself in contention for England again.

Claudio Ranieri isn’t a manager who often gives in to bouts of egotism, but he would be forgiven for doing so after this 4-2 opening day defeat of Sunderland.

To millions he will always be the handsome star of the 1966 film Born Free and the founder of an international wildlife charity of the same name. But the late Bill Travers also led a secret life during the Second World War, far removed from his role as an actor and dedicated conservationist.

Parts of the UK will be as hot as Tenerife tomorrow as hundreds of people head to Edinburgh Fringe, Cowes Week and festivals across the country.

STAR PLAYER

Riyad Mahrez: The Algeria international ran Sunderland ragged all afternoon and deserved a hat-trick. His first-half brace put Leicester in complete control and he was only denied the match ball by the woodwork and fine saves from Costel Pantilimon. The Foxes need to prove they can maintain their form from last season and Mahrez, one of their stars from their Great Escape, will be key.

A first-half blitz from Leicester blew away Sunderland to hand new boss Claudio Ranieri a dream start.

Crystal Palace beat Barclays Premier League new boys Norwich 3-1 at Carrow Road, where referee Simon Hooper had controversially ruled out a second-half equaliser for Cameron Jermone.

Watford earned a point on their Barclays Premier League return as they held Everton to an opening-day 2-2 draw at Goodison Park.

Rudy Gestede scored 13 minutes into his Aston Villa debut to secure a 1-0 victory at newly-promoted Bournemouth.

Chelsea striker Diego Costa has been deemed fit enough to start for the Blues in the Premier League opener.

It might have taken England just 40 minutes to wrap up an Ashes series victory at Trent Bridge, but more than three hours later their young stars were still out on the boundary’s edge, signing autographs and taking pictures with their delighted fans.

A supermarket petrol price war could be good news for motorists. Experts believe that the price of diesel could drop to as little as £1 per litre amid growing competition.