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Official failings and cover-ups over decades have been revealed in a damning verdict of the UK’s infected blood scandal that led to the deaths of more than 3,000 people.
It concludes over 30,000 haemophilia patients or transfusion recipients were infected with HIV and hepatitis C over more than two decades.
Campaigners fought for decades to bring official failings to light and secure government compensation into the worst treatment disaster of the NHS.
The government will respond officially to the inquiry, chaired by Sir Brian Langstaff, later this week, as the Treasury prepares a payouts package expected to exceed £10 billion.
Environment inspectors want the public to report sightings of Asian hornets following warnings of a surge in the super-size invasive species this summer.
Defra is also calling for beekeepers to be extra vigilant to the insects’ presence after record sightings last year.
Ed Dwight was an Air Force pilot when President John F. Kennedy championed him as a candidate for Nasa’s early astronaut corps - but he wasn’t picked for the 1963 class.
Now, aged 90, Dwight has undergone a few minutes of weightlessness with five other passengers aboard the Blue Origin capsule as it skimmed space on a 10-minute flight, making him the oldest human in space.
Whitney Wolfe Herd, who’s founder of dating app, Bumble, says singletons could soon use an “AI dating concierge” to help improve the quality of their matches.
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