The Latest Breaking News from Cobra

Taxis will ferry 999 patients to hospital during ambulance strike next week

Health Minister Will Quince said the government is looking at 'block-booking taxis' for less urgent 999 calls, such as a diabetic issue, while ambulances attend to the most serious cases

Daily Mirror · Dec 12, 2022

Strike-breaking troops will drive ambulances - but can't speed or run red lights

Around 750 members of the armed forces will be deployed next week as 10,000 ambulance workers go on strike, but they will not be able to break the speed limit or jump red lights

Daily Mirror · Dec 12, 2022

Paying nurses more would take money from NHS operations, says Health Secretary

A meeting of Cobra – the Government’s emergency response committee – will be held on Monday afternoon.

The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2022

Cobra meeting to discuss plans for military staff to cover striking workers

Labour and former army head warn repeated use of armed forces may lead to burnout and soldiers quitting

The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2022

Military cover for Border Force strike under consideration at emergency Cobra meeting

Government scrambles to form contingency plans to deal with eight day strike over festive period

Evening Standard · Dec 11, 2022

Emergency Cobra meeting called over walkouts - full list of UK December strike dates

Cabinet Office Minister Oliver Dowden will convene the Government's emergencies committee to discuss contingency plans for walkouts by staff, including nurses, paramedics, rail workers and Border Force officials

Daily Mirror · Dec 11, 2022

Paramedics 'don't want to strike' but patients 'will die' if crisis continues

Unison chief says government has let NHS drift into a dire state and striking is the only way to make sure things don't become 'more dangerous' on the frontline

Daily Mirror · Dec 11, 2022

Cobra battalion inspector injured in IED blast in Jharkhand

CHAIBASA(JHARKHAND): An inspector of Cobra battalion was injured on Saturday after an improvised explosive device (IED) went off during an anti-Maoist operation in a forest of Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, police said.

The Times of India · Dec 10, 2022

Nicola Sturgeon 'forced Tories to bring in face masks in schools', Matt Hancock says

Hancock claimed Tory ministers were "blindsided" by the FM's announcement and decided to U-turn in order to avoid "a big spat with…

The National (Scotland) · Dec 5, 2022

Chhattisgarh: CoBRA personnel killed in Maoist attack in Sukma

RAIPUR: A personnel of CoBRA battalion-elite unit of Central Reserve Police Force, was killed after sustaining heavy injuries after Maoists opened indiscriminate fire upon the newly established security camp in forests of insurgency-hit Sukma district of Bastar division on Tuesday.

The Times of India · Nov 29, 2022