Social media is fuelling a surge in the number of children seeking treatment to change gender, says director of a specialist NHS clinic Dr Polly Carmichael said the service was under pressure to ‘fast-track’ children Number seeking referrals risen from 97 in 2009 to 2,519 in the year to April 2018  Children are now having to wait up to 20 […]

Mrs May’s dagger eyes flickered in exasperation: HENRY DEEDES on the PM’s difficult day in the desert Facing reporters, Theresa May looked like a woman in need of a bit of protection She spoke of ‘making progress’ but her crotchety manner showed it was not true The PM appeared twitchy as she spoke in strained, squawk-like tones in desert The Prime […]

The mayor of Oliver, B.C. says the federal government should hold a referendum on the controversial proposal to establish a national park reserve in the South Okanagan-Similkameen. Martin Johansen says the Parks Canada consultation process has been lacking, with a focus on discussions with special interest groups but not the general public. “People having their say is important, especially in […]

Authorities in Florida have released a 911 call that captures the sheer terror and panic after a plane crashed into a house of people, killing one pilot and leaving a young woman trapped in a bedroom wall. On Saturday, a UC-1 Twin SeaBee plane being manned by James Wagner, 64, of Lakeland, and Timothy Sheehy, 33, of Bozeman, Montana, had […]

Saskatoon traffic is restricted after a semi-trailer unit tipped over at the intersection of Circle Drive and Avenue C North. Police said the semi was attempting a turn at the intersection when it rolled onto its side at roughly 1 p.m. CT on Feb. 25. The Saskatoon Fire Department said the cargo was carrying industrial parts and there were no […]

Some British Airways passengers got more than they paid for when their plane began to rock back and forth wildly. Pilots on flight BA492, travelling from London’s Heathrow airport to Gibraltar, aborted a landing Monday while facing extraordinary winds on Spain’s south coast. The Airbus A320 eventually landed safely in nearby Malaga, Spain. “When flying to Gibraltar make sure you […]

The book “Savage Feast,” by Boris Fishman, has descriptions of meals and food throughout, along with 25 recipes. But it’s not a cookbook. The book is a tightly written page-turner about the author’s childhood in Minsk, his extended family and their odyssey from Belarus to New York (via Vienna and Rome in the 1980s) as well as his efforts to […]

HANOI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump headed for Vietnam on Monday for a second summit with Kim Jong Un, having stressed the benefits to Pyongyang if the North Korean leader gives up his nuclear weapons, but saying there was no rush. Trump and Kim are due to meet in the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, on Wednesday and Thursday, eight months […]

UK Opposition Leader Jeremy Corbyn has announced that Labour will support a push for a second Brexit referendum, bowing to pressure from his party and MPs who believe it could be the only way to avoid a worst-case Brexit. But the high-stakes gamble could split his already fragmenting party further, and could also push pro-Brexit MPs to reluctantly back the Brexit […]

The decision will mean putting off Britain’s EU exit by weeks or months if MPs still haven’t passed a new divorce agreement in two weeks time. The highly controversial move will infuriate hardline Tory Leavers. But allies of the PM say she has come to the difficult conclusion that the personal U-turn is the only way to avoid a “catastrophic” […]