Daniel Keane

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Daniel Keane is Health Reporter at The Standard, covering the NHS, health inequalities, scientific research and occasionally general news. He joined in 2021 after stints as a news reporter at The Times, The Irish Times and The Independent.... MORE

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Daniel Keane is Health Reporter at The Standard, covering the NHS, health inequalities, scientific research and occasionally general news. He joined in 2021 after stints as a news reporter at The Times, The Irish Times and The Independent.

<p>Robert De Niro speaking outside a New York courtroom</p>
World

De Niro has award withdrawn after calling Trump 'monster'

Actor said Trump would ‘never leave office’ if he is elected again

2 Jun 2024
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Politics

Police review Tory candidate’s campaign material after election fraud claims

Conservative candidate Robert Largan posted a picture of himself on X in front of a red background and the words ‘Labour for Largan’.
2 Jun 2024
<p>Adam Spencer pictured on CCTV during one of his thefts</p>
Crime

Prolific thief arrested after stealing 17 tubes of Pringles in one go

Adam Spencer told police ‘once you pop you can’t stop’ after being caught

2 Jun 2024
<p>Researchers at the University of Surrey monitored levels of pollution across London</p>
Health

Ventilating classrooms could save children from air pollution harm

Hospital admissions for children with asthma tend to peak during September

2 Jun 2024
<p>Graffiti was seen daubed on Chingford and Woodford Green Labour HQ </p>
London

Anti-Israel graffiti plastered onto Labour office in Chingford

Incident comes days after Fazia Shaheen was barred from running as Labour candidate in area

1 Jun 2024
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UK

Tommy Robinson leads 'football hooligan' march in central London

Speeches were given by Mr Robinson and Reclaim leader Laurence Fox

1 Jun 2024
<p>Bren Orton, 29, went missing in Switzerland last month</p>
World

Body of missing British kayaker Bren Orton, 29, found in Swiss lake

Tributes paid to ‘incredible human’ after body recovered in Ticino region

1 Jun 2024
<p>The African National Congress (ANC) party is on course to lose its parliamentary majority in the South African election</p>
World

ANC party on course to lose majority in South Africa's election

Party receives 40% of vote but will need to form coalition

1 Jun 2024
<p>Travellers on the Eurostar are facing severe delays and cancellations</p>
Transport

Eurostar chaos after IT system fault causes widespread delays

Passengers warned of severe delays and cancellations to services between London and Paris

30 May 2024
<p>Hot air balloons will return to the sky in London this year</p>
London

Hot air balloons to return to London sky for first time since Covid

Up to fifty hot air balloons will take flight over famous landmarks in central London

30 May 2024
<p>Scientists have come a step closer to creating a ‘universal antibody cocktail’ that could treat every variant of Covid</p>
Health

Covid 'antibody cocktail' could treat every variant of virus

Scientists hope to create a vaccine that could work against every strain of the virus

30 May 2024
<p>London will see thunderstorms and rain on Thursday</p>
Health

Warning over asthma 'triple threat' from storms, pollen and pollution

Thursday’s weather could act as trigger for those with asthma

29 May 2024
<p>Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting said Labour will not be able to give junior doctors a full pay rise ‘on day one’</p>
Politics

I won't give junior doctors full pay rise on day one, says Streeting

Shadow health secretary says he ‘wouldn’t be able to afford’ BMA’s 35% pay claim

29 May 2024
<p>Junior doctors are to stage a strike during the General Election campaign</p>
Health

Junior doctors to strike on week before general election

Medics to walk out on June 27 after talks collapse

29 May 2024
<p>NHS figures show that 970 patients in the capital have been waiting 18 months for treatment</p>
Health

Labour's £1.4billion vow to wipe NHS backlog in London in five years

The party pledges an extra 40,000 appointments, scans, and operations a week

29 May 2024
<p>Feeding children peanuts regularly from infancy until the age of age five can protect against allergy into adolescence (File picture)</p>
Health

Feeding babies peanuts regularly 'helps prevent allergy in later life'

Introducing peanuts into babies’ diets could reduce rate of allergy by 71%

28 May 2024
<p>Georgie Palmer, 45, said she was kicked off a flight after asking passengers not to eat peanuts due to her daughter’s nut allergy</p>
UK

BBC presenter kicked off flight over daughter's peanut allergy

Georgie Palmer accused airline of ‘disgusting’ treatment after she was asked to leave flight with her family

28 May 2024
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World

Deadly airstrike on Rafah a ‘tragic mishap’, Netanyahu acknowledges

Israeli military faces international condemnation after at least 45 killed

27 May 2024
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World

North Korean rocket launch may have failed, says Seoul

Pyongyang fired the projectile on a southern path off its west coast before 11pm

27 May 2024
<p>The leaked email accused Tory MPs of failing to get behind Rishi Sunak’s election campaign</p>
Politics

Tory MPs 'blamed for poor start to election campaign' in leaked email

Internal memo accuses MPs of failing to ‘get behind’ campaign and knock on doors

27 May 2024