The UK newspaper front pages all cover the conclusion to an inquiry which found the deaths of 3,000 people were made worse by cover-upsRishi Sunak offers unequivocal apologyAnalysis: report confirms this tragedy was preventable Rishi Sunak’s words were echoed across almost all the major newspaper front pages on Tuesday, as the prime minister apologised...

Push to reopen borders essential to get aid in and humanitarian workers out ‘before we have another Zomi Frankcom’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAn Australian doctor trapped inside one of Gaza’s few remaining functioning hospitals has urged the Australian...

For most it has come as a relief and a vindication of their suffering over decades. But anger and doubts remainWhat is the infected blood scandal?The final report on the infected blood scandal details the litany of government and healthcare failures which led to thousands of people being infected with HIV and Hepatitis C. It contains harsh words for...

‘We must make sure nothing like this happens again’, Rishi Sunak exclaimed. Except it will Remember Hillsborough? Remember Grenfell? Remember the Post Office Horizon scandal? Of course you do. So you probably don’t have much faith in organisations and government to tell the truth. Because on every occasion, what you get from politicians is a lot of...

The grave failures of politicians, civil servants and the NHS over decades must lead to changeNothing can bring back the 3,000 or so people who died as a result of contaminated blood products given to them by the NHS from the 1970s to the early 1990s. Thousands of others continue to struggle with viruses acquired in the same way, while others live with...

More than 3,000 people died and many others were left with lifelong health problems after being given contaminated blood The infected blood inquiry is due to conclude almost seven years after it was first announced.But what is the infected blood scandal? Continue reading...