Falklands Medical Records Data Breaches Spark External Review

A formal review is finally set to investigate two major data breaches at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, going back to 2019. Hundreds of Falklands patients have been affected over six years, and campaigners Justice4Patients say the failures...

Falklands High Cost Medication Policy Approved

The Health and Medical Services Committee has approved a new High Cost Medication Policy. The paper sets out the need to continue finding treatments but at the right cost and source, ensuring patients continue to access care they need.

Revelling in the downfall of a former prince

Sir, If Polly Vernon is right that we are united as a nation in our excoriation of Andrew, then it is a sad reflection on him but also on us (“I’ve thought of one good thing Andrew has done. Can you guess what?”, Times2, Nov 3). We would do better...

Weight Loss Medication Set to Arrive in the Falklands

The Falklands Health and Medical Services Committee also announced weight loss drugs could be coming to the Falklands in a limited capacity as early as January 2026. In the UK, prescriptions for what are known as GLP-1 medications have surged by...

Ross Kemp joins Falklands veteran as they toast to Poppy Appeal with limited-edition pint glasses

TELLY hardman Ross Kemp has toasted the Poppy Appeal with a Falklands veteran. Former Royal Marine Colin Waite has created glasses which picture poppies blooming on the rugged Falklands landscape where he twice came within inches of death in a...

Remembrance Sunday parade held every year since WWI is cancelled amid claims of health and safety issues

A Remembrance Sunday parade held every year since the end of the First World War has been cancelled over health and safety issues. Veterans have reacted with dismay at the decision to call off the Upton Remembrance Sunday parade on the Wirral,...

Evidence of improvement within Falkland Islands maternity services reviewers state

THE reviewers of maternity services at the Falkland Islands hospital the King Edward Memorial VIII Hospital have said there is “evidence of improvement” in the service from when they last visited, nearly two years ago. Dr Sophia Stone, a...

Justice4Patients campaign group close to settling with Falkland Islands Government and KEMH over data breaches

A settlement between the campaign group Justice4Patients and Falkland Islands Government over data breaches at King Edward Memorial Hospital is close to being agreed. An Executive Council paper stated the matter had been settled but the group...

Man arrested after schoolgirl, 13, hit by car and taken to hospital

Police cars and two ambulance attended the scene this morning(Image: Daria Maciaszek) A man has been arrested after a schoolgirl was hit by a car. Merseyside Police were called to Liscard Road in Wallasey this morning at the junction of Alverstone...

Review into Falkland Islands maternity services at King Edward Memorial Hospital ends

A further review into maternity services at the King Edward Memorial Hospital concluded on October 13th. A consultant obstetrician and a specialist midwife from the UK spent five days evaluating maternity services, following a previous visit in...

Falklands, prestigious awards for the design of Tussac House

Monday, October 13th 2025 - 18:55 UTC Craig Walding, Director at ONE and their Client Lead for the Falkland Islands, commented: “This has been an incredible project working with a fantastic team on the Islands”. Tussac House, the first...

UK restates at UN Assembly support for OTs Falklands and Gibraltar

Saturday, October 18th 2025 - 02:45 UTC Ambassador Thomas, “Under the UN Charter and in Article One of both UN covenants on human rights, the Falklands people are free to determine their political status” The following was the statement by Simon...

Prince Andrew’s explanation over not being able to sweat due to ‘peculiar medical condition’

Prince Andrew once claimed that a “peculiar medical condition” prevented him from being able to sweat. The Duke of York has made headlines again this week as new allegations against him came to light. A memoir written by Virginia Giuffre, who...

Girlguiding Sussex West will march at The Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday, having been selected to represent the national movement

Girlguiding Sussex West has been selected to represent the national movement at The Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday. A contingent of members from across the county's seven divisions, Adur Valley, Arun Valley, Bognor Regis, Chichester, Petworth,...

History Repeats Itself: Romeo Says Ongoing Medical Evacuation Crises Show Montserrat Still Left Behind

The recent plight of Montserrat’s Landis “Shorty” Baker and Cherry Brown, both struggling to access urgent overseas medical care, has again exposed what Opposition MLA and former Premier Donaldson Romeo calls “a systemic and deadly double...

Wide Skies, Open Minds campaign seeks to remove stigma around mental health in Falkland Islands

The 10th of October marks World Mental Health Day. Here in the Falklands the Wide Skies Open Minds campaign is launching new materials over the coming weeks to help reduce stigma around mental health. The aim is to encourage open conversations so...

Care home to close after 'serious incident' at listed building

ShareSave Suncourt House will close in January next year An Ayrshire care home linked to a "remarkable" listed building has announced it will close within weeks due to a serious incident and safety concerns. The owners of Suncourt House in Troon...

The Top Gear team drove through Argentina. A stone-throwing mob were waiting

In 2014, having been told to get out of Tierra del Fuego by Falklands veterans who accused the Top Gear team of putting a provocative number plate on Jeremy Clarkson’s car — something they have always denied — Andy Wilman got a convoy of film crew...

Hard up, homeless and alone — what’s next for Sarah Ferguson

Picture the scene: an attractive young woman marries into the royal family. She’s welcomed as a breath of fresh air and a cheerful new face about the place. She has a refreshing lack of royal stuffiness and is keen to crack on with royal duties,...

Prince Andrew: Mummy’s Boy

Following the Buckingham Palace announcement that King Charles has formally started the process to strip his brother Andrew of his royal titles and honors, we're resurfacing this 2023 story about Andrew's relationship with his mother, Queen...