
A 95-YEAR-OLD woman was left lying on the pavement with a broken hip in freezing weather for five hours waiting for an ambulance. Winifred Soanes fell over in Christchurch High Street, Dorset, in the early afternoon while out her 92-year-old husband Andrew. 3 A 95-year-old woman was left lying on the pavement with a broken hip in "freezing" weather for five hours Credit: BNPS 3 Winifred Soanes fell in Christchurch High Street on Monday and could not be moved due to the pain she was in Credit: BNPS She was unable to move due to the sheer pain she was in. Despite multiple concerned members of the public making repeated 999 calls for an ambulance and explaining Winifred was elderly and vulnerable, they were told she "was not a priority". People managed to prop her head up with shoe boxes from market stallholders and a pillow from a nearby pub. Staff at Mountain Warehouse provided her with sleeping bags and charity shops gave blankets and hot water bottles to keep Winifred warm. read more news TEST OF TIME Take the ‘flamingo test’ to see how well you’re ageing - according to the NHS SNACK ATTACK New tax on junk food announced as part of plan to ‘get Brits back to work’ Others provided coffee and food to help Andrew, who is an army veteran and diabetic and who refused to leave his wife's side. An ambulance eventually arrived at 7.45pm on Monday and took Winifred to hospital where she remains today. To add insult to injury, Andrew has developed a chest infection as a result of being out in the cold so long and cannot visit his wife in hospital. People who helped the couple have slammed the "broken system". 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"You feel so helpless, I was so angry that they were in this position. It shouldn't be happening in this day and age. "The NHS are fantastic once help is there. We know how hard they work. "But something went very very wrong to leave a 95-year-old lady on the pavement of a high street at night." David Lovell, who saw her fall and was the first to call for an ambulance, said: "I can't describe how cold it was, and as it got dark, the temperature dropped really quickly. "She was lying on the cold pavement and we couldn't move her because she was in huge amounts of pain." When others called again to chase up the ambulance, they were given no time frame for how long the wait would be. Winifred was eventually taken to Poole Hospital and is waiting for a specialist operation for her injuries. Andrew said: "The situation was dire, but it's great to know that when they need to, the community all pull together to help." A spokesperson for the South Western Ambulance Service, said: "We are sorry that we were not able to provide a timely response to this patient. "Any occasion where the care we provide falls below the high standards our patients deserve and rightly expect is unacceptable. "Handover delays at emergency departments remain one of our biggest challenges. Read more on the Scottish Sun SIP SIP HOORAY Exact time Coca-Cola truck arrives in Scotland tomorrow for Xmas tour FESTIVE CHEER Scots Xmas market tops London's Winter Wonderland as 'most stunning' in UK "To ensure our ambulances are available to attend the next emergency call within the community, we need to be able to hand patients over within the 15-minute national target . "We continue to work hard with our partners in the NHS and social care, to do all we can to improve the service that patients receive." TIMELINE OF THE NHS WAITING LIST THE NHS waiting list in England has become a political flashpoint as it has ballooned in recent years, more than doubling in a decade. The statistics for England count the number of procedures, such as operations and non-surgical treatments, that are due to patients. The procedures are known as elective treatment because they are planned and not emergencies. Many are routine ops such as for hip or knee replacements, cataracts or kidney stones, but the numbers also include some cancer treatments. This is how the wait list has changed over time: August 2007: 4.19million – The first entry in current records. December 2009: 2.32million – The smallest waiting list on modern record. April 2013: 2.75million – The Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition restructures the NHS. Current chancellor Jeremy Hunt was Health Secretary. April 2016: 3.79million – Junior doctors go on strike for the first time in 40 years. Theresa May is elected Prime Minister. February 2020: 4.57million – The final month before the UK's first Covid lockdown in March 2020. July 2021: 5.61million – The end of all legal Covid restrictions in the UK. January 2023: 7.21million – New Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledges to reduce waiting lists within a year, effectively April 2024. September 2023: 7.77million – The highest figure on record comes during a year hit with strikes by junior doctors, consultants, nurses and ambulance workers. February 2024: 7.54million – Ministers admit the pledge to cut the backlog has failed. August 2024: 7.64million – List continues to rise under Keir Starmer's new Labour Government. 3 Winifred is sadly still in hospital Credit: BNPSBy MATTHEW BROWN and JACK DURA BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Donald Trump assigned Doug Burgum a singular mission in nominating the governor of oil-rich North Dakota to lead an agency that oversees a half-billion acres of federal land and vast areas offshore: “Drill baby drill.” That dictate from the president-elect’s announcement of Burgum for Secretary of Interior sets the stage for a reignition of the court battles over public lands and waters that helped define Trump’s first term, with environmentalists worried about climate change already pledging their opposition. Burgum is an ultra-wealthy software industry entrepreneur who grew up on his family’s farm. He represents a tame choice compared to other Trump Cabinet picks. Public lands experts said his experience as a popular two-term governor who aligns himself with conservationist Teddy Roosevelt suggests a willingness to collaborate, as opposed to dismantling from within the agency he is tasked with leading. That could help smooth his confirmation and clear the way for the incoming administration to move quickly to open more public lands to development and commercial use. “Burgum strikes me as a credible nominee who could do a credible job as Interior secretary,” said John Leshy, who served as Interior’s solicitor under former President Bill Clinton. “He’s not a right-wing radical on public lands,” added Leshy, professor emeritus at the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco. The Interior Department manages about one-fifth of the country’s land with a mandate that spans from wildlife conservation and recreation to natural resource extraction and fulfilling treaty obligations with Native American tribes. Most of those lands are in the West, where frictions with private landowners and state officials are commonplace and have sometimes mushroomed into violent confrontations with right-wing groups that reject federal jurisdiction. Burgum if confirmed would be faced with a pending U.S. Supreme Court action from Utah that seeks to assert state power over Interior Department lands. North Dakota’s attorney general has supported the lawsuit, but Burgum’s office declined to say if he backs Utah’s claims. U.S. Justice Department attorneys on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to reject Utah’s lawsuit. They said Utah in 1894 agreed to give up its right to the lands at issue when it became a state. Trump’s narrow focus on fossil fuels is a replay from his 2016 campaign — although minus coal mining, a collapsing industry that he failed to revive in his first term. Trump repeatedly hailed oil as “liquid gold” on the campaign trail this year and largely omitted any mention of coal. About 26% of U.S. oil comes from federal lands and offshore waters overseen by Interior. Production continues to hit record levels under President Joe Biden despite claims by Trump that the Democrat hindered drilling. But industry representatives and their Republican allies say volumes could be further boosted. They want Burgum and the Interior Department to ramp up oil and gas sales from federal lands, in the Gulf of Mexico and offshore Alaska. The oil industry also hopes Trump’s government efficiency initiative led by billionaire Elon Musk can dramatically reduce environmental reviews. Biden’s administration reduced the frequency and size of lease sales, and it restored environmental rules that were weakened under Trump . The Democrat as a candidate in 2020 promised further restrictions on drilling to help combat global warming, but he struck a deal for the 2022 climate bill that requires offshore oil and gas sales to be held before renewable energy leases can be sold. “Oil and gas brings billions of dollars of revenue in, but you don’t get that if you don’t have leasing,” said Erik Milito with the National Ocean Industries Association, which represents offshore industries including oil and wind. Trump has vowed to kill offshore wind energy projects. But Milito said he was hopeful that with Burgum in place it would be “green lights ahead for everything, not just oil and gas.” It is unclear if Burgum would revive some of the most controversial steps taken at the agency during Trump’s first term, including relocating senior officials out of Washington, D.C., dismantling parts of the Endangered Species Act and shrinking the size of two national monuments in Utah designated by former President Barack Obama. Officials under Biden spent much of the past four years reversing Trump’s moves. They restored the Utah monuments and rescinded numerous Trump regulations. Onshore oil and gas lease sales plummeted — from more than a million acres sold annually under Trump and other previous administrations, to just 91,712 acres (37,115 hectares) sold last year — while many wind and solar projects advanced. Developing energy leases takes years, and oil companies control millions of acres that remain untapped. Biden’s administration also elevated the importance of conservation in public lands decisions, adopting a rule putting it more on par with oil and gas development. They proposed withdrawing parcels of land in six states from potential future mining to protect a struggling bird species, the greater sage grouse. North Dakota is among Republican states that challenged the Biden administration’s public lands rule. The states said in a June lawsuit that officials acting to prevent climate change have turned laws meant to facilitate development into policies that obstruct drilling, livestock grazing and other uses. Oil production boomed over the past two decades in North Dakota thanks in large part to better drilling techniques. Burgum has been an industry champion and last year signed a repeal of the state’s oil tax trigger — a price-based tax hike industry leaders supported removing. Burgum’s office declined an interview request. In a statement after his nomination, Burgum echoed Trump’s call for U.S. “energy dominance” in the global market. The 68-year-old governor also said the Interior post offered an opportunity to improve government relations with developers, tribes, landowners and outdoor enthusiasts “with a focus on maximizing the responsible use of our natural resources with environmental stewardship for the benefit of the American people.” Related Articles National Politics | Beyond evangelicals, Trump and his allies courted smaller faith groups, from the Amish to Chabad National Politics | Trump’s team is delaying transition agreements. What does it mean for security checks and governing? National Politics | Judge delays Trump hush money sentencing in order to decide where case should go now National Politics | Republicans scramble to fill JD Vance’s Ohio Senate seat National Politics | Gaetz’s withdrawal highlights how incoming presidents often lose Cabinet nominees Under current Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, the agency put greater emphasis on working collaboratively with tribes, including their own energy projects . Haaland, a member of the Pueblo of Laguna tribe in New Mexico, also advanced an initiative to solve criminal cases involving missing and murdered Indigenous peoples and helped lead a nationwide reckoning over abuses at federal Indian boarding schools that culminated in a formal public apology from Biden. Burgum has worked with tribes in his state, including on oil development. Badlands Conservation Alliance director Shannon Straight in Bismarck, North Dakota, said Burgum has also been a big supporter of tourism in North Dakota and outdoor activities such as hunting and fishing. Yet Straight said that hasn’t translated into additional protections for land in the state. “Theodore Roosevelt had a conservation ethic, and we talk and hold that up as a beautiful standard to live by,” he said. “We haven’t seen it as much on the ground. ... We need to recognize the landscape is only going to be as good as some additional protections.” Burgum has been a cheerleader of the planned Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora, North Dakota. Brown reported from Billings, Montana.President of Israel's stern words to Albanese after synagogue attack By ZAK WHEELER FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA and AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: 22:00, 6 December 2024 | Updated: 22:00, 6 December 2024 e-mail Advertisement The President of Israel has told Australia's Prime Minister 'firm and strong' action is required after a Victorian synagogue was firebombed early Friday morning. President Isaac Herzog said he spoke with Anthony Albanese on Friday night and strongly condemned the 'horrific' attack on the Adass Israel synagogue in Ripponlea, Melbourne. Police are still hunting the two masked arsonists who allegedly broke in, poured accelerant and set the synagogue alight at around 4 am while worshippers were congregating for prayers. The fire gutted two of its three buildings and left two people with minor injuries. Mr Albanese said the joint Counter-Terrorism Task Force was looking into the blaze, which follows Australia splitting with the United States at a recent UN vote to demand the end of Israel's 'unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory as rapidly as possible'. President Herzog said these kinds of attacks were 'intolerable'. 'I spoke now with Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and expressed my firm condemnation of the horrific arson attack on the Adass Israel synagogue,' he wrote on X. 'Following the atrocities carried out by Hamas against Israel on and since October 7, 2023, there has been an intolerable wave of attacks on Jewish communities in Australia and around the world. 'I noted to the Prime Minister that this rise and the increasingly serious antisemitic attacks on the Jewish community required firm and strong action, and that this was a message that must be heard clearly from Australia's leaders.' President Herzog also thanked Mr Albanese and said he trusted local authorities to find those responsible for the attack. 'I thanked [Mr Albanese] for his ongoing efforts to combat antisemitism, and expressed my trust that the local law enforcement would do everything in their power to bring the perpetrators to justice,' President Herzog wrote. Other political and religious leaders have also joined in the unanimous condemnation of the synagogue, which was one of Melbourne's largest and had been built by Holocaust survivors, as security is beefed up around Jewish communities. The Jewish community has lived in fear for the past 14 months, Executive Council of Australian Jewry president Daniel Aghion said. 'This for us is just evidence of that fear,' he said. 'This is a tragic day for the Australian Jewish community.' Victorian senator James Paterson said police and the government needed to boost security to reassure worshippers. 'There will be other shuls and synagogues in the area tonight contemplating Friday night prayers and wondering whether they're safe to do so,' he said. Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan confirmed police patrols would be increased from Friday into next week, as she pledged $100,000 towards rebuilding the synagogue. 'This is a place of worship that was built by Holocaust survivors who fled that most evil regime in Europe and chose Melbourne as their home,' she told reporters on Friday afternoon. 'An attack on a place of worship is an attack on all faiths.' Prime Minister Anthony Albanese echoed the premier's sentiment, saying 'to attack a synagogue is an act of anti-Semitism'. He confirmed he had spoken with the head of the Australian Federal Police about ensuring all resources requested were available for the Victoria Police investigation. Mr Albanese said in an earlier statement that he has 'zero tolerance for antisemitism' in Australia and that the AFP and the Commonwealth would be providing assistance in Victoria's investigation. Israel's ambassador to Australia Amir Maimon said the 'outrageous' attack served as a chilling reminder anti-Semitism was not a relic of the past. ''Never again' has become a hollow promise as the very evils it sought to prevent are happening once more,' he said. Religious organizations, including the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils, decried the 'disturbing' incident and shared their sympathies with the Jewish community. 'There is absolutely no justification for such acts of aggression against any community, regardless of the circumstances,' President Rateb Jneid said. Human rights commissioners condemned the attack 'in the strongest possible terms'. 'We are deeply concerned that this destructive and violent act will cause fear and intimidation and exacerbate trauma for the Jewish community,' Race Discrimination Commissioner Giridharan Sivaraman said. Officers were told two men were inside the synagogue where the masked assailants poured liquid on the floor. Police believe the attack was targeted and renewed an appeal for information. Detective Inspector Chris Murray said police were not ruling out terrorism as a motive, as they search for the suspected arsonists. 'We are throwing everything at this,' he told reporters outside the synagogue on Friday. Founder of Yumi's dips, Yumi Friedman, was inside and described a 'big bang on the door with a sledgehammer', before he fled to call help. He returned to find the synagogue was fully alight. 'I touched the door, it was hot and I burnt my hand so I didn't go inside,' he told AAP. Fellow congregant Ruvi Herzogtold told AAP: 'It's devastating, right to the heart of the community, to go and to know that you're not safe.' Glen Eira is home to one of the largest Jewish communities in Victoria with 25,585 people, according to state government data. Want more stories like this from the Daily Mail? Visit our profile page and hit the follow button above for more of the news you need. Anthony Albanese Melbourne Share or comment on this article: President of Israel's stern words to Albanese after synagogue attack e-mail
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AES Announces 2% Increase in Quarterly Dividendhas been stripped of his pole position for the to elevate to top spot on the grid for the penultimate round of the season. Verstappen looked to have scored his first pole in five months after he edged out Mercedes' Russell by just 0.055 seconds at the Lusail International Circuit. However, at 1:06 local time (10:06pm GMT), more than three hours after qualifying ended, it was confirmed that Verstappen had been penalised one place for impeding Russell as both drivers geared up for their final laps. The sanction promoted Russell, who took a a week ago, to the front of the grid for Sunday's 57-lap race. Explaining their decision, the stewards said Verstappen was "driving unnecessarily slowly considering the circumstances" as he "attempted to cool his tyres" ahead of the lap in which he claimed pole. Speaking before the stewards' verdict, Russell said he believed Verstappen's tactics cost him outright pole. "I had a really scrappy out lap with the near collision with Max and I ended up going through the gravel two corners prior to opening my lap," said the British driver. "It was not a good start to the lap, so that was probably the 55 milliseconds. "I hope it didn't damage the car, but maybe that's the reason why we didn't improve, I don't know. It was a bit of a hairy one, two corners before we start the lap." Verstappen said: "There were two cars in front of me also making a gap, so I had to make a gap. And I knew that everyone was on a slow lap, not on a push lap. "George got excited. He wanted to pass and get around. That's fine. I mean everyone, of course, tries to get their position, you know, to have the best possible start to the lap." Verstappen has won in just one of his 12 previous appearances, and, after he started sixth and finished only eighth in the earlier sprint race, he would not have expected to be in the fight for pole. "It is a crazy turnaround," said the Red Bull driver before the stewards took their decision. "I didn't expect that. Well done to the team for giving me a car that is more connected. "We changed some bits on the car, but I never thought it would make such a swing in performance. That is encouraging and I hope it continues into the race."
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