PATIENTS are waiting a week longer to see a consultant than four years ago, experts have warned, as they pointed to a "worrying" trend for increasing waiting times.

NHS waiting lists have grown in the past eight years, according to the study from the Nuffield Trust and the Health Foundation, from to 2.35 million people waiting in December 2008 to start treatment led by a consultant, to 3.7m in September.

The Government has also abolished two targets relating to waiting times, and standards have unsurprisingly slipped against these markers, the report's authors said.

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Giraffes are being pushed towards extinction, with the global population plummeting by up to 40% over the past 30 years, conservationists have said.

The world's tallest land mammal has been classed as vulnerable to extinction on the latest global Red List of Threatened Species, following declines driven by habitat loss, illegal hunting and civil unrest in the African countries where it lives.

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A private jet which crashed, killing three members of Osama bin Laden's family, landed too far down the runway because it was travelling 40% faster than the recommended speed.

Accident investigators assessed the Saudi-registered Phenom 300 jet, which smashed into an earth bank at the end of the runway at Blackbushe Airport, Surrey, on July 31 2015.

It then became airborne and collided with several parked cars, the report said.

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The mother of a British man who tried to grab a policeman's gun in an alleged attempt to kill Donald Trump said her son is "terrified" the US president-elect will demand a lengthy prison term.

Lynne Sandford's son Michael, 20, will be sentenced in the US on Tuesday after he admitted trying to snatch the officer's weapon during a rally for Mr Trump in Las Vegas in June.

Sandford, who has autism, allegedly told officers after his arrest that his plan was to shoot the tycoon.

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