Day: August 2, 2016

    Supermarkets have slashed the price of petrol and diesel by up to 2p per litre - seeing forecourt prices fall across the country. Asda has announced a national cap meaning motorists will not shell out more than 105.7ppl on unleaded and 106.7ppl on diesel across their 272 stations. Tesco rolled out a 2p drop that will come into effect from 5pm on Monday. Peter Cattell, fuel director for Tesco, said: "We know that lots of customers will have plans for the summer holidays, so we're dropping the price of our fuel to help them enjoy it even more. "This reduction of up to 2p per litre on petrol and diesel at all our 500 petrol filling stations will mean millions of customers save money by shopping at Tesco." Andy Peake, Asda's senior director for petrol, said the chain has dropp...

    A High Court judge has ruled the NHS can legally supply a game changing drug that prevents HIV. National Aids Trust (NAT) brought a challenge against NHS England that was being heard by Mr Justice Green in London. The case relates to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a highly effective anti-retroviral drug used to stop HIV from becoming established in the event of transmission. When taken consistently, PrEP has been shown to reduce the risk of infection in people who are at high risk by more than 90 per cent. A dispute arose earlier this year when NHS England said it would not routinely fund the drug because it was a preventative service and was therefore not its responsibility. It said local councils were in charge of funding preventative health services. After initially r...