内容摘要：Earlier, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reportedly said he expected a de-escalation of the trade war, which he said was unsustainable. Responding to comments from China, he said the current situation was "not a joke".

Earlier, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reportedly said he expected a de-escalation of the trade war, which he said was unsustainable. Responding to comments from China, he said the current situation was "not a joke".

At the same time, North Yorkshire and York hospices would need to find an extra £140,000 due to the increase in the national minimum wage and a further £650,000 for the increase in employer National Insurance contributions, councillors heard.Mr Collins said: "All of this is set within the context of unprecedented demand through increasing deaths, an ageing population and greater levels of dependency from the NHS on our capacity to support their own."

He added that non-salary costs were "already at baseline".Hospices provide a range of end-of-life and palliative services, including specialist inpatient beds, community-based end-of-life care, outpatient clinics, lymphoedema services and bereavement counselling and support.A national appeal for funding for hospices had resulted in the government

for the sector, although this money would be reserved for capital projects, councillors were told.The North Yorkshire Council meeting heard that despite the funding crisis, there had been "minimal dialogue" between the hospices and the NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB, which distributes NHS funding.

Mr Collins said the situation was not helped by changing staffing and structures at the ICB, resulting in inconsistent commissioning decisions with wide variations across the hospices.

A service reduction at St Michael's was "highly likely", Mr Collins said, and "even some closure".Work to demolish a bridge over the M25 in Surrey is "progressing well", National Highways has said.

A full closure of the motorway between junction 10, near Wisley, and junction 11, for Woking, saw both carriageways shut over the weekend from 21:00 GMT on Friday.The section of motorway is due to reopen at 06:00 on Monday.

The work is part of a £317m project to add extra lanes to improve safety and cut congestion where the motorway meets the A3.Diversion routes have been put in place around the closure, although National Highways said on Saturday there were delays of up to 30 minutes on the approach to both junctions.