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Heavy drinking was one of the three risky behaviours assessed.

Age when party lifestyle starts to take its toll revealed - and it's sooner than you might think

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Lucy Issac (pictured) and her unborn's son life were at risk when she underwent an operation to have her womb removed

Miracle of baby 'born twice' after mother undergoes life-saving womb operation

A teenage girl using a blue asthma inhaler. Health chiefs have warned users about relying on them

Health chiefs issue warning to anyone who users an asthma inhaler

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Wes Streeting told LBC 'we really need to get under the bonnet of what is actually going on with men's health'

Race and class inequality ‘at the heart of men’s ill health,’ Wes Streeting tells LBC

Experts said that previous “desensitisation” studies are focused on children, so adults with peanut allergy are not offered this type of treatment.

Man with deadly peanut allergy lives a normal life after 'life changing' discovery

Action urged to close life expectancy gap between men and women

'Men's health in crisis': health leaders call for urgent action to close life expectancy gap between men and women

A toxin produced by E. coli may be driving rates of bowel cancer in young people, scientists have discovered.

Scientists discover source of bowel cancer in young people as 44,000 people affected each year

Distraction is now one of the leading obstacles to reading for pleasure, according to a new report from The Reading Agency.

Could swapping scrolling for reading at bedtime affect your sleep?

Nearly a quarter of pregnant women in the UK are thought to have anaemia.

Low iron in pregnancy linked to newborn heart disease in ‘gamechanger’ discovery

Not enough NHS staff to ensure safe care on wards, survey finds

'Wake-up call for health service': Too few nursing staff on duty to provide safe NHS care, says report

Bowel cancer. doctor wearing a medical mask shows to senior woman intestines anatomical model during a visit to the clinic

Blood test which could detect up to 12 common cancers being assessed for NHS use

Sleep time could have a performance on tests, the research found

Youngsters who sleep longer may perform better in tests, study suggests

Ambulances sit at the accident and emergency at the Glasgow Royal hospital on January 5, 2018 in Glasgow, Scotland.

Scottish government under fire for ‘dangerously long waits’ in A&E as some patients spend over 12 hours waiting

People with an inherited blood disorder have actively avoided seeking ambulance care because of past negative experiences.

Sickle cell patients have faced ‘poor care’ from ambulance staff

CHRIS HOY GREAT BRITAIN STRATFORD LONDON ENGLAND 07 August 2012

Sir Chris Hoy reveals he's 'doing well' following latest round of chemo following terminal prostate cancer diagnosis

London ambulance service vehicles at St Thomas NHS hospital waiting at drop off area A&E accident emergency healthcare department building Lambeth UK

Nearly 50,000 A&E patients had ‘trolley waits’ of 24 hours or more last year

Busy corridor in NHS hospital in England

How learning from Japan could be a 'game-changer' for the NHS

Headspace meditation app on an iPhone.

AI companion for mindfulness could help ‘bridge gaps’ in mental health care

One batch of the medicine Lercanidipine, made by Recordati Pharmaceuticals, is labelled as containing 10mg tablets when it in fact contains 20mg.

Patients on common blood pressure drug urged to check pack amid labelling error

GPs across England are expected to receive a £20 bonus for each patient they decide not to send to hospital as NHS strives to cut waiting lists.

GPs in England will be able to claim £20 'bonus' for keeping patients out of hospital in bid to cut NHS waiting lists

A nurse showing comforting her patient after getting bad news.

Men with cancer ‘less likely to reach out for support’, charity reveals

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Hospital patients are being given airline-style vanity packs to help cope with being left on corridors

Hospital hands patients 'care pack' and apology letter after they're forced to stay on corridors for days on end

GPs welcomed the announcement but said the scheme must be properly resourced.

Plan to divert millions of patients from waiting lists with GP service expansion

An operation for prostate cancer taking place with the assistance of a robot

Robotics with ‘potential to transform’ surgery approved for NHS use in England

NHS officials said that there has to be legal approval before data is shared.

NHS pledges to ‘protect data’ as researchers in China access UK study data

Protesters outside the Supreme Court in London, where it has been ruled that the doctors involved in the care of two deceased children can be named, after the parents of the children said they wanted to "tell their story".

Doctors in end-of-life cases can be named, Supreme Court rules

A new report by the College and the Patients Association, says that reforming outpatient care will be an "essential" part of the Government's aim to shift care from hospital to the community.

Outpatient care ‘ineffective for both patients and staff’

The Government announced plans to ban disposable vapes last January, with the measure coming into force on June 1.

Disposable e-cigarette ban ‘unlikely’ to tackle vaping rates, researchers warn

Pneumonia is most commonly triggered by a bacterial or viral infection.

What are the symptoms of pneumonia and can you get it in middle age?

Birmingham refuse workers strike

Residents fear for health while ‘cat-sized’ rats raid rubbish piles in streets

The article calls for the appointment of an independent National Cancer Director and an office of support to take data-driven actions across the UK.

UK cancer care system is facing a 'critical breaking point', experts warn

Patients should be treated earlier with statins and the cholesterol-lowering drug ezetimibe, researchers at Lund University in Sweden and Imperial College London said.

Combination of drugs could prevent thousands of heart attacks

Scientists have found a new antibiotic that could treat gonorrhoea

Scientists hail first new antibiotic for gonorrhoea in decades amid rise in 'super strains'

General view of staff on a NHS hospital ward

Skin cancer patients to be given fast-tracked access to vaccine trial on NHS

Megan King

Miracle as doctors reattach skull of 'internally decapitated' woman after freak football injury

Twenty recipients of heart transplants and their families pose for a photograph at a celebration event at the Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge to mark the 10th anniversary of the first non-beating heart transplant in Europe.

Transplant patients mark 10 years of pioneering surgery with non-beating hearts

'Gamechanging' drug which slows progression of incurable breast cancer available on NHS

'Gamechanging' drug which slows progression of incurable breast cancer set to be available on NHS

NHS in England has hit a key cancer waiting time target for the first time

NHS hits key cancer waiting time target in England - but patients still face 'unacceptable delays'

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, right, accompanied by his wife Sarah, left,

Death of premature daughter was ‘greatest loss’, says Sarah Brown, wife of former prime minister Gordon Brown

Demonstrators hold placards reading message related to the NHS infected blood scandal in London, on July 26, 2023.

Infected Blood Inquiry to hold more hearings as victims call for compensation

Wes Streeting

NHS access doesn't give people the right to abuse staff - and those that do should be turned away, says Streeting

The Government must “invest in childhood” or risk losing the next generation to poor mental health, a charity has warned.

Invest in childhood ‘or risk losing a generation to poor mental health’, charity warns

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Wes Streeting hopes booking a GP appointment will be easier by the next election

Wes Streeting unable to say when '8am scramble' for GP appointments will end despite earlier promises

Rugby players tackling during game

Lowering height of rugby tackles linked to 45 per cent drop in head collisions, study finds

Corby steelworks pictured in 1981

Calls for public inquiry into environmental scandal after botched clean-up of steelworks

'NHS dentistry is broken', says MP.

'NHS dentistry is broken': Plan to boost service has ‘resulted in worsening the picture’, say MPs

Older people are less likely to be given antibiotics for common infections by their GP compared with younger adults, a new study suggests.

Elderly people less likely to be given antibiotics despite higher risk, study says

NHS hospitals and buildings are plagued by rats, cockroaches, silverfish and other pests, results from the latest staff survey have revealed.

Hospital of horrors: NHS 'plagued by rats and cockroaches' as well as 'sewage leaks and crumbling ceilings'

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Virginia Roberts Giuffre, with a photo of herself as a teen, when she says she was abused by Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and Prince Andrew, among others.

'Fierce warrior' Virginia Giuffre, survivor of Jeffrey Epstein abuse and Prince Andrew accuser, dies by suicide aged 41

The demonstration made its way to popular tourist spot, Weyler Square

'Without fear there is no change': furious protesters to target holidaying Brits at airports and hotspots in these countries
Ioan Gruffudd and Bianca Wallace have tied the knot

Titanic and Marvel star Ioan Gruffudd marries partner Bianca Wallace in intimate ceremony

Mummy Pig revealed the gender of her baby.

Mummy Pig's having a...! Peppa Pig's mother announces new piglet's gender at iconic London spot

CBB announced its winner

Celebrity Big Brother announces winner of latest series

Rupert Murdoch

Rupert Murdoch's company accused of 'actively undermining' Met's phone-hacking investigation

Paul Butler, who killed his estranged wife in a 'frenzied' and 'brutal' attack, has been served a minimum term of 27 years for the murder of Plymouth university lecturer Claire Chick.

'Evil' man who killed Plymouth university lecturer in 'brutal' jealousy-fuelled attack jailed for 27 years

Visitors and mourners pay their respects to the body of Pope Francis

How Pope Francis's funeral will unfold

Luigi Mangione appears at a hearing for the murder of UHC CEO Brian Thompson at Manhattan Criminal Court on February 21, 2025 in New York City.

Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to federal murder charge over CEO killing as US pushes for death penalty

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive on Air Force One at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci International airport

World leaders arrive for Pope’s funeral as 150,000 mourners pay respects

Moscow says Vladimir Putin has had 'constructive' talks with Donald Trump's envoy at the Kremlin.

Trump envoy holds ‘constructive’ talks with Putin hours after top Russian general killed in Moscow car bomb

Displaced Palestinians crowd with outstretched hands and containers to receive hot meals distributed by aid organizations at the Jabalia Refugee Camp in northern Gaza City, Gaza on April 24, 2025.

UN runs out of food aid in Gaza as Israel continues total blockade, ending 'critical lifeline' for hundreds of thousands

Christina Howell was handed a hospital order under the Mental Health Act, after previously admitting manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility

Woman killed man in unprovoked racist attack after asking to be sent back to hospital

A huge mountain of rubbish bags and other waste block rows of terraced housing on Primrose Avenue in the Sparkbrook area of Birmingham as refuse workers continue to strike, 15th April, 2025.

Warning issued as Birmingham resident had to be given oxygen after burning recycling inside home amid bin strike

Laurence Fox arrived at court wearing grey jeans, a light blue shirt and a black cap

Laurence Fox pleads not guilty to sharing upskirting photo of TV star Narinder Kaur

Forensic investigators at Milton Keynes train station after a man was shot dead by armed police officers.

Man shot dead by police at point-blank range ‘called 999 himself’, watchdog reveals

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A row has erupted amongst scholars over a 'well-endowed warrior' depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry.

Scholarly row erupts over ‘well-endowed warrior’ on Bayeux Tapestry

Vitor Dias, 21, admitted to possessing these extreme materials after officers discovered them when raiding his home in Willesden, north-west London

Man jailed for possessing bomb-making guide after police sting into indecent images of children
A headteacher who attacked his deputy with a wrench at school due to “overwhelming sexual jealousy” has been jailed for more than two years.

Shocking moment headteacher bludgens deputy around head in 'love triangle' gone wrong

Marks and Spencer store in Cardiff

M&S suspends all online orders after cyber attack triggers payment meltdown

Household energy bills are set to fall in July after Donald Trump's trade tariffs caused a slump in global gas prices, according to a leading forecaster.

UK energy bills to fall by 9% in July after three years of price rises - as Trump tariffs trigger gas price slump
A headteacher who attacked his deputy with a wrench at school due to “overwhelming sexual jealousy” has been jailed for more than two years.

Headteacher who attacked deputy over 'love triangle' jailed in 'spectacular fall from grace'
Met.Police officer at a road block on street leading to Parliament Square, London, to stop & divert traffic from an oncoming protest demonstration.

Serving Met Police officer charged with string of sexual assaults over five year period

Chris Eubank Jr came in 0.2lb over the 11st 6lb limit at his first attempt

'Show me the money': Chris Eubank Jr fined for missing weight ahead of Conor Benn grudge fight
Sister Genevieve Jeanningros prays in front of the body of late Pope Francis inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.

Moment tearful nun breaks Vatican protocol to pray next to Pope's coffin

Alexander Zurawski, six, died at a home in Cwm Du Close in Gendros, Swansea on August 29 last year.

Mum who killed ‘very kind’ six-year-old son after hearing ‘demonic voices’ given hospital order

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Crowded Piccadilly Line train at station on London Underground

Piccadilly Line to part-close this weekend for two weeks: Here's what you need to know

Rishi Sunak outside 10 Downing Street

Rishi Sunak facts: Height, wife, children and policies revealed

Big Freeze

Arctic blast sets off government's Cold Weather Payment - but are you eligible for the £25 off energy bills?

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The King and Queen will host a tea party for Second World War veterans as part of celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of VE Day, Buckingham Palace said.

King Charles and Queen Camilla to throw palace tea party to mark VE Day anniversary

Prince William roared with laughter as he played video games with the centre's young people

Prince of Wheels! William mobbed and plays Mario Karts during youth centre visit

Harry and Meghan at the Invictus Games, Dusseldorf

Harry and Meghan call for stronger social media protection for children

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The last minute rescue of British Steel is not a win. It demonstrates how uncompetitive our nation has become
Cedric Neal, Desmonda Cathabel, Victoria Hamilton-Barritt, Femi Akinfolarin and Laura Delany, in the Hadestown.

Hadestown: A wonderful West End spectacle with memorable music

President Zelenskyy

Defiant and unrepentant: My meeting with Zelenskyy, writes Andrew Marr

The UK is stuck in a morass of mediocrity triggered by indecisive action over two decades.

The UK is stuck in a morass of mediocrity triggered by indecisive action over two decades

Kanye West recently went on an "antisemitic rampage" on X.

There can be no debate about Kanye West - he clearly hates Jewish people and should be challenged on it
My apprenticeship took me from school leaver to radio producer at 19 - here’s why it’s a path worth exploring

My apprenticeship took me from school leaver to radio producer at 19 - here’s why it’s a path worth exploring
David Lammy and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

China is targeting critics on British soil - so why is David Lammy rolling out the red carpet?
Now that Trump has released the classified files on JFK when is the UK going to do the same with Diana and David Kelly?

Now that Trump has released the classified files on JFK when is the UK going to do the same with Diana and David Kelly?
Kim Leadbeater’s Assisted Dying Commission makes a safe Bill even safer.

Kim Leadbeater’s Assisted Dying Commission makes a safe Bill even safer

Why should alcohol be allowed at the World Cup in Saudi Arabia?

Why should alcohol be allowed at the World Cup in Saudi Arabia?

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