45 minutes ago Virgin River fans are already calling major season 7 storyline ‘totally implausible'

A new storyline will take Virgin River’s seventh season in a whole new direction, but some fans aren’t convinced it makes sense

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3 hours ago Liam Payne's cause of death is confirmed after One Direction star fell from Buenos Aires hotel balcony

Former One Direction star Liam Payne's medical cause of death has been confirmed in a UK inquest opening as 'polytrauma'.

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4 hours ago Liam Payne's cause of death is confirmed after One Direction star fell from Buenos Aries hotel balcony

Former One Direction star Liam Payne's medical cause of death has been confirmed in a UK inquest opening as 'polytrauma'.

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2 hours ago Arsenal vs Manchester United to have empty seats after FA Cup ticket row

United fail in bid to have 1,000 seats given to neutrals after Arsenal did not offer them full 9,000 allocation

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32 minutes ago West Virginia care facility staff members charged in death of patient left in scalding hot bathtub

Two staff members at a northern West Virginia long-term care facility have been charged in the death of a patient who was left in a scalding hot bathtub a year ago

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5 hours ago Lothians MSP leads Holyrood debate on access to medical technology for diabetic patients

Access to diabetes technologies is essential to reducing the physical and mental burden of type 1 diabetes and preventing serious complications like seizures, heart disease, blindness, kidney failure and death.

Science

61 minutes ago Boy, 14, stabbed on London bus named and pictured as cops demand footage

Paramedics treated the 14-year-old boy at the scene who had received stab wound injuries, but he very sadly died shortly after medics arrived

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28 hours ago 'I'm a GP – parents should know one thing before giving children common medicine'

A doctor has issued a warning to parents who may be tempted to give their children a particular type of medicine to alleviate fever and other flu-like symptoms this winter

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6 hours ago DWP full list of 85 health conditions that qualify you for £737 payment

Over a 1.1 million Brits are being supported for very common medical conditions

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5 hours ago Arsenal fans have missed key point as Mikel Arteta ball excuse fails to hide plain truth

Newcastle took the advantage in the Carabao Cup semi-final with a 2-0 victory over Arsenal in the first leg at the Emirates as Mikel Arteta's side missed a host of chances to score

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80 minutes ago UK expert makes China mystery virus HMPV information request over pandemic fears

A top medical research boffin has said more information is needed on the HMPV strain impacting China at the moment and 'if the virus causing high infection rates' has differences

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9 hours ago HMPV symptoms: What is the difference between new virus from China and a common cold?

Cases of HMPV have doubled in the UK since early December with many Brits having been struck down in the country with symptoms similar to those of the common cold

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84 minutes ago Women suffer broken wrist and fractured knee as man glassed over the head in Christmas Eve pub brawl

Police were called to the 'altercation' which erupted in the beer garden

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41 hours ago 'Sandwich carers' who look after their own parents and children suffer significant decline in health, study reveals

Being a 'sandwich carer' with both older and younger dependents causes a decline in mental and physical well- being, according to research by University College London.

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31 hours ago Pension perks most sought after workplace benefit replacing private medical care

Increased employer pension contributions are the most sought after workplace benefit as almost a third of people look for this benefit from potential employers.

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19 hours ago Ian Wright makes Arsenal transfer demand after toothless Newcastle loss

Arsenal failed to score as they were beaten at the Emirates for the first time since April by Newcastle, who boast a two-goal advantage in their two-legged Carabao Cup semi-final

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93 minutes ago Liam Payne's autopsy uncovered tragic twist in final moments of One Direction star's life

Liam Payne's medical cause of death has been confirmed as 'polytrauma' at a UK inquest, with a preliminary autopsy report conducted shortly after the One Direction singer's death giving an insight into his final moments.

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13 hours ago The UN wants to influence a pluralist Syria – but will the country listen?

Syrians are suspicious after allegations of complicity with the brutal Assad regime during 14 years of civil war The UN special envoy for Syria will urge the security council to back a transition to a pluralist democratic Syria, but faces resistance within the country. The interim government fears the lifting of sanctions will be tied to excessive demands imposed by the west, with suspicion of the UN deeply embedded after what are seen as its failures during 14 years of civil war.Ahmed al-Sharaa, the country’s de facto leader, has told Gulf and western states that his group, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), long ago transformed itself from a Salafi jihadi group in Idlib province to a technocratic force willing to accommodate all Syrians. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Patrick Harvie to take time away from Holyrood due to medical procedure

The co-leader of the Scottish Greens is expected to take around six weeks to recover

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31 hours ago Next PLC: Why this UK high street giant has raised profit forecast despite Budget woes

“Sadly, if we do not see a significant change in fortunes for the sector, it is highly likely that we will see a surge in retailers announcing redundancies, closing stores and ultimately failing in 2025” - Julie Palmer, Begbies Traynor

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20 hours ago Arsenal player ratings vs Newcastle: Gabriel and Saliba fail Isak test as Odegaard struggles again

Myles Lewis-Skelly the only bright point in a hugely disappointing loss that leaves Wembley hopes hanging by a thread

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2 hours ago Woman suffers major injuries after 'mistakenly' wearing a sex toy to an MRI scan

The shocking and horrific incident, which signs point to occurring in the US, left a patient suffering horrendous internal injuries after magnetic forces interacted with a hidden sex toy.

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25 hours ago Patients who've been struck down by virus ravaging China describe horrific symptoms: 'Worst I've ever felt'

Cases of the infection human metapneumovirus (HMPV) have surged across northern Chinese provinces in recent days, mainly among children.

Science

4 hours ago I didn't eat for 11 days over Christmas – I thought, ‘Oh my God, is this it?’

In her no-holds-barred column, Irish singer, actress and TV star Linda Nolan speaks candidly about living with cancer, a disease that has also struck sisters Anne and Coleen and took the life of their sister Bernie. This week Linda is finally on the mend – and has found a controversial food combo to tempt her to eat again

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33 hours ago Close Brothers appoints new boss amid looming crisis for car finance industry

Adrian Sainsbury has stepped down as chief executive of Close Brothers' motor finance arm after taking medical leave in September, with finance director Mike Morgan taking over

Economics

20 hours ago Newcastle in pole position to reach Carabao Cup final after win at Arsenal

Alexander Isak and Anthony Gordon struck.

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3 hours ago Outdated guidelines mean doctors failing to spot heart condition in women

Research finds hypertrophic cardiomyopathy testing that overlooks sex differences and body size is inadequateDoctors are failing to diagnose women with a potentially deadly heart condition because tests rely on outdated studies from the 1970s and do not account for natural differences in sex and body size.Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a genetic condition where the muscular wall of the heart becomes thickened, making it harder for the heart to pump blood around the body. It affects one in 500 people, and can cause cardiac arrest and sudden death. Continue reading...

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26 hours ago NHS FLU CRISIS: Now nine hospitals declare critical incidents as infections surge to 'exceptionally high' levels

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has urged people to only go to A&E in a genuine medical emergency, instead asking them to visit their GP or call 111.

Science

4 hours ago Mikel Arteta mocked by Carabao Cup organisers following excuse for Arsenal defeat

Arsenal were beaten 2-0 by Newcastle United in their Carabao Cup Semi-final first leg on Tuesday night, with Mikel Arteta blaming the ball for his side's failure to find the net as they missed a host of chances

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39 hours ago Prince Andrew's finances take another hit as firm managing his investments shuts down

The Duke of York had "significant control" over Urramoor Limited which was set-up in 2013 but the company has now applied to be struck off just a year after being rescued by a mystery donor

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31 hours ago Ryan Reynolds' Wrexham fined yet again for failing to control players in Bristol Rovers brawl

Hollywood-owned Wrexham are in trouble with the FA for a third time this season following last month's melee at Bristol Rovers

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3 hours ago Iran hostages reflect on a crisis that defined Jimmy Carter’s presidency: ‘A fine man that did his best’

When revolutionary students seized the US embassy in Tehran they initiated a 444-day ordeal that had a huge impact on Carter in both political and human termsIsolated, incommunicado and blindfolded for much of their captivity, the newly released American hostages had mixed feelings at best about the US president who had presided – seemingly impotent and powerless – over their 444 days of misery.Some blamed him for failing to extricate them from the Iranian revolutionaries who held them against their will and subjected them to ill-treatment, including beatings and mock executions. Others blamed him for the presidential decision that prompted their incarceration. Continue reading...

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5 hours ago Life of Elon Musk's dad Errol who had kids with stepdaughter and was called 'evil' by son

The 42 year age gap between Errol Musk and his former step-daughter was 'God's Plan' according to the failed business magnate, but the Tesla boss called his dad is 'evil' beyond what anyone can imagine

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39 hours ago Bradford Bulls rugby league player, 25, protests his innocence over sex crime allegations: Court hears Keven Appo fled to Papua New Guinea four hours after being charged

Keven Appo, 25, posted on Facebook that there are 'always two sides to a coin' just two days before he failed to appear at Bradford Magistrates' Court.

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4 hours ago Liam Payne cause of death confirmed in UK months after tragic balcony fall

The former One Direction star's medical cause of death has been confirmed in a UK inquest opening

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28 hours ago Five hospitals declare critical incidents as winter flu surges to 'exceptionally high' levels across Britain

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has urged people to only go to A&E in a genuine medical emergency, instead asking them to visit their GP or call 111.

Science

5 hours ago Maria review – Angelina Jolie’s Callas commands the screen as a great diva in decline

Pablo Larraín’s strange and mordant drama portrays Callas’s haughty struggle as her voice begins to fail but her stardom remains undimmedAngelina Jolie declaims an imperious performance as opera star Maria Callas in this strange, sad, mordantly witty film from screenwriter Steven Knight and director Pablo Larraín, showing her declining months in Paris in 1977; the lioness in winter succumbing with ecstatic defiance to illness and loneliness. Maria broods over her “medication” and neglects to eat, and she is impossibly difficult with the servants, housekeeper Bruna (Alba Rohrwacher) and valet Ferruccio (Pierfrancesco Favino), who are the aghast witnesses to her decline – and she is beginning to relinquish the idea that she will ever sing again. The whole thing is interspersed with pharma-fuelled hallucination-flashbacks to the days of her celebrity pomp, but also further back to her traumatised girlhood in Nazi-occupied Greece.This film has had a mixed, sometimes frosty reception; I ...

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4 hours ago Liam Payne's medical cause of death finally confirmed in UK inquest three months after tragic fall

Five people have been charged over Payne’s death after he fell from a third-floor balcony of the Casa Sur Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Events

30 hours ago Around 200 cases believed to be part of hospital medical negligence probe

Sussex Police are investigating cases of patient deaths and serious injury at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton.

Science

6 hours ago Stunning Italian village bans all residents from becoming seriously ill with bizarre decree

The 1,300 residents of Belcastro in the Calabria region of Italy have been told to "avoid contracting any illness that may require emergency medical assistance"

Politics

5 hours ago Doctors said our baby son had a milk allergy and was teething when he failed to gain weight

Louie Moss was vomiting and failed to gain weight four months after he was born, which doctors thought was could have been caused by an allergy to dairy milk he was taking in while breastfeeding.

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32 hours ago UK hospital declares critical incident over 'exceptionally high' virus cases

Liverpool Royal Hospital has told people to visit their GPs or call 111 unless it is a medical emergency amid high numbers visiting its A&E department as they get overwhelmed with virus illnesses

Science

8 hours ago 'Sickening' Tory bid to derail child protection bill explained after Elon Musk rants

Tories have put forward a demand for a national inquiry into grooming gangs, despite failing to do so in Government. Today's move could scupper a massive child protection Bill

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6 hours ago Constant tiredness could signal failure of one vital organ, doctor warns

Persistent fatigue could be a symptom of something more serious.

Events

34 hours ago Bird flu kills first human in US after patient developed horror symptoms

An unnamed person in Louisiana has become the first person in the USA to die of bird flu after he came into contact with a sick flock, amid warnings for other people

Science

16 hours ago Party season was wrecking my Mounjaro weight loss. So I turned to the sneaky fat jab trick A

The Stilton and crackers were going to be my toughest test. Or the yule log. The profiteroles. The Baileys Coming off the weight-loss jab Mounjaro before Christmas was inviting failure.

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7 hours ago 'World's daftest fisherman' carries on after being struck by lightning but gets hit again

In a video shared to Reddit, two fishermen can be seen waist deep in a river, during an electric storm. One of the guys then gets shocked by a bolt of lightning twice

Events

19 hours ago Cancer study reveals ‘compelling evidence’ doing exercise can help tackle the disease

Study in the British Journal of Sports Medicine included 28,248 people and found exercising in the year before a diagnosis cut the odds of the disease progressing by up to 27%.

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7 hours ago Neck symptom could be warning sign of heart failure and disease years ahead

The Chinese study has made a groundbreaking link after looking at almost 90,000 people

Events

19 hours ago Mikel Arteta points finger at Arsenal star despite being 'better team' in Newcastle defeat

Alexander Isak and Anthony Gordon goals ensured Newcastle came away victorious against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium and Mikel Arteta was left frustrated with one player in particular

Politics

7 hours ago Investigation launched into Met’s handling of sexual assault allegations made against Mohamed al

Watchdog oversees investigation into ‘missed opportunities or failures’ over two complaints amid fears ‘it could become much wider’

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23 hours ago ‘Tortuous search’ for Belfast man John George ends after body found in Spain

The father of two was reported missing after he failed to board his flight home to Belfast before Christmas.

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8 hours ago Top jockey’s ‘pretty ironic’ reunion with horse who bit off his finger on injury return

James Orman will partner Prince Of Boom on his first day back in the saddle since the sprinter ripped off the end of his right index finger

Events

24 hours ago McDonald’s ‘sex for shifts’ scandal as 700 workers launch claims as one told 'suck it up'

McDonald's now faces more than 700 accusations from staff for failing protect them against inappropriate behaviour – an ex-worker claimed a manager offered her at 'shifts for sex'

Politics

9 hours ago Dad dies in family bathroom on Boxing Day after being 'sent home from hospital with painkillers'

Kevin Burnett, 47, from Stoke-on-Trent, fell in his bathroom on Boxing Day after he suffered chest pains and despite the best efforts of attending medics he died leaving behind his partner and four children

Events

24 hours ago Madonna, 66, lands in NYC with Akeem Morris, 28, after ring on THAT finger set off engagement rumors

The 66-year-old Queen Of Pop sent the speculation into overdrive last week when she flashed a diamond ring on her left hand.

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10 hours ago Is this the start of a new pandemic? As hMPV cases rise, everything you need to know about the 'mystery' illness

The scenes are eerily familiar - crowded hospitals in China overrun by masked patients seeking medical help as infection tears through the population.

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25 hours ago Who is Erin Strotman? Everything we know about the Henrico nurse and the seven premature babies who suffered ‘unexplained fractures’

Officials have combed through ‘dozens of videos’ from inside the neonatal ward as they frantically try to figure out what went wrong for at least seven babies

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10 hours ago Britain's Got Talent shock as judge Simon Cowell reveals he is still struggling with painful medical condition while filming the new series

Britain's Got Talent judge Simon Cowell suggested he is still suffering from a painful medical issue after first opening up about it last year.

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25 hours ago Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia to undergo medical treatment in London

Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia to undergo medical treatment in London  Wimbledon Guardian

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11 hours ago Middle East latest: Israeli airstrikes kill at least 5 in Gaza, including 2 babies, Palestinians say

Palestinian medics say Israeli airstrikes have killed at least five people in the Gaza Strip, including two infants and a woman

Events

26 hours ago Neymar hints at ‘incredible’ reunion with Messi and Suárez at Inter Miami

Brazilian’s contract with Al-Hilal ends in June32-year-old targets final World Cup in 2026Neymar says reuniting with his former Barcelona teammates Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez at Inter Miami would be “incredible” as he approaches the end of his contract with Al-Hilal.The Brazilian struck up a lethal partnership with Messi and Suárez to lead Barcelona to the treble in 2015 before his record-breaking $230m move to Paris St Germain in 2017. Continue reading...

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11 hours ago Breakthrough drugs herald ‘new era’ in battle against dementia, experts predict

Medical advances make pills to treat Alzheimer’s disease viable, though challenges remain in sharing gains globallyPills that prevent Alzheimer’s disease or blunt its effects are on the horizon, as the fight against dementia enters a “new era”, experts have said.Scientific advances were on the cusp of producing medicines that could be used even in the most remote and under-resourced parts of the world, thereby “democratising” care, said Jeff Cummings, professor of brain science and health at the University of Nevada. Continue reading...

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26 hours ago Biden admin moves to scrub medical debt from credit reports. What you need to know

Unpaid medical bills will no longer appear on credit reports, where they can block people from mortgages, car loans or small business loans

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12 hours ago Why John Swinney's warning about medicine rationing was actually a threat

As the leader of a minority government, John Swinney has a duty to negotiate with other parties to enable key legislation, like the Budget, to pass

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