51 minutes ago Graham Potter’s task is to put human heart back in West Ham’s gormless machine | Jonathan Liew

After Hollywood farce of Chelsea and two years out of game, rags-to-riches manager has seized chance to join ‘family club’Remember Angrygate? For a few surreal days in February 2023, pretty much the entire talking apparatus of English football was engaged – as is its habit – in a fevered, earnest and yet entirely fatuous debate about whether Graham Potter was angry enough to be the Chelsea manager.Under an increasingly persistent line of questioning, Potter coped pretty well. He firmly pointed out that you do not go from the ninth tier to one of the biggest clubs in the world without a certain ruthless streak. He subtly rebuked the hypocrisy of the media for demanding greater touchline theatrics from Premier League managers and then pontificating about the culture of abuse towards grassroots referees. So subtly, in fact, that the media blissfully ignored that bit. Continue reading...

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12 hours ago Colon cancer doctor reveals surprising foods that slash risk of disease rising in young people

Dr Karen Zaghiyan, who is based out of Los Angeles, says the first item on her list are dairy products with this including whole milk, reduced fat milk, lactose free milk, yogurt, and cheese.

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7 hours ago Recruitment freezes in NHS scanning and cancer departments are 'risking patient care', radiologists warn

Recruitment freezes in NHS scanning and cancer departments are putting patients at risk of harm, the Royal College of Radiologists has warned.

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8 hours ago World’s largest proteins study ‘invaluable’ for understanding disease – experts

The scaled-up project is backed by a consortium of 14 pharmaceutical firms.

Science

2 hours ago Streeting defends NHS use of private sector but says it must ‘pull its weight’

Health secretary accused of talking ‘utter nonsense’ about private sector’s ability to help cut NHS waiting timesWes Streeting has defended the growing use of the private sector to help tackle long waiting lists for treatment but said providers must “pull their weight” and not take resources away from the NHS.The health secretary, who has previously said “middle-class lefties” risked putting ideological purity ahead of patient care, said he would be “entirely pragmatic” about using spare capacity in the private sector. Continue reading...

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8 hours ago How Alzheimer's could be diagnosed a DECADE earlier following huge study of blood proteins

Researchers believe a simple blood test could flag people who are in the early stages of Alzheimer's, as well as spotting cancer seven years before it would otherwise be diagnosed.

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9 hours ago Mystery virus leads to 'severe pneumonia in days' as patient says 'it's worse than 2022'

Alleged reports from Chinese socia media suggest people going through an outbreak of HMPV cases in the country are experiencing crowded hospitals that are worse than during Covid

Science

2 hours ago Why blame for Stirling Council's plan for devastating music tuition cuts lies in Edinburgh

Stirling Council is struggling to cope with a projected £13 million budget shortfall next year

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8 hours ago New blood test reveals risk of developing different diseases in 'new frontier of science'

A world leading UK Biobank study of half a million Brits could unlock the mysteries of ‘proteomics’ to prevent and cure diseases from cancer to Alzheimer’s and multiple sclerosis

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12 hours ago Killer nurse Lucy Letby could have been stopped sooner if there had been an independent medical examiner at her hospital, ex Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt tells inquiry

Delays in appointing specialist doctors to look into deaths not investigated by a coroner in NHS hospitals meant the 'dots' were not joined up, the Hunt told the public inquiry into her crimes.

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7 hours ago My legs shake and I suffer pain so bad I have to lie in bed for days every month. Yet doctors dismiss my agony

Last month I was on the train coming into work in London when I collapsed. I was running late and, as I took the station stairs two at a time, my legs felt shaky.

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9 hours ago NHS board fails to gag tribunal of nurse who objected to transgender medic using the same changing room

A nurse suspended from work after complaining about a trans college using a female changing room has told of her joy after an NHS demand for an employment tribunal to be anonymous was rejected.

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20 hours ago Disgraced doctor who punched dementia patient in the face could be struck off

'If someone was willing to do this in front of other people, what might happen behind closed doors to other vulnerable patients'

Science

15 hours ago Escape to the Country host makes sad announcement as late Jonnie Irwin makes emotional TV return

Things took an emotional turn during Thursday's episode of Escape to the Country as Denise Nurse made a heartbreaking announcement

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9 hours ago Young hospital worker charged with child abuse after multiple babies suffer 'inexplicable injuries'

Former nurse Erin Elizabeth Ann Strotman, 26, is in jail and has been ordered to have no contact with any child under the age of 18. She is due to appear in court on March 24

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20 hours ago Common vegetable could help manage type 2 diabetes, new research suggests

Bioactive compounds in the vegetable can help regulate blood sugar.

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18 hours ago Scientists discover type of dream that's an early sign of dementia or Parkinson's in 'almost all' cases

People who move around in bed and appear to 'act out' dreams could be exhibiting an early sign of dementia or Parkinson's disease 'in nearly all cases', experts said today.

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20 hours ago Flu EXPLOSION: Top nurses 'never been more worried for patients' as hospital cases spike five

More than 2.3million patients visited A&E in December while ambulance teams tackled over 800,000 incidents - the highest number ever recorded in a month.

Science

23 hours ago Ruben Amorim promotes four wonderkids to first team ahead of crunch Arsenal clash

Ruben Amorim has taken the opportunity to blood some of Manchester United's academy players into first-team training ahead of Sunday's FA Cup third-round trip to Arsenal

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13 hours ago NHS board fails to gag tribunal of nurse who objected to transgender medic using same changing room

A nurse suspended from work after complaining about a trans college using a female changing room has told of her joy after an NHS demand for an employment tribunal to be anonymous was rejected.

Events

24 hours ago We knew morning coffee was good for us... and science has finally proved it

As new research suggests a cuppa could keep you alive for longer, Helen Coffey celebrates that, for once, we’re not being told to give up one of life’s greatest simple pleasures

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13 hours ago NHS is ‘out of time’ says man who waited 12 hours in A&E after coughing up blood

It comes as several hospitals across the country have declared critical incidents

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24 hours ago Scotland's new tennis sensation lands epic first round draw at Australian Open

Kyrgios lies in wait in blockbuster maiden match in Melbourne

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13 hours ago Chimpanzees have 'genetically adapted' to resist deadly disease in 'significant' finding for humans

Scientists at UCL examined DNA from human's closest relative chimpanzees to make a significant finding in relation to how their bodies have adapted to resist the ravages of malaria - one of the world's biggest killers

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24 hours ago We knew morning coffee was good for us...and science has finally proved it

As new research suggests a cuppa could keep you alive for longer, Helen Coffey celebrates that, for once, we’re not being told to give up one of life’s greatest simple pleasures

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14 hours ago Escape to the Country star makes tragic announcement as late Jonnie Irwin makes appearance

Escape to the Country presenter Denise Nurse had a heartbreaking announcement just minutes into the latest episode of the BBC show, which also featured the late A Place In The Sun star Jonnie Irwin.

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26 hours ago Drinking this juice daily may be potent for weight loss, scientists say

It could lower blood glucose levels by about 24 per cent

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15 hours ago Man who waited 12 hours in A&E after coughing up blood says NHS is ‘out of time’

Anthony Goldcrown was among 200 people waiting to be seen by NHS staff at Barnet Hospital on Monday evening.

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32 hours ago Major study reveals how long people with dementia live after diagnosis

Roughly 13% of people move to a nursing home in the year after diagnosis

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15 hours ago Woman suffers traumatic injuries as sex toy 'dragged through body' in MRI scan

The report into the incident said the patient did not disclose she had a sex toy inserted inside her before the MRI was carried out and began screaming when the machine pulled at the object.

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15 hours ago Met officer in court charged with assault of man at Whipps Cross hospital

PC Rajan Solanki is alleged to have used excessive force on patient who was mentally unwell

Events

15 hours ago Common injury may trigger Alzheimer’s disease by awakening hidden virus, study warns

A dormant virus lurking in most of our brains could could be activated by one common injury

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15 hours ago A killer fludemic 30 times more deadly than Covid is already here... but our leaders have their heads in the sand and we are woefully unprepared: GEOFFREY LEAN

An elderly man in the US state of Louisiana died on Monday of bird flu contracted from exposure to sick and dead chickens in his backyard flock - the country's first fatality from the disease.

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17 hours ago Harrowing images show where body in hunt for dad in Benidorm found with 'blood on road'

Dad-of-two John George was murdered and his body hidden beneath overgrown lemon trees on a rural road south of Alicante, with Spain's Civil Guard seen scouring the scene with metal detectors on Thursday

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18 hours ago John Swinney apologises to former policeman left to lie on floor in A&E for hours

The First Minister faced questions over the ‘deadly chaos’ in the NHS over winter

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18 hours ago Woman suffers horrifying injuries as sex toy 'dragged through body' in MRI scan

The report into the incident said the patient did not disclose she had a butt plug inserted inside her before having the MRI scan and started to scream when the machine pulled at the object

Events

20 hours ago Bryony was slim and healthy when these photos were taken. Weeks later she felt ill and went to lie down. What happened next was the most shocking thing imaginable

As beautician Bryony Mills-Evans was closing up the shop for the night, events took a dramatic turn.

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21 hours ago SAS Rogue Heroes is a travesty: Paddy Mayne was abandoned by the military at war's end and portraying him as a lawless neo

Lieutenant Colonel Blair 'Paddy' Mayne is portrayed by Jack O'Connell as an often drunk and ill-disciplined rebel in the show, which is currently airing for a second series after debuting in 2022.

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