46 minutes ago People could have been warned earlier about flooding from Storm Bert, council leader claims

Andrew Morgan has claimed the current warning system and trigger mechanisms are 'not fit for purpose' and the council could have done more with an hour's extra time

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96 minutes ago A blueprint for the town ‘dominated by traffic’ and ‘without a centre’

Plans for Whitefield seek to create a 'people-oriented town centre where residents want to spend time and make full use its high street'

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2 hours ago India investigates Google Maps after car plunges off broken bridge killing 3 people

Tragic crash on an incomplete bridge prompts Indian authorities to investigate Google and public officials

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2 hours ago MPs’ big assisted dying moment, and the people watching every move – Politics Weekly UK

As MPs prepare to vote on a bill that would, for the first time, pass assisted dying into UK law, what are the arguments on either side? The Guardian’s John Harris speaks to two campaigners: Liz Carr, an actor and disability activist who believes the bill would endanger many marginalised groups, and Mark Mardell, a broadcaster who thinks the legislation doesn’t go far enough. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago One in three consultant child psychiatrist posts in England are vacant, analysis shows

Child and adolescent mental health services have highest vacancy rates of any psychiatric specialismConsultant psychiatrist on why early intervention is key and why delays are unacceptableOne in three child and adolescent consultant psychiatrist posts in England are vacant, according to a “shocking” analysis laying bare the workforce crisis that experts say is fuelling “unacceptable” long waits for NHS care.The number of children and young people requiring mental healthcare has soared in recent years, but many face lengthy delays before they can access treatment. Some are deteriorating to a dangerously severe state of mental ill-health while they wait. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago ‘By 8pm it is time to head home’: whatever happened to the big night out?

This week, the chief executive of a major bar group suggested 3pm is the new 9pm. Why have we stopped drinking and dancing the night away on a Friday and Saturday night?The atmosphere in the club is friendly, people generally aren’t drunk, and since it’s dark inside, it could just as well be 4am instead of 4pm. Welcome to the daytime rave, where you can dance, meet people and still be curled up on the sofa afterwards in time for Newsnight. It’s a home from home for Joyce Harper, who says she has been “a big clubber my whole life. In the 1990s, I used to go religiously twice a month and we’d stay up all night. We were knocked out for days and always felt terrible. I realised, as I’ve got older and wiser, the importance of sleep.”Last week she was at a day rave at the London club Fabric, ...

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3 hours ago Scots teen probes links between social media and violence with UK Youth Parliament

Beth MacKay, 18, MSYP for Banffshire and Buchan Coast, is to represent the views of young people in Scotland at the committee in Westminster next month.

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3 hours ago 'I'm a doctor never have this drink after 3pm to reduce heart attack and stroke risk'

Dr Sriram Iyer appeared on BBC Breakfast to discuss new findings which reveal that people who do not stick to regular bed and wake times have a higher risk of stroke and heart attack

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4 hours ago NASA has revealed how astronauts celebrate Thanksgiving in space and the food they eat

Thanksgiving is a time for getting together with family and celebrating all the blessings in the world over the past year, but how do people celebrate it if they're not in the world?

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