64 minutes ago Egypt tourist boat latest: Survivors used ‘20cm air pockets’ to stay alive in ‘complete darkness’

Two Britons are still unaccounted for after a yacht sunk in Egypt’s Red Sea

Society

81 minutes ago Doctor reveals simple overnight sore throat remedy on TikTok that has users buzzing

Dr Alan Mandell shared his 'miracle' way to cure a sore throat overnight on TikTok - and some people have claimed it works wonders for them, while others weren't so convinced.

Politics

95 minutes ago Urgent warning issued after everyday household object 'explodes' sparking huge fire

Denise Graovac said her 24-year-old daughter Sophie was home alone at the property in Thames Ditton, Surrey, on November 18 when she heard an 'explosion'.

Events

2 hours ago Mum 'wants old life back' after 'split second' incident in the back of a taxi

Susan's life has been flipped upside down by the crash

Politics

3 hours ago Mum's four words for social workers as her secret baby found hidden in drawer

The child had been hid away from the world at the family home in Cheshire

Politics

3 hours ago ‘I wondered whether I would make Christmas – now I'm enjoying The Great Outdoors’

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 getting out for walks in the fresh air on doctor's orders and she feels much better for it

Politics

6 hours ago The great abandonment: what happens to the natural world when people disappear?

Across the globe, vast swathes of land are being left to be reclaimed by nature. To see what could be coming, look to BulgariaAbandonment, when it came, crept in from the outskirts. Homes at the edge of town were first to go, then the peripheral grocery stores. It moved inward, slow but inexorable. The petrol station closed, and creeper vines climbed the pumps, amassing on the roof until it buckled under the strain. It swallowed the outer bus shelters, the pharmacies, the cinema, the cafe. The school shut down.Today, one of the last institutions sustaining human occupation in Tyurkmen, a village in central Bulgaria, is the post office. Dimitrinka Dimcheva, a 56-year-old post officer, still keeps it open two days a week, bringing in packages of goods that local shops no longer exist to s...

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6 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...

Politics

6 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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