34 m. ago Thousands at risk of invalidating travel insurance by using weight

About one-fifth of people incorrectly think weight-loss jabs are a lifestyle or cosmetic tool instead of a medical treatment

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67 m. ago Weight loss jab patients urged to avoid 'risky' move after Mounjaro change

A medical expert has warned users of Mounjaro that an increasingly popular way to use the jab could pose a serious risk to health despite it making their medication go further

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91 m. ago Prince William live updates as Prince Of Wales makes special visit to Cardiff

The Prince of Wales will visit the Principality Stadium to mark World Suicide Prevention Day.

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98 m. ago Scientists pinpoint food favorites that send dementia risk soaring, after 15

Researchers looked at the participants' normal diets and scored them according to how closely they resembled several recognised healthy patterns.

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1 hour ago Novak Djokovic enrols children in Greek private school as he 'flees Serbia after being targeted by the government for backing student protests'

Novak Djokovic has reportedly moved his family towards a new life in Greece amid reports he has been targeted by the Serbian government for supporting student protests.

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1 hour ago Wigan Warriors rugby club creates community garden as 'safe haven' to help combat suicide

Rugby League world champion Wigan Warriors has created a “safe haven for players, staff, fans, and the wider public” at its Robin Park Arena to combat suicide

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2 h. ago Warning to anyone who uses phone while on toilet as study uncovers hidden danger

Taking a phone into the loo is an increasingly-common habit – but it carries the risk of an unpleasant and embarrassing health condition, according to a new medical study

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2 h. ago Healthy habit that reduces risk of being constipated by 40 per cent, scientists discover

Constipation affects one in seven adults. Whilst the condition can normally be reversed by lifestyle changes, experts have warned that chronic constipation can increase bowel cancer risk.

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2 h. ago Cmat, Pulp and PinkPantheress among Mercury prize shortlist light on new names

Only two debut albums – including the ‘token’ jazz release – feature among this year’s list of nominations for the coveted UK and Irish music prizeA raft of familiar names fill this year’s list of Mercury prize nominations, with only two debuts among the 12 shortlisted albums. In Limerence, the first full-length by the Scottish folk songwriter Jacob Alon, and Hamstrings and Hurricanes, the first by Welsh jazz musician Joe Webb, will compete with the likes of Pulp’s comeback album More, folk godfather Martin Carthy’s Transform Me Then Into a Fish and the album with the UK’s biggest opening week of the year so far, People Watching by Sam Fender.The list is split 50/50 between male and female or mixed acts. The solo female artists on the list tend to the iconoclastic: Irish pop star Cmat’s acclaimed third album Euro-Country, Leeds jazz musician Emma-Jean Thackray’s Weirdo, FKA twigs’ Eusexua and PinkPantheress’s mixtape Fancy That. As for bands, as well as Pulp, the Irish band Fontaine...

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2 h. ago Why Russian drones over Poland are so dangerous for the world

The incursion into Polish airspace may be an accident, but it is a risk that Putin is happy to take given the level of impunity Russia has faced for its actions, writes World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley

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3 h. ago 'It just stinks' – Ruben Amorim accused of taking huge risk at Manchester United

Manchester United signed goalkeeper Senne Lammens from Royal Antwerp on transfer deadline day, but Ruben Amorim has been warned it will not solve his problems at the back

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3 h. ago Standard employment campaign: 'Nothing stops a bullet like a job'

How an innovative charity turns knives into gyms — and “at-risk” young people into role models and employees

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3 h. ago When is World Suicide Prevention Day 2025 and what support is available?

Everything you need to know about World Suicide Prevention Day

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3 h. ago Nepal protesters have torched parliament and toppled the government. So what happens now?

Nepal’s political class has been effectively wiped out in an extraordinary 24 hours of unrest. With no obvious leaders among the student movement that swept Kathmandu, there are few candidates remaining to take the country forward. Namita Singh reports

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3 h. ago Historical Cornwall port town blighted by 'eyesore' abandoned £40M student flats

The half-built block, which was designed for 528 students, has been targeted by arsonists and is 'attracting delinquency'

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4 h. ago A Splintering by Dur e Aziz Amna review – a woman’s ambitions in Pakistan

This novel fizzes with energy as it follows the parallel lives of two siblings and exposes the crushing divides of gender and classI admired Dur e Aziz Amna’s precise and lyrical first novel, American Fever; the protagonist – an exchange student from Pakistan to rural Oregon – staying with me long after I encountered her. She has now delivered a superb second novel that features another fascinating central character, though in a much darker, more disturbing context.A Splintering is the story of Tara, one of five siblings from a poor farming family in the hinterlands of Pakistani Punjab. This is the kind of landscape where age-old codes of manhood, with brother or son as provider and adjudicator of women’s lives, still rule. Tara, gazing at the stars from their courtyard at night, wants to get away from the squalor of Mazinagar (literally, past city), where most people live and die unnoticed, and build a life full of money and possessions in the city. She has no romantic notions...

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4 h. ago Russian drones shot down by Poland is Nato’s most dangerous test for decades

The incursion into Polish airspace may be an accident, but it is a risk that Putin is happy to take given the level of impunity Russia has faced for its actions, writes World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley

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4 h. ago Russia's 'unprecedented violation' of Poland's air space branded an 'act of war' as Poland plans response and Zelensky issues dire warning

American politicians reacted as Poland said it shot down Russian suicide drones when devices 'repeatedly violated' its airspace during an attack on Ukraine.

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5 h. ago Inquiry into disgraced surgeon Sam Eljamel begins as victim warns he must be held accountable

The inquiry will look at whether Sam Eljamel’s patients were failed by poor oversight, weak risk management and botched complaints procedures.

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5 h. ago Russia's 'unprecedented violation' of NATO air space branded an 'act of war' as Poland plans extraordinary meeting for response

American politicians reacted as Poland said it shot down Russian suicide drones when devices 'repeatedly violated' its airspace during an attack on Ukraine.

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