3 h. ago Bedbound disabled woman struggling after cancer death of husband faces TV Licence prosecution

TV Licensing brought the prosecution against the woman after noting she is disabled and has mental health struggles

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6 h. ago Lung cancer warning for foods which make up ‘half the average diet’ after new study

A study linked ultra-processed foods to 32 harmful health effects including a higher risk of heart disease, cancer, type 2 diabetes, adverse mental health and early death

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7 h. ago TV Licence conviction for bedbound disabled woman struggling after cancer death of husband

TV Licensing brought the prosecution against the woman after noting she is disabled and has mental health struggles

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15 h. ago Breast cancer death rates plummet to new low in UK thanks to early diagnosis and better treatments

Deaths from the disease fell by 41 per cent between the 1970s and 2023, and by 16 per cent over the past ten years alone.

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25 h. ago I was catapulted out of my body into heaven after I flatlined during surgery. When I returned there was no trace of my cancer

Rosemary Thornton, an author living in the Midwest, suffered a near-death experience (NDE) while undergoing cervical cancer surgery. What followed left her stunned.

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3 d. ago Paloma Faith breaks down in tears saying friend died moments after they spoke

Chart-topping singer Paloma Faith has reflected on the 'slow' death of a friend who had been diagnosed with cancer - and who died soon after she left a final message for him

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5 d. ago Cricket star Andrew Strauss, 48, gets married to PR executive 18 years his junior

The 48-year-old walked down the aisle with Antonia Linnaeus-Peat, 30, on December 17 in the wine town of Franschhoek, South Africa, the country of his birth.

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7 d. ago Woman gets TV Licence criminal conviction after her house burned down

The woman was prosecuted over TV Licence payments that were missed when her husband lost his job

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7 d. ago Woman faces TV Licence conviction after her house burned down

The woman was prosecuted over TV Licence payments that were missed when her husband lost his job

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7 d. ago Man 'ripped woman's jacket' trying to steal her phone in 'struggle' at West London Tube station

Man 'ripped woman's jacket' trying to steal her phone in 'struggle' at West London Tube station  My London

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8 d. ago Australian state premier apologises after husband caught drink driving

Jacinta Allan says she’s ‘disappointed and embarrassed’ after husband Yorick Piper loses driver’s licence for failing breath test

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8 d. ago TOM LEONARD: How the exploits of celebrated doctor Oliver Sacks

On his death, aged 82, from terminal cancer in 2015, he was hailed as the 'Poet Laureate of contemporary medicine'.

Society

8 d. ago Victorian premier ‘deeply shocked, disappointed and embarrassed’ after husband caught drink driving

Jacinta Allan says husband Yorick Piper lost his driver’s licence after being intercepted for a random breath test in Bendigo on Thursday morningFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA tearful Jacinta Allan says she’s “deeply shocked, disappointed and embarrassed” after her husband lost his driving licence after being caught drink-driving during a trip to the supermarket.The Victorian premier on Friday revealed her husband, Yorick Piper, was intercepted for a random breath test in Bendigo on his way to buy some groceries just before 9am on Thursday morning. He had been involved in a minor collision at an intersection shortly before the test. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Freezing Point by Anders Bodelsen review – a prescient classic of cryogenics

This resurrected Danish novel about a man who is ‘frozen down’, awaking in an Orwellian dystopia two decades later, is inventive, funny and all too timelyIn the Danish author’s uncannily prescient novel, first published in 1969, the year is 1973 and Bruno works as a fiction editor for a popular weekly magazine; his talent for generating story ideas makes him indispensable to his authors. Invited for dinner at the home of one of them, Bruno finds himself seated next to a woman named Jenny, a struggling ballet dancer with a gloomy aspect and no sense of humour. Bruno is drawn to her nonetheless, and finds himself inventing stories about her. The following day, he is admitted to hospital to undergo tests: a small lump on the side of his neck has raised some concerns. Bruno cannot help feeling the two events are somehow connected.It comes as little surprise to Bruno when he learns he has cancer. The doctor in charge of his case, Josef Ackerman, offers a choice: he can either undergo the...

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2 w. ago Scots teacher who faked cancer death axes kids' dancing lessons after being unmasked

Lara Simpson, who was unmasked as "Teacher F" was found to be teaching private dancing lessons to kids after convincing colleagues at a primary school she had died.

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2 w. ago ALEXANDRA SHULMAN'S NOTEBOOK: The surprising details at Skye Gyngell's funeral that made it the most beautiful goodbye I've ever witnessed

Skye Gyngell, one of the country's most influential cooks and restaurateurs, died a few weeks ago, aged 63. She had been ill with a rare skin cancer for 18 months and her death was not unexpected.

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2 w. ago After Mail expose, the teacher who duped pupils by faking her own death cancels her dancing tuition classes

A former teacher who was struck off for lying about having cancer and even faking her own death has scrapped her dance lessons for children after she was exposed.

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3 w. ago San Francisco announces lawsuit against food makers claiming ‘ultra

Consuming ultraprocessed foods has been tied to premature death and cancer

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3 w. ago Christmas wreath hanging method with 'zero damage or effort' uses 1 item

A woman who struggled to close her front door due to the thickness of her festive wreath's metal hanger says she came up with her solution out of 'pure desparation'

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4 w. ago Why the rejection of a national prostate cancer screening programme could mean a death sentence for men like me: KEITH MORGAN

One in four black men will get prostate cancer. For the rest of the population, it's one in eight. These are shocking statistics but, as a black man in my forties, these aren't just numbers to me.

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