67 h. ago Wimbledon Order of Play: Day 4 schedule with Jack Draper, Novak Djokovic and Dan Evans in action

One Briton is bidding to defend an unlikely invincible record, as another aims to reach uncharted territory

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3 d. ago Call to 'target' babies as childhood obesity reaches record level

Almost a quarter of children in Year Six are now obese

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3 d. ago Childhood obesity in Scotland 'growing alarmingly' as experts call for food industry crackdown

Young Scots from the most deprived parts of the country have double the risk of experiencing obesity than those livng in the most affluent areas.

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3 d. ago Child’s first 1000 days of life ‘critical’ in preventing obesity, academics say

In the UK, 1.3 million children are obese, and a further 2.3 million are overweight

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3 d. ago Hottest day of the year recorded as temperatures in the UK hit 34C

Temperatures in the capital almost reached 35C on Tuesday, as the Met Office reported record-breaking temperatures in June

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8 d. ago Shocking one in 4 young women have self harmed...while suicide attempts reach record highs

Data also showed a fifth of all adults aged 16 to 74 had symptoms of a common mental health problem such as depression or anxiety.

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8 d. ago Crown courts at ‘breaking point’ as backlog reaches new record high

Almost 77,000 crown court cases were waiting to be heard in March, figures show

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9 d. ago World’s most valuable company Nvidia reaches record new high price

Nvidia leads the race to become the first ever $4tn public listed company

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1 week ago Store owner on shoplifting hell of terrifying knife threats and thefts

A store owner says he fears for the safety of his staff as shoplifting reaches record levels in Scotland

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1 week ago Tens of millions swelter as heatwave blankets the central and eastern US

Several cities are under extreme heat warnings as high temperatures and humidity grip parts of the countryThe National Weather Service (NWS) has issued several extreme heat warnings and advisories as a dangerous and prolonged wave of high temperatures and humidity blankets much of the central and eastern US, with the worst conditions expected to persist into the middle of this week.Several locations recorded their hottest temperatures of the year over the weekend: Salt Lake City, Utah, hit 104F (40C) on Thursday, its first triple-digit reading of 2025, and on Saturday the city of Mitchell in South Dakota also reached 104F, surpassing its previous daily record of 101F (38.3C). Daily high records were broken in parts of Minnesota, Wyoming and Michigan. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Heatwave hell as passengers are 'slow cooked' on stuck trains for hours amid 34C heat

Met Office forecasters have warned  that while record-breaking temperatures look set to be reached today, Britons should prepare for a substantial downpour in the aftermath.

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2 w. ago UK could record another warmest day of year as temperatures set to reach 33C

Temperatures reached as high as 32.2C in London on Thursday

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3 w. ago Liverpool 'reach agreement' for Bayer Leverkusen forward Florian Wirtz in British record deal

The deal could become a British transfer record if add-ons are activated

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3 w. ago Scotland's jails at 'breaking point' as prison officers demand urgent action on overcrowding

A damning new report from the prison warder’s union has laid bare staff fears after jail numbers reached record levels.

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3 w. ago Cases of Victorian ‘bleeding disease’ reach record UK high as urgent warning issued

Typhoid cases in the UK have reached an all time high, with health officials warning of an antibiotic-resistant strain that puts infected people at risk of having severe complications

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3 w. ago Urgent warning to UK travellers amid 'record high levels' of deadly Victorian disease

Cases of the "serious preventable illnesses" have reached record highs in Britain

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3 w. ago Major warning as UK cases of Victorian 'bleeding disease' reach record high

Health officials warned the number of people in the UK with the highly contagious-and potentially deadly infection-is now at an all-time high.

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