17 h. ago Thousands evacuated in Spain amid deadly wildfires and new heatwave

Temperatures of 44C predicted as blazes rage across EuropeEurope live – latest updatesAlmost 6,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in northern, central and southern Spain as wildfires continue to burn amid a heatwave that could bring temperatures of 44C to some parts of the country.The deadly heat across large parts of Europe has created what scientists have called a “molotov cocktail” of climatic conditions that is fuelling vast wildfires. Continue reading...

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29 h. ago How our 'killer' immune cells can be harnessed to beat diabetes and arthritis

Around four million people in the UK live with an autoimmune condition, according to a major study published in The Lancet.

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36 h. ago Disabled Londoners being failed by 'chronic' shortage of accessible housing, Sadiq Khan warned

Lack of homes for people with access needs to live independently has led to ‘deeply distressing’ conditions, according to chair of London Assembly housing committee

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40 h. ago People who live to 100 all share a 'superhuman' ability, scientists discover... could YOU be one of them?

While healthy eating and regular exercise can boost overall health, scientists now say the secret to a long life may actually be an innate ability to delay and even avoid disease.

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40 h. ago People who live to be 100 have one 'superhuman' quality say new studies

New studies have found that people who live to be 100 have a 'superhuman' ability - and it's all down to one factor, according to the research

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44 h. ago New research finds the one reason some people live to be 100

Two major studies found the same factor sees a fraction of people become centenatians

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59 h. ago Edinburgh fire LIVE: Arthur's Seat up in flames as people 'flee down hill'

A major fire has broken out on Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh with people seeing fleeing down the hill to avoid the flames currently blazing across the iconic landmark

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3 d. ago There's a city by the seaside where only 1,700 people live, and it's absolutely out of this world

This tiny city was built on the site of the monastery and is surrounded by spectacular coastal scenery

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3 d. ago Police arrest over 450 people at protest supporting Palestine Action in London: Live

Police arrest over 450 people at protest supporting Palestine Action in London: Live  The Independent

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3 d. ago London protests live: Police arrest more than 450 people as hundreds rally in support of Palestine Action

Separately, thousands took part in Palestine Solidarity march through London to protest against humanitarian crisis in Gaza

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3 d. ago London protests live: Police arrest 466 people as hundreds rally in support of Palestine Action

London protests live: Police arrest 466 people as hundreds rally in support of Palestine Action  The Independent

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3 d. ago Police arrest 466 people at protest in support of Palestine Action in London: Live

Police arrest 466 people at protest in support of Palestine Action in London: Live  The Independent

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3 d. ago London protests live: Police arrest more than 350 people as hundreds rally in support of Palestine Action

Demonstrators are campaigning to lift the terror ban on protest group Palestine Action

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3 d. ago London protests live: Police arrest 200 people as hundreds rally in support of Palestine Action

Demonstrators are campaigning to lift the terror ban on protest group Palestine Action

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3 d. ago London protests live: Police arrest 150 people as hundreds rally in support of Palestine Action

Demonstrators are campaigning to lift the terror ban on protest group Palestine Action

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3 d. ago London protests live: Police arrest more than 50 people as hundreds rally in support of Palestine Action

Demonstrators are campaigning to lift the terror ban on protest group Palestine Action

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3 d. ago Palestine Action protests LIVE: More than 50 arrested in London as people defy 'terror group' ban

Several protestors have been arrested in Westminster at demonstrations in support of the Palestine Action group

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3 d. ago Times Square shooting LIVE: 'Bodies on the ground after multiple people shot at New York hotspot'

Videos from Times Square, New York, show police rushing to the scene of the tourist hotspot after a shooter reportedly opened fire overnight, targeting three people

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5 d. ago Secrets of Pompeii's survivors, revealed: Study reveals how brave people RETURNED to live in the ruins after the devastating eruption of Mount Vesuvius

The ancient Italian city of Pompeii soon experienced a second life after it was blanketed by pumice and ash from the Mount Vesuvius eruption of AD 79, say experts.

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6 d. ago ‘Worrying’ levels of screen time means young people losing confidence to socialise in person, minister warns – UK politics live

Culture secretary Lisa Nandy says ‘majority of young people spend all, or almost all, of their free time alone in their bedrooms, online’Rachel Reeves will need to raise taxes to close a government spending gap that is on course to reach more than £40bn after a slowdown in economic growth and higher-than-expected inflation, according to the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR), a thinktank. Phillip Inman has the story.Good morning. Keir Starmer is out on a visit today and he will be doing broadcast interviews. It may be the only time we hear from him this week, and there is no shortage of topics that journalists will want to ask him about. By the end of the day we may get new, or newish, lines on Gaza, the “one in, one out” returns deal with France, tax rises and the black hole in the government’s finances (priced at more than £40bn, according to a report from a well-respected thinktank today), Ukraine, the case for and against disclosing suspects’ immigration ...

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