57 h. ago 'I took a DNA test for fun but accidentally lifted lid on 30

Kate took a DNA test as a bit of fun and to prove people wrong about her family background - but it uncovered a devastating family secret that turned out to change her life forever

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5 d. ago Man United get huge Watkins and Martinez double transfer boost as Aston Villa handed major fine

Manchester United are linked with Aston Villa players Emiliano Martinez and Ollie Watkins as the club are fine almost £10million by Uefa for breaching financial regulations

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5 d. ago Chelsea: Blues cop hefty UEFA fine after breaching financial fair play regulations

Barcelona, Lyon, and Aston Villa are also among the clubs facing fines

Sport

5 d. ago Chelsea handed staggering UEFA fine for breaching FFP rules as Aston Villa also punished

Chelsea and Aston Villa have both been fined for failing to comply with financial regulations put in place by European football's governing body

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7 d. ago Scientists celebrate ‘historic milestone’ as remains of man identified 12 years after death

The system relies on the millions of members of the public who have taken consumer DNA tests

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8 d. ago Rapist and murderer, 92, to die in jail six decades after horror attack

Evil Ryland Headley raped and murdered Louisa Dunne in 1967 and claimed his innocence, but modern forensic tests on DNA preserved since the 1960s proved he was the killer.

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1 week ago Lockerbie suitcase in landmark DNA test that may finally put 'bomb maker' behind bars

Scientists are now looking at DNA discovered on the Lockerbie bomb suitcase

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1 week ago Justices side with Texas death row inmate seeking DNA testing to show he shouldn't be executed

The Supreme Court has ruled for a Texas death row inmate who's seeking DNA testing to show he should be ineligible for execution

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2 w. ago Fresh twist in hunt for 'Italy's Madeleine McCann': DNA tests to be carried out on woman resembling missing girl who vanished on picnic aged three 29 years ago

Angela Celentano disappeared in 1996, aged three, while at a picnic with her parents in Monte Faito - years later, a woman told police she had been kidnapped and was being kept on a Turkish island.

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2 w. ago Cancer breakthrough as 'personalised treatment' could transform chemotherapy success in UK

Scientists have created a DNA test to predict resistance to life-saving chemotherapy in cancer patients

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2 w. ago Cancer breakthrough could transform chemotherapy success rates in UK

Tens of thousands of cancer patients going through gruelling chemotherapy could have DNA test to predict which form of the drug most likely to kill their cancer

Politics

2 w. ago Government will not be lenient with Thames Water creditors, suggests Reed

The company’s creditors have asked regulators to go easy over performance targets and fines for environmental failings.

Politics

2 w. ago UK rebuffs Thames Water creditor demands as administration looms

Bondholders’ rescue plan for utility hinges on waivers from regulations and fines, documents show

Politics

3 w. ago DNA testing firm 23andMe fined £2.31m for ‘serious security failings’

A cyber attack on the genetic testing firm saw personal information of 155,592 UK residents accessed in a major cyber attack in 2023.

Economics

3 w. ago DNA testing firm 23andMe fined £2.3m by UK regulator for 2023 data hack

Information stolen from US company included details of 150,000 British residents including family treesThe genetic testing company 23andMe has been fined more than £2.3m for failing to protect the personal information of more than 150,000 UK residents after a large-scale cyberattack in 2023.Family trees, health reports, names and postcodes were among the sensitive data hacked from the California-based company. It only confirmed the breach months after the infiltration started and once an employee saw the stolen data advertised for sale on the social media platform Reddit, according to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office – which levied the fine. Continue reading...

Economics

3 w. ago Man formerly on death row can't serve 2 life terms at the same time, Tennessee Supreme Court rules

The Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled that a Memphis judge did not have the authority to give a man formerly on death row concurrent sentences of life in prison

Events

3 w. ago A plane crashed on a doctors' hostel in India. Those who survived began treating the injured

Medical students who survived when an Air India plane crashed into their hostel in Ahmedabad say their first reaction was to help treat the injured

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3 w. ago Ahmedabad Plane Crash Updates: 47 Victims Identified Through DNA Testing, Vijay Rupani's Funeral Tomorrow

Ahmedabad Plane Crash Updates: 47 Victims Identified Through DNA Testing, Vijay Rupani's Funeral Tomorrow  NDTV

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3 w. ago Authorities start handing remains of Air India crash victims over to relatives

Indian authorities have started handing over remains of the victims of one of India’s worst aviation disasters after identifying some through DNA tests

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3 w. ago He flew home to bury his father. The Air India crash took his life

As families wait for DNA tests to confirm the identities of their loved ones who perished in the Air India crash, harrowing stories emerge from the decade’s worst aviation disaster, Namita Singh reports from Ahmedabad

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