9 h. ago UK weather LIVE: Heatwave maps show exact areas set to peak over 30C today

Temperatures are set to soar above 30C today as weather forecasters expect an official heatwave to be declared soon, while the UK Health Security Agency has issued heat-health alerts

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16 h. ago Australia mushroom trial live: defence set to conclude closing address in murder trial of Erin Patterson

Accused, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder over a beef wellington lunch she served to in-lawsMandy says the prosecution argued Patterson’s phone records showed she did not simply go home and then return to the hospital after she discharged herself.Prosecution said the records were consistent with Paterson travelling south-west of Leongatha. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Defence wraps up its case as marathon murder trial enters its final days

Follow Daily Mail Australia's live coverage of accused mushroom chef Erin Patterson's murder trial here.

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29 h. ago Alert as UK woman dies from terrifying rabies she caught from stray dog

Health officials said the woman contracted the illness following contact with a stray dog. But it was only after they returned to Yorkshire that they were diagnosed.

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32 h. ago Israeli forces kill dozens of Palestinians waiting for UN food aid in Gaza, health officials say

At least 59 Palestinians killed as Israeli tanks accused of shelling crowd gathered at aid delivery site

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33 h. ago No, South Africa’s HIV care is not ‘under control’. To pretend so recalls the dark days of Aids denialism | Yvette Raphael and Sibongile Tshabalala

It is not just Trump’s funding cuts that have led the country to a health crisis. The real collapse comes from a lack of political courage to actNo one should be surprised that the health system in South Africa is straining in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s cruel gutting of HIV funding. What is shocking is the political will to pretend otherwise.As public health workers, researchers, academics, people living with HIV and civil society organisations, we reject the narrative put forward by the government that things are “under control”. Testing has dropped. Frontline workers are being dismissed. Clinics that served our most marginalised communities have closed or are struggling to keep their doors open. And those most affected, such as transgender people, sex workers and drug users, have not been meaningfully included in any transition planning. The National Treasury and the Department of Health are at odds with each other. Officials within the health department are at odds with each...

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36 h. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Defence rubbishes claim Patterson 'wanted to kill' her estranged husband as 'absurd'

Follow Daily Mail Australia's live coverage of accused mushroom chef Erin Patterson's murder trial here.

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40 h. ago At least 51 Palestinians killed while waiting for aid trucks in Gaza, health officials say

At least 51 Palestinians were killed and over 200 wounded in the Gaza Strip while waiting for U.N. and commercial trucks to enter the territory with desperately needed food, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry and a local hospital

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40 h. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Jury hears how Patterson loved and 'respected' her alleged victims as murder trial enters final days

Follow Daily Mail Australia's live coverage of accused mushroom chef Erin Patterson's murder trial here.

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43 h. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Defence gives closing arguments as murder trial enters final days

Follow Daily Mail Australia's live coverage of accused mushroom chef Erin Patterson's murder trial here.

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56 h. ago Health officials issue 'risk to life' alert as UK faces heatwave

The UKHSA alert warns of a greater "risk to life" of vulnerable people as temperatures soar

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58 h. ago Boy, 14, dies days after catching rare bacterial infection as major warning issued

William Hand, 14, woke up unwell, and within hours, died from a rare bacterial infection that has sparked health officials to sound the alarm over its swift and severe symptoms

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60 h. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Defence argues there is an 'absence of motive' in Erin Patterson's murder trial as jury hears closing addresses

Follow Daily Mail Australia's live coverage of accused mushroom chef Erin Patterson's murder trial here.

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66 h. ago Patients angering NHS staff by secretly filming consultations for TikTok and Instagram

The Society of Radiographers (SoR) is calling on health officials to introduce national guidelines that ban covert recording in hospitals and clinics.

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2 d. ago Four sick across two states as health officials warn of salmonella tied to pistachio spread

Four people have been sickened in two states by salmonella poisoning linked to pistachio cream, a nut butter spread

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3 d. ago Erin Patterson thought cancer lie ‘would die’ with lunch guests, prosecution says

Prosecution in Erin Patterson’s triple-murder trial outlined four deceptions at the heart of their case

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3 d. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Prosecution says Patterson 'lied' about feeding her children lunch leftovers to 'help cover her tracks'

Follow Daily Mail Australia's live coverage of accused mushroom chef Erin Patterson's murder trial here.

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3 d. ago Erin Patterson trial hears of ‘four calculated deceptions’ at heart of mushroom lunch case as closing address begins

Prosecutor also tells court Patterson lied about cancer to lunch guests because she thought ‘her lie would die with them’Erin Patterson trial LIVEWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom trial?Four calculated deceptions are at the heart of Erin Patterson’s triple-murder case, the prosecution has claimed in its closing address to the jury, including a lie about cancer the accused hoped would “die with” her lunch guests.On Monday, Nanette Rogers SC spent day 32 of the trial closing the prosecution case, outlining these four deceptions: Patterson’s fabricated cancer claim; the “lethal doses” of death cap mushrooms “secreted” in home-cooked beef wellingtons; Patterson’s attempts to make it seem she also suffered death cap mushroom poisoning; and the “sustained cover-up she embarked upon to conceal the truth”.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Australia mushroom trial live: Erin Patterson intended to kill lunch guests and thought cancer lie ‘would die with them’, prosecution says

Victorian woman, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder following a fatal beef wellington lunch in Leongatha in 2023. Follow liveTears, disagreements and dried mushrooms: how Erin Patterson responded over eight days in the witness boxWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom trial?Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRogers says Patterson chose the meal for the lunch and was responsible for selecting the ingredients.Rogers says the recipe from the RecipeTin Eats book, which Patterson told police she used for the beef wellington did not call for “multiple individual” pasties. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago What is ‘gas station heroin’ and why are health experts sounding the alarm over it?

Health officials want you to think twice before buying brightly colored energy shots and supplements found at convenience stores

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