39 h. ago Alec Baldwin says tragic Rust shooting 'took 10 years off my life' as he reveals toll ordeal took on his health

The Oscar-nominated actor, 67, spoke with the podcast Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction on Friday about what he experienced personally in the wake of the traumatic incident.

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4 d. ago The Guardian view on gene editing: breakthroughs need a new social contract | Editorial

Cutting-edge therapies exist, but the market cannot deliver them cheaply. Britain must build NHS capacity so that cures become collective goods, not expensive productsJust a small fraction of our 20,000 genes can cause disease when disrupted – yet that sliver accounts for thousands of rare disorders. The difficulty is: what can a doctor do to treat them? In a common condition such as type 2 diabetes, the underlying biology is similar for millions of patients. The doctor can prescribe metformin. But with a genetic disorder, the mutation might only affect a small number of people worldwide. In many cases, doctors won’t even know which mutation is responsible, let alone how to fix it.Novel gene-editing breakthroughs are making headlines. But therapies are expensive and complex to develop. The cost of bringing any new drug to patients is now around $2bn, in part because, as Brian David Smith notes in New Drugs, Fair Prices, the “success rate, from discovery to market, is ...

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4 d. ago How Muslim gangs rule our prisons: Inmates use boiling cooking oil and hoax suicide vests to rule behind bars... and officers are powerless to stop them

With its filthy cells, rampant drug use and a 'pervasive sense of despair', HMP Swaleside exemplifies many of the problems afflicting modern British prisons.

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6 d. ago Serial killer dies with priest praying at his feet after gut

A ruthless serial killer helped Florida achieve a blockbuster year for executions on Thursday, succumbing to a three-drug cocktail while a priest prayed at his feet

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6 d. ago More drug companies sign on to Trump’s health exchange that promises to lower prescription prices

Administration officials say the ‘Trump Rx’ website should be up and running next month

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8 d. ago Weight loss drug ads banned in UK for 'exploiting insecurities'

The ban comes after ads promoting the medicines 'targeted new mums' and 'exploited insecurities about body image'

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9 d. ago Weight loss drug ads banned for exploiting body image insecurities

One of the ads perpetuated pressures on new mothers, the advertising watchdog says

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1 week ago Jade Goody's mother Jackiey Budden enjoys wild weekend singing karaoke and dancing on tables as grandson Freddy Brazier shows his support after mending their relationship

The Celebrity Big Brother alum, 68, looked to be having the time of her life as Lisa shared a slew of videos from the raucous evening to social media.

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1 week ago Amy Hart reveals she is battling anxiety after falling pregnant following two miscarriages as she hits out at mum

The former Love Island star, 31, announced last month she's set to welcome another baby with her husband Sam Rason, admitting at the time it had been a 'difficult' journey to conceive.

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1 week ago Deported convict migrant boasts on British streets after sneaking back into UK as ‘borders treated like revolving door’

A BRAZEN criminal who was deported multiple times has been seen boasting on British streets after sneaking back into the UK. Convicted Czech drug dealer Patrik Durac, 27, was expelled from the country indefinitely in 2023 following a string of offences including violent disorder and supplying Class A drugs. But it has now been revealed...

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1 week ago Freddy Brazier reveals he has reconnected with estranged grandmother Jackiey Budden after claiming she 'lied to him'

Freddy, 21, reveals the pair attended Albin's memorial service in remembrance of his mother, Jade Goody - who is also the late daughter of Jackiey.

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2 w. ago Stop Labour's 'grotesque' puberty drug experiment: Top Tory calls trial on 226 children 'chemical castration' as campaigners launch bid to halt it

Campaigners say the testing of the controversial drugs on gender-questioning youngsters is unlawful and unethical, as the Tories branded the NHS-backed experiment as 'grotesque'.

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2 w. ago Stop Labour's 'grotesque' puberty drug experiment: Top Tory calls trial on 220 children's 'chemical castration' as campaigners launch bid to halt it

Campaigners say the testing of the controversial drugs on gender-questioning youngsters is unlawful and unethical, as the Tories branded the NHS-backed experiment as 'grotesque'.

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2 w. ago 'Human Barbie' TikTok star could be 'dug up' amid fears she was 'strangled to death'

Bárbara Jankavski Marquez died last month following what São Paulo police believed was a drug overdose - prosecutors are now exploring whether she may have been murdered

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2 w. ago Freddy Brazier row with ex Holly Swinburn deepens over claims she is 'smoking while pregnant'

The pair, who recently split, have been locked in an increasingly public row

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2 w. ago The Latest: Hegseth tells congressional leaders he is weighing release of boat strike video

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is weighing whether to release the full video of an attack on an alleged drug boat that legal experts said may have been a war crime or murder, awakening the Republican-controlled Congress to its oversight role

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2 w. ago Freddy Brazier's bitter row with his ex girlfriend Holly Swinburn escalates amid claims she's 'smoking while pregnant with his child'

Freddy Brazier is reportedly lock in a bitter row with his ex girlfriend Holly Swinburn over claims she is smoking cigarettes while pregnant with their child. 

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2 w. ago Freddy Brazier is 'banned' from Essex's celebrity hotspot Sheesh as he suffers latest woe after split from his pregnant girlfriend Holly

The son of Jade and Jeff Brazier, 21, who is expecting his first child with Holly Swinburn, 22, was turned away from the venue on Wednesday, according to The Sun.

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2 w. ago US airstrike survivors clung to boat wreckage for an hour before second deadly attack, video shows

Footage seen by US senators shows two unarmed, shirtless men struggling to stay afloat before they were killed in follow-up action, sources say Experts say Trump’s ‘drug boat’ war is legally shakyTwo men who survived a US airstrike on a suspected drug smuggling boat in the Caribbean clung to the wreckage for an hour before they were killed in a second attack, according a video of the episode shown to senators in Washington.The men were shirtless, unarmed and carried no visible radio or other communications equipment. They also appeared to have no idea what had just hit them, or that the US military was weighing whether to finish them off, two sources familiar with the recording told Reuters. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Freddy Brazier sends heartbreaking message to mum, Jade Goody, as he prepares to become a dad

Freddy Brazier is paying tribute to his late mum, Jade Goody, in a beautiful yet heart wrenching way as he counts down to the birth of his first child with ex-girlfriend Holly Swinburn

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