91 m. ago Pimping websites dubbed the ‘Etsy of exploitation’, as MPs urge Government ban

Conservative MP Rebecca Paul called on the Government to ban advertising of prostitution online.

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22 h. ago Drug shortages put patients at risk with chemists unable to dispense prescriptions daily, health leaders warn

The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) said the Government must urgently grant much greater flexibility for pharmacists (pictured, file photos) to substitute medication when it is safe to do so.

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23 h. ago Government urged to bring forward AI regulations which put ‘humans at heart’

Conservative peer Lord Holmes of Richmond has tabled the Artificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill in the House of Lords in a bid to instigate change.

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2 d. ago Post Office scandal victim, 76, offered payout days after his death as his bereaved wife calls offer 'a slap in the face'

The widow of Terry Walters, who was falsely accused over thousands of pounds in supposed losses from his Hockley branch in 2007, urged the Government to speed up the compensation scheme.

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4 d. ago Alive by Gabriel Weston review – a revelatory study of the body

A doctor draws on science, history, art and her own experiences to help us see human anatomy anewUntil the early 17th century, scientists believed that the heart operated a bit like a lamp, warming blood that had been produced by the liver. In 1616, when the English physician William Harvey corrected this misconception and explained how the heart works, the audience at the Royal College of Physicians booed him. Why did it take so long for scientists to understand the heart’s real function? One possibility is that until the invention of mechanical pumps in the late 16th century, doctors lacked the metaphorical language to describe what the heart does.“The truth of the body is as much about storytelling as it is about anatomy,” the writer and surgeon Gabriel Weston argues in Alive, an unusual and gripping book that she describes as an “ecumenical exploration” of her subject. An English graduate, in her early 20s Weston enrolled in a pioneering medical degree programme designed to enco...

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4 d. ago NHS dentistry facing ‘existential crisis’ with more practices going private amid tax hike

The warning comes as the Liberal Democrats urge the government to exempt the health and social care sector from the April hike to National Insurance contributions, which will cost the sector £3 billion in the next financial year

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6 d. ago Defence spending 'must revive UK manufacturing': Government is urged to buy British in military push

Labour has been urged to use an increase in defence spending to boost UK industry - as governments across Europe face up to the need to rearm.

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6 d. ago Urgent UK recall issued on vital medication as 'quarantine' demand made

A lifesaving medication has been urgently recalled and demanded to be under quarantine by the UK government due to results found during testing

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6 d. ago Government urged to take action against Hong Kong ‘bounty hunters’ in UK

MPs heard letters had been distributed to neighbours of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists.

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7 d. ago AI superintelligence will demolish society as we know it in one year, tech CEO proclaims

Dario Amodei is urging governments to wise up quickly and figure out how daily life will work when Artificial Intelligence is 'better than all of us at everything'

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7 d. ago Ukraine needs ‘strong support from its partners’, Zelenskyy says, after Macron suggests a month’s limited truce – Europe live

Ukraine president posts video showing damage from Russian attacks as French president urges pause in air, sea and critical infrastructure attacksin DublinThe Irish government has drafted legislation to remove a de facto ban on any more than 12 troops being deployed overseas as the country makes significant moves to bolster its bare and weak defence force.European Union is a project of peace, and the project of peace means that security and defence is necessarily a priority, because peace without defence is an illusion. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Anna was overwhelmed by the administrative burden of her job. Self

Over time, she was able to more readily accept the impact of ADHD on her life without labelling this as a character flawThe modern mind is a column where experts discuss mental health issues they are seeing in their workA central tension in psychotherapy is the interplay between acceptance and change. People usually seek therapy because they wish to alter some aspect of their lives. Yet, at its core, therapeutic change often begins with reaching an acceptance that suffering, distress and imperfections are an inherent part of the human experience.While this tension is at the heart of all therapies, there are two forms of therapy that explicitly target this interplay. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Brits Rising Star Myles Smith urges Government to ‘protect’ industry foundations

Smith, who rose to prominence on video-sharing app TikTok, performed his songs Nice To Meet You and Stargazing at the awards ceremony on Saturday.

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9 d. ago Renowned geneticist Francis Collins retires from NIH, urging 'respect' for embattled workers

Dr. Francis Collins, a renowned geneticist, and former longtime director of the National Institutes of Health, is retiring from the government agency and urging “respect” for its embattled workers

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1 week ago AD FEATURE: Check if you are eligible for council tax reduction and claim what's yours

The Welsh Government is urging people to check whether they are due a council tax reduction

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1 week ago Wishaw’s MSP urges constituents to be wary of falsely claimed 'government' scams

Trading Standards Scotland (TSS) advises that cold callers are misleading Scottish homeowners about spray foam insulation.

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1 week ago Brits who need urgent dental treatment could be forced to rely on 'Victoria

The 700,000 extra dental appointments promised by the Government will only cover a third of people who need urgent care, the British Dental Association (BDA) said.

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1 week ago Switch to EVs and heat pumps will save households cash, say climate advisers

The Climate Change Committee is urging the Government to commit to an 87% cut on 1990 levels by 2040 and has set out a cost-effective route to the greenhouse gas emissions cuts required

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1 week ago £10m investment will see Scottish tech at heart of ‘staggering’ mission to measure ripples in space

“Scotland is at the heart of two of humanity’s most important and innovative space science missions” – Paul Bate, UK Space Agency

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1 week ago Parkrun could be NHS’s secret weapon to tackle Britain’s faltering health

Parkrun urges the Government to rollout 'social prescribing' of weekly fun run after partnership with Royal College of GPs gets people exercising and socialising

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