3 d. ago Civil servant faces jail after pocketing £40,000 in bogus expenses and faking sick note so he could travel the world

Maurice Okello, 39, pleaded guilty at Southwark Crown Court to forging an unfit to work note so he could go on holiday and fraudulently claiming £41,476.91 under the guise of work travel.

Economics

2 w. ago ITV Emmerdale's John Sugden identity twist as fans 'work out' who's in hospital bed

Emmerdale viewers were left with a mystery on their hands on Wednesday, as John Sugden was seen visiting a patient in hospital - but fans are pretty sure they know who it is

Politics

2 w. ago Emotional moment woman meets transplant patient who received her twin sister’s hands

Watch the moment Deborah Gosling met Corinne Hutton - the transplant patient who received her twin sister’s hands.

Science

3 w. ago HALF of all sick notes are handed out without the patient seeing a doctor, damning government study reveals

The bombshell study also reveals that more than a third (39 per cent) of recipients said it is easy to get one even 'when not really needed'.

Science

3 w. ago Using a satnav in old age helps people keep driving independence for longer, study shows

Government-funded study based on 895 drivers with an average age of 71 suggests helping elderly people use GPS apps on their smartphones keeps them able to drive independently into old age

Politics

3 w. ago Trump makes sweeping HIV research and grant cuts: ‘setting us back decades’

Trump administration’s slashes to prevention and access expansion likely to erode progress on eliminating epidemicThe federal government has cancelled dozens of grants to study how to prevent new HIV infections and expand access to care, decimating progress toward eliminating the epidemic in the United States, scientists say.Over the last month, more than 300 research projects funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have been terminated – 65 of them were specifically related to researching advancements in HIV care. Some scientists were notified about losing funding as recently as last Thursday. NIH, a division of the Department of Health and Human Services, is the largest funding source of medical research in the world, leaving many scientists scrambling to figure out how to continue their work. Continue reading...

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