28 h. ago Public health experts urge Britons to wear masks and isolate if infected as cases of new Covid variants Nimbus and Stratus soar

Leading experts from Warwick University and the University of Leeds have revealed how to stay safe amid a worrying surge in Covid cases sweeping the UK.

Science

34 h. ago Man with Down's Syndrome 'starved to death' in hospital after mistake by staff

Adrian Poulton died just two weeks after being admitted to hospital - but his family believed he was being fed.

Events

36 h. ago Man with Down's Syndrome 'starved to death after hospital mistake'

Adrian Poulton, 56, died in an NHS hospital in September 2021, with an internal report later finding that a lack of nutrition had contributed to his death

Events

56 h. ago Woman who adopted raw 'fruitarian' diet starves to death in Bali hotel room

Karolina Krzyzak, 27, began the experimental diet - consuming only raw fruit - when she was aged 19 and became obsessed with body image and the concept of 'clean eating'.

Events

59 h. ago UK university graduate who starved to death from fruit diet pleaded for help over symptoms

Leeds University graduate Karolina Krzyak dropped to as little as 4.2 stone after consuming only raw fruit until she was so weak that she could not even turn over in bed

Events

61 h. ago Woman, 27, starves to death in Bali hotel room after weighing 3.5 stone on 'fruitarian' diet

Karolina Krzyzak, who is from Poland but moved to the UK to study at Leeds University, weighed hardly anything after she started following an extreme diet when she was a teenager

Events

65 h. ago Woman, 27, starves to death in Bali hotel room after adopting raw 'fruitarian' diet

Karolina Krzyzak began consuming only raw fruits when she was aged 19 but by the time she died she weighed as little as 3.5 stone, her fingernails had turned yellow and her teeth were rotting

Events

3 d. ago Reclusive vegetarian couple 'deliberately starved daughter, three, to death by feeding her little more than butter, lentils and yogurt', court hears

The body of Penelope Chandrie was found at her home in west London on December 17, 2023, after her mother called a funeral director and told them her daughter had died.

Events

3 d. ago How a Leeds University student who suffered from anorexia tragically starved to death in a hotel room in Bali after adopting a raw vegan 'fruitarian' diet

At 27, the Polish-native and former Leeds University student tragically died alone in a hotel room in Bali of malnutrition, having adopted the restrictive routine.

Events

9 d. ago Vegas skydiving instructor and student went into spiral after parachute malfunctioned and suffered critical injuries

Skydivers were taken to University Medical Center in Las Vegas in critical condition, police say

Society

1 week ago Bali blocks new hotel and restaurant permits following deadly flooding

New construction on rice fields will not be permitted, said Indonesian officials

Events

1 week ago Student, 20, who had beaten cancer dies two weeks after suffering flu

Josh Abbott-Littler rang the 'all clear' bell at The Christie cancer hospital in south Manchester in May 2024, but died just over a year later from sepsis caused by a bacterial infection.

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2 w. ago Revealed: The 14 NHS trusts facing national investigation into their maternity care

Leeds Teaching Hospitals and Oxford University Hospitals among the trusts to be scrutinised in Baroness Amos review

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2 w. ago COMO Shambhala Estate, Bali, Indonesia: Is this the world’s most restorative hotel?

Yes, paradise still exists in Bali. Hayley Spencer has a transformative stay at the COMO group’s celebrity-loved wellness destination in Ubud

Politics

3 w. ago 'World's scariest waterslide' saw swimmers starved of oxygen in 'near death experience'

Many swimmers had no idea what they were signing up for, and were hit with the 'longest 10 seconds of their life' from an underwater slide that left them gasping for air

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