33 m. ago Daughters born between two decades warned of increased cancer risk

UKHSA advises anyone who believes they were exposed to a specific drug before they were born to get checked out as they could have a higher risk of some cancers

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34 m. ago Woman killed her terminally ill husband along with two of their three children before turning the gun on herself, police say

Emily Long, a self-styled ‘Brain Cancer Wife’ on TikTok, revealed she felt anxious and lonely days before the suspected murder-suicide

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37 m. ago Archeologists unearth Tower of London secrets in first dig in decades

Archeologists unearth Tower of London secrets in first dig in decades  National Geographic

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38 m. ago ‘Russia is targeting us deliberately’: how attacks on maternity hospitals fuelled a birth crisis in Ukraine

Women have been left fearful of childbirth after more than 80 attacks on maternity units since the invasion, leading to the world’s lowest birth rate and the highest mortality rateIt was one of the most horrifying targets of Russia’s war on Ukraine so far. Reports showed a pregnant woman on a stretcher, her face ashen with shock, legs smeared with blood and a hand holding her bump. Behind her, the bombed-out ruins of Mariupol’s maternity hospital. More than a dozen people, including women in labour, were injured in the attack in March 2022. The woman photographed, Iryna Kalinina, later died along with her unborn baby.In the three years since then, maternity care in Ukraine has remained under constant attack, with more than 2,000 strikes on medical facilities, including 81 affecting maternal care and delivery rooms. Just last month, Diana Koshyk, seven months pregnant, was killed when a missile struck a maternity hospital in the eastern Dnipropetrovsk region. Continue reading...

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58 m. ago ‘It became a place for me’: Zoe Ball on coping with grief after Billy Yates’ death

The BBC broadcaster, 54, reflected on her experiences during the latest episode of her podcast Dig It

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86 m. ago US female assassin jailed for 30 years in UK after botched bid to kill Brit businessman

US citizen Aimee Betro, who failed to carry out an assassination attempt on a shop owner, will now spend 30 years behind bars after being found guilty of conspiracy to murder

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88 m. ago Italy is hit with deadly floods as ferocious 'water bomb' storm turns roads into rivers

Sicily has been inundated by aggressive rain and one man has tragically died after a furious storm struck the popular southern island. Bridges have also crumbled with cars being swept away.

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2 h. ago Brits warned as stretch of Costa Blanca coast shut after deadly sea creature invasion

The killer blue dragons sea slug, also known as Glaucus atlanticus, feeds on the deadly Portuguese man o’ war and other venomous aquatic beasts and is known for its dazzling appearance

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2 h. ago 'Final Boss' cure for Covid could finally be here as 99% of infections stopped

Boffins might have uncovered a game changer in their quest to uncover a drug that can beat COVID. In a ground-breaking discovery boffs have found a drug that drops infection rates by 98.6%

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2 h. ago Menendez brothers’ parole hearings to begin as duo who killed parents 35 years ago push for prison release: Live

In 1996, Erik and Lyle Menendez were sentenced to life in prison with no parole for 1989 murders but became eligible for release earlier this year

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2 h. ago Dawson’s Creek cast reunite for cancer awareness after James Van Der Beek diagnosis

Show’s creator said he was honoured to ‘support our beautiful friend’

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2 h. ago 'Health of society' damaged by white working class pupils being left behind, warns Bridget Phillipson

Education Secretary says Britain’s productivity has been suffering as a result of poor white working class children’s exam results

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2 h. ago Ayrshire couple slam GP practice amid claims cancer diagnosis was almost missed

Martin Dorans says his wife Diane, 69, struggled to get a face-to-face appointment with a doctor at Station Road Medical Practice in Prestwick.

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2 h. ago Emmanuel Macron says he is suing US influencer to 'defend his honour' over ludicrous claims wife Brigitte was born a man

French president Emmanuel Macron has claimed the lawsuit he and his wife have filed against right-wing American influencer Candace Owens was put forward to 'defend his honour.'

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3 h. ago ‘I learnt to dig every little thing’: Jeff Bridges on cancer, the Coens, and the Covid that nearly killed him

The ‘Big Lebowski’ star talks to Patrick Smith about his 70-year acting career and being ‘afraid’ of making movies

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3 h. ago Tormented final days of mum who shot husband and two kids as tragic last promise revealed

Emily Long, 34, uploaded a series of distressing TikTok videos in the lead up to the deaths, detailing her struggles to come to terms with her husband's terminal brain cancer diagnosis

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3 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing's Amy Dowden issues 'fast forward' update after tribute to people who 'saved her life'

The professional dancer has openly shared her breast cancer in a bid to raise awareness and support others

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3 h. ago Huge breakthrough for cancer which hits 8,000 Britons a year: 'Treatment could double chances of survival'

It marks the first significant change to treatment of stage 4 bladder cancer-which accounts for one in ten cases-since the 1980s.

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4 h. ago Menendez brothers’ parole hearing to begin as duo who killed parents 30 years ago push for prison release: Live

Erik and Lyle Menendez were sentenced to life in prison with no parole in 1996 for 1989 murders but became eligible for release earlier this year

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4 h. ago Menendez brothers’ parole hearings to begin as duo who killed parents 30 years ago push for prison release: Live

Erik and Lyle Menendez were sentenced to life in prison with no parole in 1996 for 1989 murders but became eligible for release earlier this year

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