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A fresh study by scientists at the Xi'an Jiaotong University in China has revealed the minerals which lower or increase your risk of depression.

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89 m. ago World's first lung cancer vaccine to enter clinical trials... but quitting smoking is still recommended as top way to avoid developing the disease

Patients at high risk of potentially deadly lung cancer will soon be able to receive the world's first ever vaccine designed to prevent the disease.

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1 hour ago Charli XCX details the highs and lows of fame and reveals why being a pop star is 'really embarrassing' in painfully honest Substack post

The British singer developed a niche following of fiercely loyal fans following the release of her debut album, True Romance, in 2013.

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2 h. ago UK ‘most expensive place’ to build nuclear power, review finds

Government panel’s final report calls for ‘radical reset’ of planning and environmental rules to get reactors built faster and cheaperBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK has become the “most expensive place in the world” to build a nuclear power station because of overly complex bureaucracy and regulation, according to a government review.The nuclear regulatory taskforce was set up by Keir Starmer in February after the government promised to rip up “archaic rules” and slash regulations to “get Britain building”. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Love Actually star and 'inspiration' behind Narnia dies as tributes pour in

Actress Jill Freud, who shared some of her teen years in the company of famous author CS Lewis, started her career on the West End before branching out across Hollywood

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3 h. ago Britain is 'most expensive place in world' to develop nuclear energy as experts demand Labour cut red tape in 'radical reset'

Independent investigators said overly complex regulation had led to a 'relative decline' in the country's leadership position and higher energy costs for consumers.

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4 h. ago BREAKING Driver 'ploughs into crowd then flees' as at least one dead and 10 injured

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4 h. ago How rolling sand dunes are creeping up on last remaining oases on edge of Sahara

In western Chad, villagers are desperately trying to hold back the sand as the climate crisis wreaks havoc on one of the hottest countries in the worldOn the ochre sands of Kanem, the neat vegetable gardens and silver-green palm trees of Kaou oasis stand out, incongruous in this desert province of 70,000 sq km in western Chad.Oases such as this, on the edge of the Sahara, have sustained human life in the world’s deserts for thousands of years. Globally, an estimated 150 million people rely on the water, arable land and access to trade networks they provide. But in Chad, such oases are disappearing fast. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Another Cop wrecked by fossil fuel interests and our leaders’ cowardice – but there is another way | Genevieve Guenther

The fingerprints of Russia and Saudi Arabia are all over the decision text in Brazil. But a group of nations led by Colombia and the Netherlands offer hopeGenevieve Guenther is the founding director of End Climate SilenceThe 30th conference of the parties (Cop30), the annual climate summit of all nations party to the UNFCCC, just ended. Stakeholders are out in the media trying spin the outcome as a win. Simon Stiell, climate change executive secretary for the UN is, for instance, praising Cop30 for showing that “climate cooperation is alive and kicking, keeping humanity in the fight for a liveable planet”. But let us be clear. The conference was a failure. Its outcome, the decision text known as the Global Mutirão or Global Collective Effort, is, in essence, a form of climate denial.In 2023, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) determined that the world had already developed, or planned to develop, too much fossil fuel to be able to halt global heating at 2C. It ackn...

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5 h. ago Pagham crash LIVE: Car smashes into gas substation as multiple homes evacuated

Firefighters have raced to the scene of a crash at a gas substation in West Sussex which has impacted a number of homes and forced residents near the scene to evacuate

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5 h. ago Steel billionaire reportedly latest to leave UK ahead of proposed tax squeeze on ultra

Move marks the latest high-profile departure amid fears Rachel Reeves’s budget will drive Britain’s wealth overseas

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6 h. ago House of Lords' undemocratic attempt to scupper assisted dying Bill will cause constitutional crisis

The 1,000 proposed amendments to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in the House of Lords are designed to ensure it runs out of time in parliament

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6 h. ago I endured an English public school. But that’s not the only reason I’m unsurprised about the Farage allegations |

Let’s put aside the schooldays accusations and look, instead, at the Reform leader’s path since then. I think a pretty clear picture of the man emerges When I see the allegations of racism against Nigel Farage from his schooldays, I can’t say I am greatly surprised. There are those who believe that the Reform UK leader’s persona must have been developed to win over working-class voters, or the “red wall”. I know that it is quite in keeping with the sentiments expressed by plenty of young men in elite institutions like English public schools – the kind of men who run the world.Farage was educated at Dulwich college from 1975 to 1982; there, fellow students have told the Guardian, he allegedly used racist insults about fellow pupils and sang a song with the lyrics “Gas ’em all”. I attended Eton a couple of decades later, but the attitudes of some of the people I encountered there were not very different. One pupil, having fallen out with me over some perceived slight, boasted that his...

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6 h. ago I endured an English public school. But that’s not the only reason I’m unsurprised about the Farage allegations | Musa Okwonga

Let’s put aside the schooldays accusations and look, instead, at the Reform leader’s path since then. I think a pretty clear picture of the man emerges When I see the allegations of racism against Nigel Farage from his schooldays, I can’t say I am greatly surprised. There are those who believe that the Reform UK leader’s persona must have been developed to win over working-class voters, or the “red wall”. I know that it is quite in keeping with the sentiments expressed by plenty of young men in elite institutions like English public schools – the kind of men who run the world.Farage was educated at Dulwich college from 1975 to 1982; there, fellow students have told the Guardian, he allegedly used racist insults about fellow pupils and sang a song with the lyrics “Gas ’em all”. I attended Eton a couple of decades later, but the attitudes of some of the people I encountered there were not very different. One pupil, having fallen out with me over some perceived slight, boasted that his...

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6 h. ago Scottish ministers accused of 'hoodwinking' public over delayed treatment centres costing more than £36m

Proposals to open the NHS national treatment centres were put on hold in February 2024.

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6 h. ago Live: Car crashes into gas substation as all homes 'within 100m' are evacuated by fire crews

Flats and homes are being evacuated whilst firefighters are attending the scene of a road collision after a car has collided into a gas substation in West Sussex

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7 h. ago Shabana Mahmood is an avatar of open Britain – that’s what makes her fable about immigration so seductive | Nesrine Malik

‘She is the daughter of immigrants,’ supporters of her cruel asylum policies say. ‘How can she be wrong?’ Let me put them straightOver the past couple of weeks, Shabana Mahmood has launched not only her new asylum crackdown policy, but also her “story”. The two are inseparable: her story justifies the crackdown. It moralises the crackdown. And it silences criticism of the crackdown. Sold as an origin story from within an immigrant and racialised experience, the purpose is to imbue her politics with sacred authenticity – the credibility of the first person. It is clever and effective. It is cynical and disgraceful.“I am the child of immigrants” is how Mahmood now starts her fable. Immigrants who came here legally. She goes on to tell us that immigration is tearing this country apart, and proposes policies that mean UK-born children, who have known no life anywhere else, will be deported. As she launches policies that will leave refugees homeless and without support, tear families apa...

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7 h. ago Fulham Pier: the riverside revival making waves in west London

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7 h. ago Tate McRae sparks dating rumors with new NHL star after 2023 split from Cole Sillinger amid cheating claims

The couple were seemingly pictured at Anton's in Manhattan's West Village last week. The hockey star is on an eight-year, $64million deal with his team.

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7 h. ago Several schools on lockdown after person seen walking with firearms in Beaumont Hills

Several schools were plunged into lockdown and the public was warned to stay away as a major police operation in response to a firearms scare unfolded in Sydney’s north west

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