19 h. ago Prof Chris Whitty issues 'severe or life threatening' illness warning

England's Chief Medical Officer is urging people to protect themselves and their children

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3 d. ago Health officials to offer thousands of children new chickenpox JAB

All children in England will be offered the chickenpox vaccine free of charge for the first time, in a bid to protect youngsters from severe complications later in life.

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4 d. ago 'Stranger threatened me for picking blackberries with daughter and it left me with question'

A dad and his daughter were out picking blackberries when they were accosted by an angry older man who threatened to call the police, claiming what they were doing was 'illegal'

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7 d. ago I had electric shock treatment in the 1960s. Now I want to know why | Ask Annalisa Barbieri

You’re courageous to be facing up to this trauma. It’s time to empower yourself and explore your life storyI am 83, and my life seems to have been mostly happy. But after a year at art college, I sort of disintegrated and was sent to a mental hospital after I had tried to kill myself several times. My best explanation is that life was too difficult and painful. But why?In the hospital I had 15 electric shock treatments. After the first one I didn’t recognise my mum. I had a blinding headache, and the fear of never waking up was strong. I was given antipsychotic drugs and sedatives. I caused a lot of worry to my parents, but I couldn’t “pull myself together”. Looking back, I see myself as a caring person who helped the confused and unhappy ladies who were locked away in that massive old mental hospital, where, in a way, I felt at home. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Fresh anguish for murdered schoolboy Jimmy Mizen's family as his drill rapper killer is lined up for freedom from prison by Christmas

Jack Fahri, then 19, was sentenced to life after he threw a large glass dish that shattered, severing an artery in the 16-year-old's neck, at a bakery in Lee, south-east London in 2008.

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9 d. ago Hurricane Erin moves northeast as flooding threatens East Coast

Hurricane Erin caused ‘life-threatening’ rip currents along the East Coast for several days

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9 d. ago Hurricane Erin moves northeast as flooding and rip currents threaten East Coast: Live updates

Hurricane Erin is still expected to cause ‘life-threatening’ rip currents along the East Coast for several days

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9 d. ago Chemical castration laws are toughened in Kazakhstan with men guilty of 'lesser' child sex offences facing injections before release

Paedophiles in the central Asian nation who have committed rape and violent sexual assault causing severe injury already face 'life-means-life' jail sentences and chemical castration.

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1 week ago Family of Salford 'Mr Big' Paul Massey say they feel 'punished' as they continue 10

He received several threat-to-life warnings up until his murder in 2015

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1 week ago Woman can no longer walk, talk or feed herself after Brazilian butt lift cosmetic surgery went horribly wrong

Daidys Pena Garces, 50, has been left fighting for her life after the operation led to severe brain damage.

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1 week ago Hurricane Erin pounds US east coast as residents brace for ‘life

North Carolina anticipates the most brutal surf conditions after storm reportedly rebuilds inner eye wallHurricane Erin’s arrival is being felt all along the east coast, where higher tides and powerful surf have triggered expanded warnings for flooding and tropical storm conditions.Coastal residents are bracing for the possibility of a dangerous storm surge reaching up to 4ft (1.2 metres), along with severe beach erosion. The hurricane is expected to generate “life-threatening” waves ranging from 15-20ft, with North Carolina beaches anticipating the most brutal waves. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘Texas law does not apply in Illinois’: Gov. JB Pritzker draws line in sand as FBI ‘hunts down’ runway Democrats

Illinois, New York among Democratic states threatening counter-measures over Texas redistricting

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3 w. ago Canadian who could not renew visa due to mental health crisis faces UK ban

Academic Heather Scott has been told by Home Office that being ‘acutely ill’ is not an exceptional circumstanceThe Home Office is threatening to ban a Canadian academic from the UK after she was unable to renew her visa in time during a mental health crisis.Dr Heather Scott has lived in Britain since she came in 2011 on a study visa. The renowned academic, whose area of research relates to Victorian cemeteries including Highgate, Brompton and Abney Park, is required to be based in London. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago The Guardian view on Israel’s Gaza takeover plan: a destructive act that must be stopped | Editorial

Benjamin Netanyahu has embarked on an operation that guarantees fresh miseries and will solve absolutely nothingIsrael’s planned takeover of Gaza would be an act of destructive futility. It would solve absolutely nothing. It will merely pile fresh military, humanitarian and political problems on to the mounds of those already created in the conflict. It will make every human agony worse, not better. Governments around the world must do whatever they can – the US above all – to stop it.There is still time. The plan announced on Friday is for an operation to take military control of Gaza City, home to a million displaced Palestinians. They will be forcibly evacuated, yet again, to the southern Gaza Strip over the coming weeks. Aid distribution is certain to be a secondary consideration, logistically challenging and woefully inadequate for a population where malnutrition is already severe. The threat to life in Gaza, including to the remaining Israeli hostages captured on 7 Octobe...

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4 w. ago ‘Poetry pulled me out of the abyss’: keeping culture alive in Kharkiv – picture essay

Eastern Ukraine’s biggest city is unsettlingly close to the Russian border and vulnerable to missile strikes, but there is a determination to maintain a cultural life, and a poetry festival is testament to the resilience and creativity of its peopleThe city of Kharkiv, just 18 miles from the Russian border, is a paradoxical mix of tended-to and broken. Public sculptures are wrapped and coddled in sandbags to protect them from missiles. Flowerbeds in parks are punctiliously maintained. The life of the streets is several notches quieter than you would expect from a European country’s second city – and yet, bookshops, coffee shops and restaurants are open and doing a steady business.People browsing the books at Pochaina market Continue reading...

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