10 h. ago Hair experts weigh in on whether an 'everything shower' is actually DAMAGING

If a regular shower is a quick catch-up with your body, an everything shower is a full-blown reunion. We're talking deep conditioning, exfoliating, shaving, double-cleansing.

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11 h. ago Eluned Morgan tears into Nigel Farage saying Reform UK 'don't care about Wales'

The first minister said she knew there were "frustrations" about her party but said Labour "shouldn't be taken for granted."

Politics

17 h. ago New treatment for advanced blood cancer recommended for use on NHS

It is estimated that about 800 people with Hodgkin lymphoma could benefit from the decision by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.

Events

48 h. ago I saved my dad from going into a care home – and I’m so relieved I did

As new research this week reveals that almost one in five care homes in England are failing, Charlotte Cripps looks back at her decision to keep her dad out of one, and what it was like being part of the sandwich carer generation, as a single working mum looking after her dad, two children and a dog

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60 h. ago Sea turtles 'thrown off course' and needing urgent care at the UK's first rehab centre

The Mirror's environment editor went behind the scenes at the UK's first turtle rehabilitation centre and to find out why so many are getting washed up on our shores

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65 h. ago People call me the headmaster from hell but I don't care what they say

Alun Ebenezer (pictured), head of Caldicot School in Caldicot, Monmouthshire, was brought in by the county council as an emergency measure in June last year.

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3 d. ago ‘I track my mum, 86, with an AI monitor so she doesn’t have to move into care’

Economists say remote monitoring tech could save NHS £1.2bn by 2035. Rosie Taylor speaks to one woman using it to help her mum keep her independence

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5 d. ago Failures of NHS urgent dental care will lead to an ‘antibiotic apocalypse’, dentists warn

Antibiotics are used as a substitute for treatment and could fuel antibiotic resistance, warns University of Manchester expert

Events

5 d. ago Coroner blasts NHS Trust where baby girl died thanks to 'gross failures in basic medical care'

James Adeley slammed University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation after Ida Lock, died a week after birth as a result of a serious brain injury caused by poor care at the hands of midwives.

Events

5 d. ago Welsh care homes to be given ratings as part of a new system

The new ratings will show families the quality of care provided at each home

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6 d. ago 19 New England sea turtles are back in the Atlantic Ocean off Florida after rehabbing in Missouri

Nineteen sea turtles that rehabbed in Missouri after suffering the effects of cold water temperatures in New England are now back in the Atlantic Ocean off of Jacksonville, Florida

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6 d. ago Woman left struggling to pay rent after pioneering hair care company stopped paying employees’ wages

Bashirat Ademeyo, who is on leave to remain in the UK, is not able to access housing or employment support benefits

Society

6 d. ago Care workers say uncertainty from a shake up of council contracts is 'worse than lockdown'

'Clients are asking what is going on, or who will be taking over, and we don't know'

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7 d. ago Ayrshire care worker sanctioned after telling dementia patient his TV programme was "f*****g rubbish"

Gary Wakelam caused ‘distress’ to the service user after refusing to take him for a walk.

Science

8 d. ago Care home workers to meet with ministers after feeling ‘abandoned’ during Covid

It follows a recent poll where GMB members working in private care homes said things had either stayed the same or worsened since covid.

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8 d. ago The rare turtle stranded in Wales thanks to Trump’s aid freeze

A Kemp's ridley sea turtle named Rhossi was found on the coast of northern Wales in 2023 - now he can’t get home

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8 d. ago Teenage Migrant Injured Turtle! Hurt young sea creature from the US is stranded in Wales after Trump foreign aid freeze

The Kemp's ridley sea turtle, Rhossi, washed up on Anglesey at the end of 2023 but was slowly nursed back to health and had been poised to return to the wild.

Events

9 d. ago Care at Home team are a story worth telling for sports journalist Dixon

After a career as a renowned sports journalist, Dixon Blackstock and his wife Jean receive support from the Rutherglen and Cambuslang Care at Home team.

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1 week ago ‘Nobody found him in time’: how neglect and stress led to the deaths of a full

David Lodge died after being found next to his father and full-time carer Peter’s body. His sister Keri believes the strain of caring and lack of government support contributed to their deathsPeter Lodge devoted his life to his son, David. He cherished every moment with him, even when David’s condition left them effectively housebound. Right up until he was 74, Peter would sleep on the living room floor beside David’s hospital bed. Not once did he see his role as a burden.He was angry, though. He was angry at what he described as the “state exploitation” of family carers. Angry at the pittance paid in carer’s allowance to those giving up their lives to care for loved ones, propping up the UK’s ailing social care system in doing so. It was, he said, “insulting”. Continue reading...

Events

1 week ago Scots care workers leaving to work in Aldi amid poor working conditions

Tamara Beattie, 31, from Fife, worked in a private care home for nine years and is now an agency worker in the sector.

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