42 h. ago Blood test for Alzheimer’s could soon be available on the NHS

New study shows test is 95 per cent accurate in picking up people with memory problems

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43 h. ago Statins slash death from terrifying 'hidden' condition that kills 48,000 a year by 40 per cent, new study finds

Chinese researchers found the cholesterol-busting pills, statins, reduced risk of death for those with the life threatening condition by 39 per cent within one month.

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3 d. ago ‘King of the Hill’ actor Jonathan Joss’ alleged killer set free after posting $200,000 bail

Accused murderer Sigfredo Ceja Alvarez is now under house arrest, with a slew of conditions that include GPS monitoring, random drug and alcohol testing, and a ban on firearms possession

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4 d. ago GP warns heartburn could be sign of a 'hidden' condition that affects one in six

In a new clip posted to Dr Ahmed's Instagram page, the medic said the symptoms, like heartburn, headaches and nausea, can easily be mistaken for other conditions.

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5 d. ago Experts reveal what's driving explosion in under 50s cancer cases

The Cancer Research UK analysis is the first to examine 50 years of national cancer data, revealing striking progress-but also alarming new trends.

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5 d. ago Russia and Ukraine agree to exchange bodies of 12,000 dead soldiers during crunch talks, as Moscow accuses Kyiv of 'putting on a show for European old ladies' by demanding return of 'stolen' children

Under the terms of the agreement, some 6,000 bodies of fighters from each side killed in action will be handed over for burial along with at least 1,000 prisoners of war on each side

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8 d. ago Car crash hotspots: The worst areas for road incidents revealed

Nearly 30,000 people were killed or severely injured from January to December 2024 in Britain, DfT estimates show

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8 d. ago Retired Russian commander behind strikes on Mariupol that claimed 8,000 Ukrainian lives killed by 'suicide bomber'

Zaur Gurtsiev, 34, who received several medals for participating in Russia’s attacks on Mariupol, was killed alongside another unnamed man in a blast

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9 d. ago Europe will never agree on Israel – but here’s a way it can act to help Gaza | Nathalie Tocci

The EU is Israel’s biggest trading partner – and that gives it leverage to finally change the course of this brutal warEuropean consciences have started waking up to the Israeli government’s crimes in the occupied Palestinian territories – and it is about time. What has caused this long and slow awakening? Is it Israel’s killing of more than 54,000 Palestinians since Hamas’s horrific attack on 7 October 2023? Thousands of babies at risk of dying from starvation and malnutrition? Civilians burning alive? Israeli ministers’ plans to reoccupy and recolonise the Gaza Strip, expelling Palestinians? Or perhaps it’s the Israeli army firing shots at diplomats, including Europeans, in the West Bank – or the racist chanting, during a state-funded march in Jerusalem, of “death to the Arabs” and “may their villages burn”?It’s probably a combination of all the above, as well as the recognition that principled pressure on Israel will certainly not come from Washington. Whatever the triggers for i...

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9 d. ago Russian commander behind Mariupol strikes that claimed 8,000 lives is killed in 'suicide attack'

Zaur Gurtsiev, 34, was killed alongside another identified man in a blast on Thursday, Russia's Investigative Committee said.

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9 d. ago UK traffic accident map: The worst areas for road incidents revealed

Nearly 30,000 people were killed or severely injured from January to December 2024 in Britain, DfT estimates show

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1 week ago Namibia pushes for German reparations on first genocide remembrance day

Event commemorates estimated 75,000 Herero and Nama people killed under German colonial ruleNamibia has observed its first genocide remembrance day, honouring the estimated 75,000 victims who were massacred by soldiers or forced into concentration camps during German colonial rule.Between 1904 and 1908, an estimated 65,000 Herero people and 10,000 Nama people were killed when the groups rejected colonial rule. It amounted to 80% and 50% of their respective populations at the time. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Dieselgate pollution killed 16,000 people in UK, study estimates

Experts decry lack of UK government action and warn a further 6,000 early deaths could occurThe excess pollution emitted as a result of the Dieselgate scandal has killed about 16,000 people in the UK and caused 30,000 cases of asthma in children, according to a new analysis. A further 6,000 premature deaths will occur in coming years without action, the researchers said.The Dieselgate scandal erupted in 2015 when diesel cars were found to be emitting far more toxic air pollution on the roads than when they passed regulatory tests, due to the use of illegal “defeat devices”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago 'First one to see' and Yellow Car among Brits' favourite car games, study finds

A poll of 2,000 adults found 88% will indulge in a time-killing challenge when on a road trip. Spotting car brands and various license plates also proved popular

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1 week ago 'First one to see' and Yellow Car named among best car games

A poll of 2,000 adults found 88% will indulge in a time-killing challenge when on a road trip. Spotting car brands and various licence plates also proved popular

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2 w. ago Up to 43,000 criminals a year set to avoid jail under Labour's soft

A new sentencing review already been accepted 'in principle' by Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood could see tens of thousands of offenders avoid jail each year, official data shows.

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2 w. ago A biblical hatred is engulfing both sides in the Gaza conflict – and blinding them to reason | Jonathan Freedland

Israel starving Palestinians, two killings at a Jewish museum: both are atrocities. But vanishingly few can see itI sat this week with Hussein Agha, a man who has given his working life to seeking peace between Israelis and Palestinians, negotiating from the Palestinian side of the table. He was gloomier than I have ever seen him, adamant that peace between the two sides can never, ever come. Because, Agha explained, this conflict was not about mere lines on a map or forms of words, the goods in which diplomats trade. This was about emotions, and specifically hatreds. Hatreds that, he feared, are becoming too murderous to contain. “It’s biblical,” he said.What he had in mind was the fury that drove Hamas to slaughter around 1,200 Israelis on a sleepy Saturday morning nearly 20 months ago and the fury that has driven the government of Benjamin Netanyahu to bombard Gaza ever since, killing more than 50,000, according to the Hamas-controlled health ministry, and, over the last 80 days,...

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2 w. ago Brits make simple tweaks to their daily routines to avoid 'autopilot', study shows

A study of 5,000 adults found that 45 per cent are making small changes to their everyday habits, to help them break free from 'autopilot', with morning walks, taking time to 'review' daily targets and adding music to their routines

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2 w. ago My £45,000 Greek wedding was ruined when my fiancé almost killed himself with drunken stunt

Jake Elliot almost died when he fell down a 100ft cliff in Greece two days before his destination wedding - and was forced to cancel the £45,000 nuptials.

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2 w. ago Serial killer 'worse than Jeffrey Dahmer' scattered 10,000 victims bones in his garden

Herb Baumeister is believed to have murdered approximately 25 young men during his killing spree in the early 1990s - he would hunt his victims in gay bars in downtown Indianapolis

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