37 m. ago Mum's urgent warning after Primark product left daughter 'swollen and unrecognisable'

Violet Barron-Clarke, 14, from Anglesey suffered a severe allergic reaction causing her face to swell up after using Primark PS micellar cleansing water, her family claim

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2 h. ago Australia announces tougher hate speech laws in wake of Bondi terrorist attack

Federal police also confirmed further searches would be carried out in the coming days.

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4 h. ago Michelle Keegan and Mark Wright are doting parents to baby daughter Palma as they make a rare family appearance together in Cheshire

The couple, both 38, went for a bite to eat at upscale eatery Toast in Hale before leaving in their new BMW.

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6 h. ago Keir Starmer slammed for not having the ‘baubles’ to ban ‘dangerous’ doctor strike

RESIDENT doctors are joined ­yesterday by their four-legged friends as five days of Christmas strike action gets under way. As some gathered outside ­London’s St Thomas’ Hospital, the PM condemned the “dangerous and utterly irresponsible” walkout by the hardline British Medical Association, which wants a huge pay rise. He said his message to resident doctors...

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6 h. ago My petty gripe: office parties feel like work because that’s what they are

And don’t get me started on office Secret SantasAs we head into the so-called silly season – that sun-drenched summer of drinks and parties, barbecues and socialising – there’s a shadow looming over the festivities.The office Christmas party. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Doctor warns that one fruit could interfere with three blood pressure drugs

Brits who use captopril, fosinopril or enalapril have been urged to avoid a particular fruit.

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7 h. ago Wes Streeting admits children cannot consent to taking puberty blockers as opposition mounts to controversial medical trial with MPs joining in protest outside Department of Health

The Health Secretary told MPs that participants in the study can only repeat back to doctors what the risks are and need a parent to agree they can be given the powerful drugs.

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7 h. ago Peter Andre enjoys a day out with wife Emily and daughter Princess at a skincare event after revealing his strict parenting rule

The trio visited the Fairmont Windsor Park clinic to try out the launch of 3D ReFirm, the new celebrity-approved skin-tightening treatment.

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8 h. ago Mum woke up to her daughter so swollen she was 'unrecognisable'

The Welsh teen was treated by paramedics after she suffered an allergic reaction to the beauty product, her family claim.

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10 h. ago MPs warn that UK agreements with Donald Trump are ‘built on sand’

Exclusive: UK government’s ‘naive belief’ that Trump is a good faith actor ‘could cost UK taxpayer billions’, says health select committee chair Ministers and senior MPs have warned that the UK’s agreements with Donald Trump are “built on sand” after the Guardian established that the deal to avoid drug tariffs has no underlying text beyond limited headline terms.The “milestone” US-UK deal announced this month on pharmaceuticals, which will mean the NHS pays more for medicines in exchange for a promise of zero tariffs on the industry, still lacks a legal footing beyond top lines contained in two government press releases. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Sandie Peggie case: 'Serious' concerns over NHS Fife's handling of freedom of information requests

NHS Fife is facing a rare “level four” intervention over the way it handled freedom of information requests relating to the Sandie Peggie case

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10 h. ago Four Republicans join Democrats to force vote on bill that would extend Obamacare subsidies

Stunning move comes after House Republicans pushed ahead with bill that doesn’t address soaring premiums if Affordable Care Act tax credits expireUS politics live – latest updatesIn a major setback for Mike Johnson and the House GOP, four Republicans have joined with the Democrats to sign a petition forcing a vote on legislation that will extend for three years premium tax credits for Affordable Care Act healthcare plans.The rebellion underscores the nervousness among Republicans over an increase in healthcare costs before the 2026 midterm elections, in which the party will be defending its slim control of the House. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago What you need to know about the 'super flu' outbreak hitting NHS

Flu hospitalisations are at their highest ever levels for this time of year, the NHS warns

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11 h. ago Doctors' strike in chaos as three in four turn up to work at some hospitals amid threadbare picket lines

Cancer patients among sick Britons 'worried for their life' after the NHS was forced to cancel thousands of operations and appointments when the medics walked out in a row over pay and jobs.

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11 h. ago Rob Reiner's daughter Romy didn't know mum was also murdered

Romy Reiner, who discovered her dad dead in his home, didn't know that her mum was also murdered until told by paramedics.

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12 h. ago ‘The wings have disappeared. We’re all going to die’: Alaska man charged after trying to open plane door mid

Kassian William Fredericks, 36, told doctors that he had been drinking for 10 days straight, was hallucinating, and could not remember the last two years of his life, according to court records

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12 h. ago NHS has ‘no treatments proven to work’ against horror super flu sweeping across England

Scientists say H3N1 flu strain seems to be worse for the elderly as they launch a trial to prove which drugs work for patients hospitalised with severe inluenza

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12 h. ago What went on in London this week: flying taxis and a party for the colour of 2026

Ice blue wedding dress, anyone?

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12 h. ago Use pillowcases, coffee filters or bedsheets to make drinking water in event of 'instantaneous' UK blackouts, UK's top doctors to warn

Brits will be urged to use pillowcases, bedsheets or coffee filters to make safe drinking water in the event of an extended UK blackout.

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12 h. ago My pelvis snapped in half giving birth and no one noticed. I was left humiliated and told to stop making a fuss: ROSIE TAYLOR reveals truth about childbirth in today's NHS... and what every mum

Clinging to the edge of the bed on the postnatal ward, I deployed a syringe of morphine into my mouth as I braced myself. When I finally got to the bathroom, I was shaking with the pain and humiliation.

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