15 h. ago Tradies descend on Sussex in show of support amid industry's mental health crisis

Fix Radio, a UK radio station aimed at those working in the trade and building industry workers, has launched FixFest, a music festival for builders - thought to be the first of its kind.

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20 h. ago Long Story Short: this Jewish family comedy from the creator of BoJack Horseman is painfully beautiful

A sweeping, hilarious family saga told in multiple timelines from the 50s to the present day. Yes, that’s right – it’s basically Bluey meets TolstoyLike schoolboys, my friend Charlie and I send each other coded messages. One of these is “Am back on the horse”, which means “Rewatching BoJack Horseman”, which means “Having a mental health crisis”. The recipient knows to go to the other’s house with Danish pastries and some grass to touch. That show changed my life. The Simpsons had redefined what a cartoon could be, Ren & Stimpy and South Park were transgressive thrill-rides. But Raphael Bob-Waksberg’s tale of a washed-up actor chasing redemption wasn’t just adult; it was profound.So I was worried, approaching the new animated series from that show’s creators. It’s not about celebrity. There are no talking dogs or porcupines, or underwater worlds. No Will Arnett. How could I watch without expectation? It feels unfair yet unavoidable to keep an artist’s previous work in mind. Isn’t...

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45 h. ago Scientists use AI to create new antibiotics that can kill deadly drug

Antimicrobial resistance is a growing public health crisis and is estimated to be responsible for more than one million deaths globally each year

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60 h. ago We weren’t actually more anxious during Covid, researchers discover

The pandemic was cited by Biden administration officials as worsening America’s mental health crisis in 2023

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3 d. ago Clarkson's Farm star Lisa Hogan issues worrying update amid 'devastating' news

Jeremy Clarkson's partner Lisa Hogan has shared an update with fans of Clarkson's Farm after it was recently hit by another health crisis

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6 d. ago Woman gets criminal conviction for not insuring motorbike when hospitalised with mental health crisis

The woman says she was in hospital with a mental health crisis when the insurance wasn’t paid

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6 d. ago Woman receives criminal conviction for uninsured motorbike when hospitalised with mental health crisis

The woman says she was in hospital with a mental health crisis when the insurance wasn’t paid

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7 d. 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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1 week ago Trump slashed Medicaid — now he’s got another health care crisis looming

Tax credits for the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, expire at the end of the year. But not all Republicans are on board with extending them

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1 week ago ‘Grave, growing, and underrecognized danger:’ New report sheds light on plastic pollution

The plastic pollution crisis is costing the U.S. some $1.5 trillion in health-related costs every year – and the threat is only expected to grow

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1 week ago World in $1.5tn ‘plastics crisis’ hitting health from infancy to old age, report warns

Plastic production has increased more than 200 times since 1950 and hits health at every stage from extraction to disposal, says review in the LancetPlastics are a “grave, growing and under-recognised danger” to human and planetary health, a new expert review has warned. The world is in a “plastics crisis”, it concluded, which is causing disease and death from infancy to old age and is responsible for at least $1.5tn (£1.1tn) a year in health-related damages.The driver of the crisis is a huge acceleration of plastic production, which has increased by more than 200 times since 1950 and is set to almost triple again to more than a billion tonnes a year by 2060. While plastic has many important uses, the most rapid increase has been in the production of single-use plastics, such as drinks bottles and fast-food containers. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Unhealthy diets fueling public health crisis in the North, research suggests

People living in the North are more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes, develop cardiovascular disease and be obese because of poor eating habits.

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