13 h. ago Prostate cancer sufferers in ‘postcode lottery’ to get new drug, says charity

It comes as concerns were raised that a new drug approved for NHS use will not be given to eligible patients.

Events

14 h. ago Spa worker sues after she was suspended for refusing to escort a transgender woman to the locker room

Jeriah Sellers, a devout Christian and part-time worker at Hershey’s MeltSpa in Pennsylvania, claims her employer violated her religious freedoms

Economics

40 h. ago Pop paedophile Gary Glitter adds tens of thousands to his fortune despite being bankrupt

Company House documents show firm linked to Glitter has assets of more than £155,000 as he refuses to pay £508,000 in damages to woman he raped when she was 12

Politics

3 d. ago Airbnb host rents out spare room to woman... only for another to show up, outstay her welcome and make her life a NIGHTMARE

Barbara Jordan has told the Daily Mail she was expecting a woman called 'Juliana' to arrive for a two-week stay at her property, only for 'Katia' to rock up instead.

Society

3 d. ago Airbnb host rents out spare room to woman... only for another to show up, refuse to leave and make her life a NIGHTMARE

Barbara Jordan has told the Daily Mail she was expecting a woman called 'Juliana' to arrive for a two-week stay at her property, only for 'Katia' to rock up instead.

Society

6 d. ago New drug shows dramatic effect in shrinking lung cancer tumours

Some 77% of patients saw their tumours shrink, 8% saw them completely disappear, and 69% saw partial shrinkage of their tumours.

Events

7 d. ago The Iris Affair review – it takes real guts to write TV this thrillingly preposterous. Strap in!

Tom Hollander and Niamh Algar star in this fun, propulsive tale of a genius code-cracker, an oddball entrepreneur and an evil supercomputer known as Charlie Big Potatoes trapped in a secret lair. Brace yourself for a wild rideThere’s in media res and then there’s the opening of The Iris Affair. The new caper-drama opens with a man being beaten half to death while a woman (Niamh Algar) looks on unmoved and refusing to hand over a MacGuffin to the man ordering the beating (Tom Hollander, channelling Michael Caine). They are watched by a rather more concerned teenager, Joy (Meréana Tomlinson), who becomes infinitely more concerned when Hollander-Caine’s character realises that jamming a gun into her neck might be a better way to elicit a response from MacGuffin lady. Then he realises he can’t quite bring himself to shoot the child. But he can order his heavy to do so. The hired gun swings around and we cut to Sardinia, Italy, the day before. And that, my friends, is how a prologue shou...

Politics

8 d. ago Cancer breakthrough as nanoparticle vaccine could stop it growing and spreading, study finds

Scientists have developed a new vaccine that could reduce or even stop cancer in its tracks, but the drug hasn’t been trialled on humans just yet

Politics

8 d. ago Woman divides opinion refusing neighbour's request to share driveway

A woman has sparked a fierce online debate after revealing she refused to let her neighbours use her driveway

Politics

9 d. ago Patients with brain cancer express disappointment after drug rejected for NHS

Patients who have taken the drug in clinical trials report remarkable results, including their tumours shrinking.

Science

9 d. ago Scientists discover drug combination to help prostate cancer patients live longer

The Institute of Cancer Research finds that combining existing breast and blood cancer drugs could halt the growth of tumours in the prostate

Science

1 week ago 'Deeply unfair': Anger as breast cancer patients in Scotland denied 'promising' drug approved by NHS England

A drug that has been approved for use by the NHS in England has been rejected in Scotland

Science

1 week ago Chess champion stalks woman and threatens to smear her as a prostitute after she refused to rekindle 'sugar daddy' romance

Chess champion stalked a woman and threatened to smear her as a sex worker

Events

2 w. ago Pregnant woman 'murdered by evil and controlling boyfriend after refusing to get an abortion'

Alana Odysseos was stabbed 19 times by Shaine March, a man she loved but admitted was controlling and violent

Events

2 w. ago Pregnant woman 'murdered by controlling boyfriend after refusing to get an abortion'

Alana Odysseos was stabbed 19 times by Shaine March, a man she loved but admitted was controlling and violent

Events

2 w. ago New wonder drug combo ‘HALVES the risk of deadly prostate cancer spread’

MEN with aggressive prostate cancer could benefit from a new drug combination that slows cancer growth, scientists say. Adding a drug already used against ovarian and fallopian tube cancers to standard prostate cancer treatment could slash the risk of tumour growth by 48 per cent, a University College London (UCL) study found. The treatment -...

Events

3 w. ago Woman, 23, who died after refusing chemotherapy ‘adversely influenced’ by mother

Paloma Shemiran turned down cancer treatment and instead followed an “alternative treatment programme” led by her mother, prominent online conspiracy theorist Kate “Kay” Shemirani

Events

3 w. ago UK woman who refused cancer drugs was influenced by mother, inquest finds

Paloma Shemirani, 23, died after refusing chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin lymphoma despite doctors’ concernsA woman who died after refusing chemotherapy doctors believed would have given her a strong chance of recovery was “adversely influenced” by her conspiracy theorist mother, a coroner has said.Paloma Shemirani died aged 23 in July 2024 after refusing conventional treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma. On Thursday, the coroner in her inquest said the influence of her parents, Kay and Faramarz Shemirani, “more than minimally” contributed to her death. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago Woman who died after refusing chemotherapy ‘adversely influenced’ by mother

Paloma Shemirani, 23, collapsed on July 19 last year and was taken to Royal Sussex County Hospital where she died five days later.

Events

3 w. ago Conspiracy theorist mother ‘influenced’ daughter to reject chemotherapy after she was diagnosed with cancer

Kate Shemirani’s conduct of care towards her daughter Paloma has been described as ‘incomprehensible’ by a coroner

Science