31 h. ago One third of children in parts of Kenya severely malnourised as aid cuts worsen crisis

Exclusive: Data from Save the Children reveals a devastating shortages of food in affecting tens of thousands of infants under the age of five

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66 h. ago Stacey Solomon slams husband Joe Swash's 'sheer audacity' over gift for 'health kick'

Loose Women star Stacey Solomon hit out at her husband Joe Swash as she branded his gift 'terrible' and slammed his 'sheer audacity' amid her fitness journey

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3 d. ago Women given terrifying heart attack warning over powerful storms set to hit without warning

NASA has warned that more solar storms could soon hit Earth, and a new study has found that it could have dire consequences for human health.

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4 d. ago Former MI5 boss warns aid cuts risk UK’s influence on world stage

Baroness Manningham-Buller says the cuts will allow China to ‘move in’ and lessen Britain’s diplomatic power

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5 d. ago Two women in their 70s left fighting for their lives after being hit by reversing Ford Transit van

The vehicle crashed into the pedestrians in Lowbourne in Melksham, Wiltshire at around 1.30pm on Saturday. The two women were rushed to hospital.

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6 d. ago Penny Lancaster claims Gregg Wallace 'body shamed' women on the set of MasterChef

Penny Lancaster has accused sacked MasterChef host Gregg Wallace of 'body shaming women' during her stint on the hit TV show.

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7 d. ago Voices: Taxes on alcohol and smoking can help countries facing severe aid cuts

The benefits of health taxes are clear, writes the World Health Organisation's Jeremy Farrar. But it requires political courage to invest in all of our futures

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7 d. ago Trump’s aid cuts bring fresh hate for those with HIV in Kenya: ‘It takes little to push people back’

The slashing of foreign aid and closure of HIV programmes earlier this year is continuing to impact people living with HIV, writes Nick Ferris in Nairobi, causing serious damage to long-term efforts to end stigma around HIV and its treatment

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7 d. ago They fled war and sexual violence and found a safe space in Athens. Then the aid cuts hit

Thirty women and their children found themselves out on the streets when their shelter closed. It was a direct result of US and European governments slashing their aid budgetsThe night of 29 May was sombre at 15 Mitsaki Street, a women’s shelter in the centre of Athens. Shoes, winter coats, shampoo bottles and sheets lay strewn around: belongings the 30 refugee women and five children living there had worked hard to acquire, and would now have to abandon. The next day, the shelter would be shuttered for good.“I was so stressed I couldn’t sleep,” says Oksana Kutko, a Ukrainian. “I knew I had nowhere to go.” Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Unsafe abortions and no antenatal care: aid cuts hit women hardest in one of Africa’s poorest countries

Mobile clinics in rural Malawi that provided pregnancy checks as well as vaccinations and TB tests have been lostA blue, burgundy and white patterned wrapper hides the swell of Joanna Banda’s belly. Eight months pregnant, she has had just three of the five antenatal appointments she should have had. She is unlikely to attend her final three either, as she still has to save 3,000 kwacha (£1.28) for a bicycle to take her six miles on rutted dirt tracks to the nearest health centre when she goes into labour.In remote villages in Malawi, pregnant women such as 22-year-old Banda, who has one child after losing her first soon after giving birth, are struggling to get the medical care they need. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Former president Peter Mutharika defeats incumbent in Malawi presidential election

Lazarus Chakwera, who presided over a multi-year economic crisis, concedes election after 85-year-old Mutharika wins 56.8% of voteMalawians have voted in an 85-year-old former leader over an incumbent who presided over a multi-year economic crisis, high inflation, essential goods shortages, climate disasters and international aid cuts.Peter Mutharika got 56.8% of the vote compared with 33% for Lazarus Chakwera, according to official results of the 16 September presidential election announced on Wednesday. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago The nation where Trump’s aid cuts are colliding with a deadly Ebola outbreak: ‘What we feared has now happened’

As the Democratic Republic of Congo faces its 16th Ebola outbreak, aid cuts mean support for its response is dwindling, writes Rachel Schraer

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9 d. ago Loose Women's Linda Robson 'worried' about changes at hit ITV show amid job cuts

Loose Women star Linda Robson has admitted she and her fellow panellists are worried about their future as ITV continues preparations for a major schedule shake-up

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1 week ago Voices: In our new global order we must focus on aid, not just development

As humanitarian need hits record levels, aid budgets are being cut and redirected, says David Miliband, the president of the International Rescue Committee. A clear strategy is needed to ensure the poorest and most fragile communities are not abandoned

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1 week ago Death by aid cuts: how a decision in the US led to the loss of a mother in Yemen

While the Trump administration claims no one will die over the axing of its overseas development budgets, aid agencies say the action will cost at least 3 million lives. Fatima and her baby were among the firstWhen she woke on that Sunday morning, Fatima was part of a family preparing to celebrate – she was due to give birth to her third child any day and her brother was on his way home from Saudi Arabia to get married.But by mid-afternoon, the family were instead preparing for a funeral – both Fatima and her baby were dead. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Tylenol makers hit back as Donald Trump issues advice to pregnant women about autism

Donald Trump vowed to rip up a vaccine schedule he called "disgraceful" because the US President has insisted pregnant women should not use the drug tylenol, which contains acetaminophen

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1 week ago Voices: In our new world order, it is aid, not development, that matters most

As humanitarian need hits record levels, aid budgets are being cut and redirected, says David Miliband, the president of the International Rescue Committee. A clear strategy is needed to ensure the poorest and most fragile communities are not abandoned

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1 week ago UK aid cuts 'are a gift' to China and Russia's bid to undermine United Nations

In a report published ahead of the UN's General Assembly week, the Foreign Affairs Committee urged the Government restore the aid budget

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2 w. ago NHS Lanarkshire scoops major national award at Health Service Journal Patient Safety Awards

The team took home the award for Maternity and Midwifery Services Initiative of the Year with its project ‘From Conception to Birth – A QI Journey Towards Holistic Antenatal Care’.

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2 w. ago Sherrie Hewson claims TV bosses 'forget the old' as she hits out at dating shows

EXCLUSIVE: Loose Women legend Sherrie Hewson has hit out at TV bosses claiming they are "chasing the young and forgetting the old" by commissioning the likes of Love Island and Naked Attraction

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