21 h. ago Migrants in tents, a council nearing bankruptcy and tensions on the streets: Life in Britain's asylum hotspot where a father was stabbed to death

Figures released earlier this year showed Hillingdon housed the most asylum seekers per head of any UK local authority - 97 per 10,000 people.

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5 d. ago Demands use of log burners is curbed over 'serious' health fears

A new report has called on the government to take action on wood and log burners in homes after highlighting the string of serious health problems in the UK which are linked to the use of solid fuels

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7 d. ago 'Well beyond safe limits': Warning after indoor wood burners found to have potentially 'serious health' risk

Pollution from log-burning stoves has been linked to health risks 🔥

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8 d. ago Fitness influencer, 30, found dead at home after 'sudden death' as cops try to find out why

A three-day period of mourning has been declared for Fernanda Oliveira da Silva, 30, who twice served as president for her city's council in Brazil, following her sudden death

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1 week ago Wood burners linked to 2,500 deaths a year in the UK, council

Non-essential domestic burning of wood and coal is one of the UK's biggest sources of toxic fine particle air pollution, according to a report was commissioned by a council and Global Action Plan.

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1 week ago Wood burning fires in homes linked to 2,500 deaths a year in the UK, report says

Wood burners produce a fine particulate matter linked to thousands of asthma and diabetes cases

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1 week ago Labour's Shabana Mahmood hands back £2,500 donation to businessman linked to Jhoots Pharmacy row

The Home Secretary returned a £2,500 gift she previously received from Manjit Jhooty after MPs raised concerns about Jhoots Pharmacy.

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2 w. ago Wood burning and gas cooking hugely costly to healthcare systems, New Zealand study finds

Experts suggest replacing gas hobs with electric ones, saying it is a win–win for health and the climateAir pollution from wood burning and gas cooking is massively costly to our healthcare systems and the economy. These are the conclusions of a peer-reviewed study from New Zealand that calculated the cost of hospital treatment, days off ill and early deaths from the air pollution produced by fireplaces, stoves, gas cooking and un-flued room heaters.Indoor air pollution from New Zealand’s 523,000 wood burners was estimated to account for 446 hospital admissions for heart and lung problems, and 101 early deaths annually, in a country with a population of just over 5 million people. Breathing fumes from gas cooking indoors created more than 1,000 hospital admissions, 208 early deaths and more than 3,000 new cases of childhood asthma each year. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Splendid isolation: 10 beautifully remote getaways in the UK

From a Scottish island lighthouse to a lakeside cabin in Cornwall, these secluded places to stay are bound to reinvigorate and inspireGuests at this lighthouse keeper’s cottage have not only the property but the whole 1.6-hectare (four-acre) island to themselves. Eilean Sionnach is an islet off Skye that is accessible by boat or on foot at low tide. Like the lighthouse, the cottage was built in 1857 and has four bedrooms, four bathrooms, a kitchen and a lounge with a wood burner, and incredible sea views. Continue reading...

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