Baby boomers warned over drinking as alcohol-linked deaths in over-50s soar
Last year there were 5,208 deaths of people aged 50-plus wholly attributable to alcohol, compared with 3,582 in 2001The number of alcohol-specific deaths in people aged 50 and over has risen 45% since...
View ArticleRapid use of blood drug could save thousands of lives, study finds
Analysis shows chance of death from blood loss is 70% less likely if cheap, widely used tranexamic acid is administered promptlyImmediate treatment with a cheap and widely available clot-stabilising...
View ArticleThousands with advanced cancer are surviving two years or more, data shows
Figures from Macmillan Cancer Support and Public Health England show 17,000 people survived for several years with 10 types of stage 4 cancerThousands of people in England with the most advanced stage...
View ArticleRail strikes across five networks cause travel disruption
Services across England affected by RMT action but drivers on Southern network accept deal to end long-running disputeRail passengers have experienced disruption because of a series of strikes across...
View ArticleCharities criticise foster care exclusion from free childcare policy
Foster carers, who are often struggling to make ends meet, should be given as much help as possible, charities sayThe exclusion of fostered children from the additional 15 hours of free childcare a...
View ArticleNumber of NHS patients waiting over six months for surgery up 40%
Royal College of Surgeons says 151,710 patients in England were waiting more than six months for non-urgent operationsThe number of patients waiting more than six months for surgery in England was 40%...
View ArticlePolice officers sacked for saying at-risk teenager 'should be raped'
Two Avon and Somerset officers have been dismissed after their comments about vulnerable boy were recordedTwo police officers have been dismissed from the Avon and Somerset force after they said they...
View ArticlePenny Mordaunt appointed as international development secretary – as it happened
Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happened, including Theresa May appointing Mordaunt to replace Priti Patel5.22pm GMTThanks for following the blog today and for all your...
View ArticleFather is banned from hospital treating brain-damaged son, court told
Lanre Haastrup, who rejects advice that baby Isaiah’s ventilator should be turned off, tells judge he has not been violentThe father of a brain-damaged baby who has rejected the advice of doctors that...
View ArticleUK is most obese country in western Europe, OECD finds
Campaigners criticise ‘pathetic’ measures to tackle crisis as report shows 26.9% of Britain’s population is obeseThe UK is the most obese country in western Europe, according to the Organisation for...
View ArticleFounder of online dating site Gaydar dies aged 51
Henry Badenhorst who set up Gaydar in Twickenham in 1999 has died in his native South AfricaThe founder of Gaydar, one of the world’s first gay online dating sites, has died aged 51.Henry Badenhorst,...
View ArticleGay Times sacks editor after antisemitic and offensive tweets emerge
Josh Rivers, the magazine’s first BME editor, only took the post last month but was suspended after comments made between 2010 and 2015 came to lightThe editor of Gay Times has been sacked for tweeting...
View ArticleMr Underbed author accuses John Lewis Christmas ad of plagiarism
Chris Riddell points out similarities between Moz the monster and a character from his 1986 picturebookA renowned writer and illustrator of children’s books has suggested John Lewis may have...
View ArticleVitamin D may help prevent rheumatoid arthritis, suggests study
Higher doses may be needed, or possibly new treatment that bypasses or corrects vitamin D insensitivity, authors sayMaintaining sufficient vitamin D levels may help to prevent rheumatoid arthritis,...
View ArticleTwo goals and a baby: Wigan player rushes from match to birth of his son
Ryan Colclough was on the pitch when he heard his wife was in labour, but still had time to score before rushing to hospitalA professional footballer who was on the pitch when he was told that his...
View ArticleUber hacking: customers not at risk of financial crime, says minister
Digital minister Matt Hancock says government still trying to gauge number of people affected in the UKThere is no evidence that Uber customers who had their personal details stolen are at risk of...
View ArticleParachute trial jury fail to reach verdict forcing retrial of Emile Cilliers
Trial collapses of soldier charged with attempted murder of Victoria Cilliers by tampering with chute, as judge warns against bullying among juryThe jury in the trial of an army sergeant accused of...
View ArticleIran sets court date for jailed Briton Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
British woman being held in Tehran is to appear in court on 10 December charged with spreading propaganda, husband saysNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian woman accused of spying, has been...
View ArticleOxford Circus: police stood down after incident in central London – as it...
Met police say there is ‘no evidence of shots fired or casualties’ after earlier reports of gunfire at tube stationOxford Circus incident: share your eyewitness accounts6.54pm GMTThis blog will be...
View ArticlePrince Harry 'thrilled' after announcing he is to marry Meghan Markle
Couple appear in public for first time since announcing their engagement and give 20-minute television interviewPrince Harry and Meghan Markle are to marry in the spring after announcing their...
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