Backlog in NHS and courts will take 10 years to clear, says thinktank
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Reading Time: < 1 minutePublic services will not recover until the 2030s even under a Labour government, and it will take a decade to clear the backlog…
Are there health risks to using public toilets? Here’s what experts say.
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteFor some, public bathrooms have always been a source of germ-induced anxiety, but the pandemic, understandably, made those concerns more universal. Read…
'The worst place to live in Britain': Families fleeing shipping container estate plagued by gangs and prostitutes call rusting homes a 'third world cesspit' where their 'children will be killed'
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteTraumatised families trying to flee a ‘slum’ housing estate made of rusting shipping containers have branded it the ‘worst place to live…
Stowaway is found barely alive in plane's landing gear compartment after flying from Algeria to Paris in -50C
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA stowaway was discovered hidden in the landing gear compartment of a plane that flew into Paris from Algeria in -50C conditions,…
Alcohol misuse and loneliness ‘increase risk of early-onset dementia’
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAlcohol misuse, coming from a lower socioeconomic background, loneliness and having a hearing impairment are among 15 factors found to significantly increase…
One Brit dead in E-coli outbreak linked to artisan cheese sold at Waitrose and in Christmas hampers - with at least 30 people including children as young as seven ill
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne person has died and 11 taken to hospital amid an E.coli outbreak linked to artisan cheese sold in Waitrose and contained in…
Family are 'reduced to tears' by the kindness of strangers who have raised thousands of pounds after powerful '160mph' tornado left their 'roof hanging off'
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteFamilies left homeless after the most powerful tornado to strike the mainland UK in 17 years unleashed winds of up to 160mph are…
10,000 healthy patients stuck in hospital on Christmas Day due to lack of NHS care
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMore than 10,000 healthy patients in England were forced to stay in hospital on Christmas Day due to a lack of care in…
British couple are stabbed in the back and legs along with a third victim in Morocco tourist spot knife attack: Police probe whether attack is terror related
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteTwo British tourists have been stabbed in the back and legs alongside a third victim in a tourist spot in Morocco. Read…
Tractor driver who tried to save three men stuck in 4x4 says they were ‘swept away’ by River Esk
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA tractor driver who tried to rescue three men whose 4×4 vehicle had become submerged in the River Esk during Storm Gerrit said they were “swept…