Demonising vaping is prompting young people to switch to tobacco
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteScare stories and misinformation about the harms of vaping could be triggering a rise in young people smoking, experts have warned. Read…
Drink spiking laws to be modernised, Home Office says
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMinisters have come under pressure to make needle and drink spiking a specific offence, with campaigners and opposition parties calling for tougher…
Action needed to fight measles as 60,000 children unvaccinated by two
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteUrgent action to combat the threat of measles was demanded last night amid warnings that over 50,000 children were unvaccinated by their…
Warning over looming childcare ‘crisis’ as 10,000 providers lost since 2018
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMinisters have been urged to review rates paid to childcare providers after data revealed the number has fallen by more than 10,000 in five…
Airlines 'refusing to provide planes for Rwanda plan over reputation fears'
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe British government insists it has ‘robust plans’ to keep its Rwanda asylum policy afloat amid reports commercial airlines have shunned contracts for the scheme. …
Jungle between Colombia and Panama becomes highway for hundreds of thousands from around the world
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteOnce nearly impenetrable for migrants heading north from Latin America, the jungle between Colombia and Panama this year became a speedy but still treacherous highway…
Record numbers infected by tropical disease this year as Europe and America warned of spread
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteDengue is sweeping across the Western Hemisphere in numbers not seen since record-keeping began more than four decades ago, with experts warning…
Entire continent splitting apart as 'new ocean' begins to form in giant crack in Earth
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA new ocean is slowly forming in Africa as tectonic plates pull away from each other and split the continent. Read More
Over 60 dead after boat carrying migrants capsizes off the coast of Libya
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMore than 60 people, including women and children, are feared dead after a boat carrying migrants trying to reach Europe capsized off the…
‘It’s going to be a terrible winter’: ambulance queues warn of early crisis for NHS
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteOn a cold and grey afternoon last week, senior paramedic Glenn Carrington once again faced a familiar but grim situation: a four-hour…