‘They Treat Us Worse Than Animals’: Working Without Water at Amazon
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteOn Thursday 24 August, at around three in the morning, a water pipe burst in Bristol. Read More
Care home outbreak suggests Covid variant has impact in close-contact settings
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe latest Covid-19 variant BA.2.86 may be transmissable enough to have an impact in settings where people are in close contact, Read…
Gabon junta appoints former opposition leader as interim PM
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteGabon’s ruling junta which seized power in a coup last week appointed a former opposition leader, Raymond Ndong Sima, as prime minister…
Number of Britons worried about the cost of housing hits record levels
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAbout 80% of mortgage holders and renters are now worried about rising housing costs, according to a poll. Read More
Sickle cell disease: Thousands of black blood donors needed to help save lives
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSickle cell, the UK’s fastest-growing genetic disorder, is more common within the black community and ethnically matched blood provides the best treatment….
Ulez expansion will add 13 minutes to life expectancy of average Londoner: study
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe expansion of London’s ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) will add 13 minutes to the life expectancy of the average Londoner this year,…
Rescuers race against time to save injured caver over 1km from surface
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteRescuers are racing against the clock to save an American climber who has been stranded in a 4,100ft (1.25km) deep cave for…
Man dies when his diabetic wife injects him with insulin so he can understand what it's like to be hypoglycaemic after he dismissed her illness
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA man has died after his diabetic wife injected insulin into him to teach him what it’s like to be hypoglycemic. Read…
Removing empty migrant dinghies from the Channel costs taxpayers more than £2m a year
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Home Office is paying £2 million a year on private boats sent to sea to pick up empty migrant dinghies, a leaked…
Met warns Britain could bake under longest September heatwave EVER
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Met Office has warned the Britain could bake under the longest September heatwave on record, with temperatures set to top 30C…