NHS alert over ‘shocking’ rise in strokes in middle age
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The NHS has raised the alarm over a “shocking” rise in strokes among the middle-aged that risk people being pushed out of…
One in ten to be hit with £3,000 council tax bills after Keir Starmer gives local authorities permission to raise it by nearly three times the rate of inflation
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Reading Time: < 1 minute One in 10 households could soon be walloped with a massive £3,000 council tax bill following Keir Starmer‘s permission to increase the charge…
Pakistani province declares health emergency due to smog and locks down two cities
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A Pakistani province declared a health emergency Friday due to smog and imposed a shutdown in two major cities. Read More
South African government seeks experts' help to bring illegal miners to the surface
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The South African government said on Friday it has put together a team including mine rescue experts to come up with a plan…
Activists plant trees in Mali but residents strip them for firewood. They say there's no choice
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Reading Time: < 1 minute After years of serving as Mali’s minister of the environment, Aida M’bo now spends her time planting trees in a fight that…
People in Sudan and Gaza are starving. The international community must act
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Reading Time: < 1 minute I care about both Gaza and Sudan. It’s distasteful to compare extreme human suffering. But we can use the international metrics for…
OPINION - The golden era of TfL freebies like the 60+ Oyster must end — London can't afford it any more
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Reading Time: < 1 minute In just over six years, I’m due to join the best club in London. It won’t serve G&Ts, restrict women or provide…
Warning as 36 conditions no longer treated on the NHS - see full prescription ban list
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Brits have been warned that almost 40 medical conditions can no longer be treated by the NHS, a ban list has revealed. …
Three in four England universities expected to be in the red next year
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Reading Time: < 1 minute England’s universities face financial turmoil with nearly three in four expected to be in the red next year, according to gloomy forecasts…
Home workers spend more time sleeping and exercising, survey shows
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Reading Time: < 1 minute People who work from home spend more time sleeping and exercising than those who travel to work, a survey has found. Read…