Reading Time: < 1 minute A deadly ‘black boil’ disease has killed at least 17 and left 40 others seriously ill in Uganda. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minute A crackdown is planned on fake homeless aggressive beggars believed to be working a ‘shift system’ to harass female motorists and Christmas shoppers. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minute A  blaze which ripped through a country hotel that had been earmarked to accommodate 70 refugees is being treated as arson by…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Residents in Gaza scrambled to grab aid packages in the border city of Rafah on Sunday, 17 December, as trucks carrying supplies passed…

Reading Time: < 1 minute The NHS is being forced to deal with 3,000 admissions related to obesity every day, twice as many as it was six years…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Aso ebi – “family uniform” – is the Yoruba custom of people dressing alike for social events. The custom is rooted in…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Teenager Alex Batty, who has been found in France six years after he disappeared, wanted to “return to the UK” and find identity…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Aspartame, a sweetener found in Diet Coke and other sugar-free products, has been found to be possibly carcinogenic in high doses. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minute Scare stories and misinformation about the harms of vaping could be triggering a rise in young people smoking, experts have warned.  Read…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Ministers have come under pressure to make needle and drink spiking a specific offence, with campaigners and opposition parties calling for tougher…