Al Shifa hospital director arrested, Hamas says
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Dr Muhammad Abu Salmiya, who heads al Shifa hospital in Gaza City, has been detained along with “some of the medical staff”,…
WHO issues urgent warning as children in China falling ill in 'increased numbers'
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced it is looking into reports of an increase in respiratory illnesses in children in China. Read…
It’s unsustainable to prop up social care with workers on visas, say NHS Trusts
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Relying on international recruitment to plug gaps in the health and social care workforce is “unsustainable”, trust leaders have said. Read More
Frequent socialising ‘could help people live longer’ in old age
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Frequent socialising could help people live longer – and the more often the better, a new study suggests. Read More
Households to be nearly £2,000 poorer by end of this parliament - think tank
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Reading Time: < 1 minute For the first time ever, households will be poorer at the end of a parliament term than at the start, a think…
Man and woman reportedly drown trying to cross Channel to UK
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A man and a woman are reported to have drowned on Wednesday trying to cross the Channel to the UK in a…
Niagara Falls crash: Video shows '$300,000 Bentley' flying through air before fireball explosion at US-Canada border
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A vehicle speeding toward a US-Canada bridge from the American side crashed and exploded at a checkpoint in Niagara Falls, killing two…
India tunnel collapse: Ambulances on standby as rescue of trapped workers enters final stretch
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The operation to free 41 Indian tunnel workers has entered the final stage, officials say, with rescuers just a few metres away from…
‘Huge sigh of relief’ for renters after housing allowance unfrozen
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Decisions to raise benefits in line with inflation and to unfreeze local housing allowance have been welcomed, with a cautionary warning that…
‘Women more at risk of HIV in pregnancy, during breastfeeding’
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Women are two to three times more at risk of getting infected with HIV, researchers involved in the Makerere University – John…