Five items you should avoid putting in your microwave - including ‘takeout containers'
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Microwaves are popular kitchen appliances that are used to make dinners, hot drinks and other recipes. Read More
Covid lockdowns were NO more effective than Swedish softer approach
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Covid lockdowns were no more effective at reducing infections than letting people adapt their own behaviour, a major Oxford University-baked study suggests….
'As bad as 15 cigarettes a day': WHO declares loneliness a global health concern
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared loneliness a global health concern and has launched a new commission to tackle the problem. Read More
The world's first gene therapy for sickle cell disease has been approved in Britain
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Britain’s medicines regulator has authorized the world’s first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease, in a move that could offer relief…
Number of children travelling to the UK alone to seek asylum rises by a third in a year - as dozens more migrants arrive in Dover today despite choppy conditions
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The number of lone child asylum seekers in England has risen by almost a third in a year, according to the latest…
Monkey kills 10-year-old boy by ripping out his intestines during attack by 'notorious gang' of primates near Indian temple
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A 10-year-old boy was mercilessly killed by a monkey after it tore his intestines out in an attack that took place near…
Nearly 250,000 people awaiting adult social care needs assessment – report
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Nearly a quarter of a million people in England were waiting to have their care needs assessed by the end of summer, according…
Smoking causes 150 cancer cases every single day in UK, study finds
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Smoking causes 150 cancer cases every day in the UK alone, according to a new study. Read More
Bangladesh garment workers fighting for pay face brutal violence and threats
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Reading Time: < 1 minute When Masuma Akhtar arrived at the garment factory where she works on the outskirts of Dhaka on 31 October, she was expecting…
Hospital director in Haiti says a gang stormed in and took hundreds of women and children hostage
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A heavily armed gang burst into a hospital in Haiti on Wednesday and took hostage hundreds of women, children and newborns, according…