800,000 children on 'broken' NHS waiting lists
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Reading Time: < 1 minute More than 800,000 children are stuck on lengthy NHS hospital waiting lists, it was revealed today as the Prime Minister says the health…
Number of seasonal workers seeking help after being sacked by UK farms doubles in past year
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The number of farm workers seeking help with dismissal after travelling to work in British fields and orchards has soared over the…
Canada's safe injection sites, 20 years on, face pushback
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Canada, after two decades of leading on treating addiction as a health issue, is suddenly facing pushback on supervised sites for injecting…
Albanian drug gangs use TikTok to recruit minders for UK cannabis farms
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Albanian drug gangs are openly recruiting cannabis farmers on TikTok amid worker shortages in Britain. Read More
'Digital soothing' for kids can cause more harm than we realise, says paediatrician
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Using screen time as a soother might seem like a helpful quick fix, but a paediatrician has said that it could be…
Kenyan officials remove bodies as they try to confirm the death toll from a school dormitory fire
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Officials began removing the bodies of children who burned to death in a school dormitory in central Kenya on Sunday as…
First human case of bird flu not linked to animals reported in US
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed the first case of avian influenza A (H5) bird flu in a person not…
Almost 3,000 litres of fake olive oil seized by police
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Spanish police seized almost 3,000 litres of fake olive oil which could have been sold for €20,500 (£17,313) from Huelva, newly-released video…
Certificate verification: Nigerian nurses in UK, US forced back home
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The sudden deactivation of the verification portal by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria in February has plunged countless Nigerian…
Sweden joins countries seeking to end screen time for children under 2
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Sweden says children under the age of 2 should not be exposed to any digital screens. Read More