Primary schools shut as teachers strike in pay dispute
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSchool pupils will miss lessons this week as teachers walk out after last-ditch talks between Scottish Government officials and teaching unions failed…
Ministers to unveil anti-strike laws as disputes continue to paralyse UK
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMinisters are set to unveil controversial new legislation designed to curb the effectiveness of strike action as industrial disputes continue to paralyse…
Researchers warn of potentially fatal condition for open-water swimmers
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA potentially life-threatening condition that can affect fit and healthy open-water swimmers causing them to “drown from the inside” may involve a…
Diabetes artificial pancreas tech recommended for thousands on NHS
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMore than 100,000 people in England and Wales with type 1 diabetes could soon be offered new technology to manage their condition…
'Sick and twisted' former GP handed two more life sentences for abuse
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA “sick and twisted” former GP who committed 115 sexual offences against 28 women and girls as young as 15 and “preyed”…
Horses with giant cysts from pharmaceutical testing turned into meat for humans
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteHorses with giant cysts from repeated pharmaceutical injections were illegally butchered and turned into meat for humans by a criminal gang in…
Air India boss describes ‘personal anguish’ at handling of urinating passenger incident
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe chairman of Air India-owner Tata Sons has spoken of his “personal anguish” over an incident where one of the airline’s passengers…
Child Benefit payments to rise by 10.1% from April, here is what parents will get
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteBenefit payments will increase by 10.1% this year. Read More
Scientists develop a vaccine that destroys AND prevents untreatable brain cancer which killed Beau Biden and John McCain
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A new experimental vaccine may hold hope for sufferers of the incurable brain cancer glioblastoma. Read More
Middle-class families could face 'modest' charges to see GP and have routine ops under plans put forward by veteran Tory Ken Clarke to save the NHS
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA ‘modest’ charge to see a GP and have minor procedures could help save the NHS, according to veteran Tory Ken Clarke. Read More