Backlog in NHS and courts will take 10 years to clear, says thinktank
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Public services will not recover until the 2030s even under a Labour government, and it will take a decade to clear the backlog…
Are there health risks to using public toilets? Here’s what experts say.
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Reading Time: < 1 minute For some, public bathrooms have always been a source of germ-induced anxiety, but the pandemic, understandably, made those concerns more universal. Read…
'The worst place to live in Britain': Families fleeing shipping container estate plagued by gangs and prostitutes call rusting homes a 'third world cesspit' where their 'children will be killed'
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Traumatised families trying to flee a ‘slum’ housing estate made of rusting shipping containers have branded it the ‘worst place to live…
Alcohol misuse and loneliness ‘increase risk of early-onset dementia’
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Alcohol misuse, coming from a lower socioeconomic background, loneliness and having a hearing impairment are among 15 factors found to significantly increase…
Family are 'reduced to tears' by the kindness of strangers who have raised thousands of pounds after powerful '160mph' tornado left their 'roof hanging off'
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Families left homeless after the most powerful tornado to strike the mainland UK in 17 years unleashed winds of up to 160mph are…
10,000 healthy patients stuck in hospital on Christmas Day due to lack of NHS care
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Reading Time: < 1 minute More than 10,000 healthy patients in England were forced to stay in hospital on Christmas Day due to a lack of care in…
British couple are stabbed in the back and legs along with a third victim in Morocco tourist spot knife attack: Police probe whether attack is terror related
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Two British tourists have been stabbed in the back and legs alongside a third victim in a tourist spot in Morocco. Read…
Tractor driver who tried to save three men stuck in 4x4 says they were ‘swept away’ by River Esk
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A tractor driver who tried to rescue three men whose 4×4 vehicle had become submerged in the River Esk during Storm Gerrit said they were “swept…
‘Teen moms protect the fathers’ as births on Xmas Day soar
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Reading Time: < 1 minute While it was possible some of the 145 teenagers who gave birth on Christmas Day were impregnated during sexual abuse and rape, some were keeping…
Texas has arrested thousands on trespassing charges at the border. Illegal crossings are still high
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Before settling in New York City like thousands of other migrants this year, Abdoul, a 32-year-old from West Africa, took an unexpected detour: Weeks in…