Abduction, torture, rape: Conflict in Congo worsens, says UN
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The accounts are haunting. Abductions, torture, rapes. Scores of civilians including women and children have been killed by the M23 rebels in…
Niger reports severe bird flu among poultry, says WOAH
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Niger has reported the highly contagious H5N1 strain of avian influenza, or bird flu, among poultry in a village in the south…
Agency leeches are sucking NHS dry: Middlemen charge HALF A BILLION pounds a year to provide locum nurses and doctors...
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Middlemen are charging the NHS half a billion pounds a year in fees for agency staff. Read More
Farmer living in Uganda with 12 wives, 102 children finally decides to stop growing family
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A Ugandan farmer who has 102 children and 568 grandchildren from 12 wives has finally decided to stop growing his family. Read…
Agencies 'are paid £500m' for staffing NHS each year
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Middlemen are reportedly charging the NHS half a billion pounds a year to provide agency staff. Read More
Justify hiring a white person, NHS bosses tell interview panels
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Reading Time: < 1 minute NHS interviewers who hire a white person have been told they must explain why they didn’t give the job to an ethnic…
Rise of the stay-at-home dad: Number of men looking after their kids at home is up by a third since pre-pandemic, UK stats show
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A rise in stay-at-home dads means a third more men are now raising their children instead of working following the pandemic. Read…
Heavy snow in Japan leaves 17 dead, dozens injured
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Heavy snow in large swaths of Japan has killed 17 and injured more than 90 people and left hundreds of homes without…
Almost 300,000 over-50s on zero hours contracts – report
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The number of workers over the age of 50 who are on zero hours contracts has increased to almost 300,000, the highest…
Forgetting presents, not turning the oven on and getting lost in a relative's house: The signs a loved-one could have dementia this Christmas
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Forgetting to turn the oven on for Christmas dinner yesterday may have been a warning sign that a loved one has dementia, health chiefs have…