Everyday chemicals linked to birth defects and pregnancy problems
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteFireproof chemicals found in furniture, clothes and many household items may cause obesity in children, scientists have warned. Read More
Woman detained after anonymous tip about severed body parts in her freezer
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA woman was arrested in New York after body parts, including a severed head, were found in her freezer. Read More
Priest jailed for sexual abuse inside Vatican in ‘Pope’s choirboys’ case
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA Catholic priest has been jailed for sexually abusing an altar boy within the walls of the Vatican in the first legal…
Ministers rule out raising the level of English required by foreign care workers despite death of dementia-sufferer, 91, after staff were unable to explain her condition
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMinimum standards of English in care homes will not be raised despite the death of a 91-year-old woman after care workers struggled…
British grandfather faces jail in Dubai just ‘for asking partying neighbours to quieten down while he babysat’
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA British grandfather has said he is facing jail in Dubai after being accused of trespass – just for asking partying neighbours to quieten down while he…
Junior doctors in England to vote on extending mandate for strikes
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteJunior doctors in England are to be asked if they want to continue taking industrial action in their long-running dispute over pay….
Never-before-discovered bacteria spotted in man's heart at London hospital
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA never-before-seen species of bacteria has been found inside the heart of a patient at a London hospital, according to the Clinical Infection…
NHS prescription costs: Six key ways you could save money as cost set to rise to £9.65
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteFees for NHS prescriptions are increasing by 30p for people in England in April with the price going up to £9.65 an…
‘This is a pandemic’: Ethiopia’s Oromia region gripped by surge in kidnappings
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The gunmen came for Alemetu when she was sleeping. They marched her out of her home in Ethiopia’s Oromia region and…
Want to live longer? Try drinking three cups of tea each day: Researchers rave over the 'anti-ageing' benefits of a cuppa
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt may have fallen out of favour among coffee-loving millennials — but scientists believe drinking tea could help you live longer. Read…