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Labour will take 40 years to meet NHS waiting list target at current treatment rate – with list now standing at 7.27m
The article reports that Labour would take about 40 years to meet its NHS waiting-list target if treatment continued at the current rate. It highlights the scale of the challenge facing the Government as it seeks to reduce long waits for planned hospital care. The waiting list is said to stand at 7.27 million, underlining…
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Cassidy: New CDC Director Schwartz ‘will do the right thing’ on vaccine order
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said he has confidence that new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Erica Schwartz will stand up for science and won’t enforce President Trump’s executive order calling for major changes to the childhood vaccine schedule. “I anticipate Erica Schwartz will do the right thing,” Cassidy, chair of the Senate…
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Boy, 6, jumped out upstairs window while high on COCAINE, cops say… now his mother has been charged
A six-year-old autistic boy jumped from a second-storey apartment window in Fairmont, West Virginia, and subsequently tested positive for cocaine, prompting police to charge his mother with felony child neglect. Stevie Thibodeaux, 30, initially told a responding deputy she had been asleep when her son jumped and showed childproof locks she used to keep him…
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Trump-backed Max Miller SUED by his ex-wife after sharing ‘nude’ photo of their 2-year-old daughter
Ohio congressman Max Miller is being sued by his former wife, Emily Moreno, who alleges that he shared a nude photograph of their two-year-old daughter as part of efforts to discredit her allegations of domestic abuse and drug misuse. The case matters because it raises serious claims concerning a child’s privacy and the conduct of…
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Former All That cast member Christy Knowings dies aged 46
Christy Knowings, a former cast member of Nickelodeon’s All That, has died aged 46 after her family chose to remove her from life support at a Los Angeles-area hospital. Her death has prompted tributes from former colleagues, including Kenan Thompson, and marks the loss of an actress and comedian associated with one of the network’s…
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Sheffield Air Rifle Case as Zoo Conservation Faces Brexit Strain
Three men appeared in court in connection with an alleged air-rifle shooting in Sheffield in which five children and a 62-year-old woman were injured. The incident occurred on Richmond Park Avenue in August 2024; reports said three children needed hospital treatment to remove pellets. The proceedings reported on 13 August concern allegations, not findings of…
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BBC Inside Science
Researchers have announced synthetic viruses designed by artificial intelligence.
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‘X-Men’ star Tyler Mane says wife ‘saved my life’ after seemingly harmless lump led to breast cancer diagnosis
Actor Tyler Mane, known for “X-Men” and “Halloween”, said his wife “saved” his life after she encouraged him to have a seemingly harmless lump checked. He was subsequently diagnosed with the rare condition of male breast cancer, and is using his experience to urge men not to dismiss unusual changes to their bodies. Mane discussed…
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Ski Sunday host Chemmy Alcott suffers collapsed lung after jumping into lake
Ski Sunday presenter and former Olympic skier Chemmy Alcott has suffered a collapsed lung after landing badly while attempting a front flip from a five-metre platform into Lake Annecy in France. She was treated in hospital with a chest drain, and her experience highlights the risk of serious internal injury from jumping into water from…
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JD Vance calls on DOJ to prosecute alleged fraud in teen transgender treatment
Vice President JD Vance has asked the Department of Justice to investigate allegations in a Health and Human Services report that some hospitals and healthcare providers fraudulently subjected children to gender-related medical treatment. The call could increase legal and political pressure on providers of youth gender-affirming care, an issue central to the Trump administration’s health…