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Pubs, bars and hotels report ‘Burnham bounce’ in optimism but call for further tax relief
Pubs, bars and hotels have reported a surge in optimism dubbed the “Burnham bounce” following Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s business rates discount for pubs, clubs and live music venues, according to a survey of trade bodies. However, businesses warn this goodwill could disappear unless the government delivers further tax relief, as rising costs continue to…
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Nile Rodgers & Chic to Headline DKMS Cancer Benefit Gala in New York
Nile Rodgers & Chic will headline the 20th annual DKMS gala, a black-tie fundraiser for the international blood cancer and blood disorder charity, taking place at Cipriani Wall Street in New York on 15 October. The event matters because it marks two decades of the gala raising funds for stem cell donor registration, transplant access…
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Simple vaccine could slash risk of dementia, stroke AND heart disease, study finds – experts urge Britons to get their shingles jab
A major study led by University of Oxford researchers has found that the shingles vaccine may cut the risk of dementia, heart disease, heart failure and stroke, adding to evidence that immunisation could offer protection well beyond preventing shingles itself. Scientists say that if everyone eligible in the UK took up the jab, tens of…
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US kills 4 alleged drug smugglers on boat in Caribbean, bringing total to 227 in 68 strikes
US Southern Command carried out a lethal strike on a boat in the Caribbean on 25 August, killing four people it described as “narco-terrorists,” part of an ongoing campaign against suspected drug-trafficking vessels that has now claimed at least 227 lives across 68 strikes over roughly the past year. The action, ordered under Gen. Francis…
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German airport worker dies of malaria after ‘mosquito arrives on plane’
Two Frankfurt Airport workers have died after six employees contracted malaria in a rare outbreak thought to have been caused by mosquitoes arriving on an aircraft. The cases underline the risk of “airport malaria”, which is unusual in Germany and can be harder to diagnose promptly when patients have not travelled to malaria-endemic countries. The…
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Eating less of common ingredient early in life may slash cancer risk decades later
A study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that limiting sugar intake during a child’s first 1,000 days, from conception to age two, could reduce the risk of several cancers and slow biological ageing decades later. Researchers used the natural experiment created by the end of Britain’s post-war sugar rationing in…
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Groups sue Trump’s EPA over fast-track approval of toxic datacenter chemicals
The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency has approved two new chemicals for use in datacentre and semiconductor manufacturing despite acknowledging they could cause “sudden death” and serious harms including cancer, eye corrosion, neurological damage and reproductive harm. Environmental group Earthjustice has filed a lawsuit arguing the approvals breach the Toxic Substances Control Act, which requires…
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Radiation link in flight attendant’s breast cancer, French court finds
A French court in Bayonne has, for the first time, recognised cosmic radiation as a factor contributing to a flight attendant’s breast cancer, in a landmark occupational disease ruling. Sophie Lainault, a 59-year-old former Air France stewardess, brought the case after developing breast cancer, and the court found that cosmic radiation, passive smoking and prolonged…
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Two men charged after ‘machete brawl’ in city centre left three people in hospital
Two men have been charged following a “machete brawl” in broad daylight in Truro city centre that left three people injured. Armed police were called to Calenick Street at around 1.45pm on Monday after reports that a bladed weapon had been used during a fight, prompting the force to say there was no wider threat…
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A Mutation Is Making It Easier for Drug-Resistant Malaria to Spread
Researchers at Brown University have identified a genetic mutation that appears to be driving rising resistance to common antimalarial drugs in Uganda, a finding that could complicate efforts to control a disease that remains a major killer across sub-Saharan Africa. The study, published this week in Nature Medicine, points to mutations in a previously overlooked…