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Warning over ‘unhealthiest generation of children in decades’: UK now has some of the worst outcomes for kids in Europe, with declining vaccination rates and rising asthma admissions and mental health disorders

• UK children now among Europe's worst for health outcomes
• Vaccination rates falling while asthma admissions rise
• Mental health disorders in children also increasing

A new warning highlights that the UK now has some of the worst health outcomes for children in Europe, with experts describing today's youngsters as potentially the "unhealthiest generation in decades." The assessment points to a combination of falling vaccination uptake, rising hospital admissions for asthma, and an…

Scorched earth Britain: Aerial photos show how nation is baking as millions face hosepipe bans after eight days of record-breaking 34C heat

• UK swelters through eight days of record 34C heat.
• Millions face hosepipe bans as reservoirs and land dry out.
• Benefit claimant exemptions from bans spark fairness row.

Britain has experienced eight consecutive days of record-breaking heat reaching 34C, with aerial photographs showing scorched, parched landscapes across the country as the prolonged dry spell takes hold. The heatwave has prompted water companies to move towards imposing hosepipe bans affecting millions of households, as reservoirs and land…

Democrats running to replace Platner in key Senate race call for ICE to be ‘abolished’

• Maine Democratic Senate hopefuls back abolishing ICE after Biddeford shooting
• Candidate Nirav Shah likens his campaign to Graham Platner's
• Comes after Platner's own scandal-hit Senate bid collapsed

Democratic candidates competing to replace Graham Platner as the party's Senate nominee in Maine have called for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to be abolished, following a shooting involving the agency in Biddeford, Maine. Candidate Nirav Shah told Fox News Digital that "ICE needs to be abolished"…

Super Bowl champion Greg Hawthorne dead at 69

• Former Steelers running back Greg Hawthorne has died aged 69
• Won Super Bowl XIV with Pittsburgh as a rookie in 1979
• Was drafted 28th overall out of Fort Worth Polytechnic

Greg Hawthorne, a running back who won a Super Bowl with the Pittsburgh Steelers, has died at the age of 69, his family announced on social media. His death marks the loss of another member of the Steelers' successful teams of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Hawthorne…

‘If we die, we die together’: Wife who held on to her husband’s legs after he was sucked out of Ryanair jet window at 20,000ft describes battle to save him

• Woman held husband's legs after he was sucked toward a blown jet window.
• Incident happened at roughly 20,000ft on a Ryanair flight.
• It coincided with a separate Ryanair turbulence scare the same day.

A woman has described the terrifying moment she grabbed hold of her husband's legs to stop him being fully sucked out of a Ryanair aircraft after a window blew out at around 20,000ft. She recounted telling him "if we die, we die together" as she fought to keep…

Trump-backed Daylight Saving Time bill clears key House hurdle

• Sunshine Protection Act clears House Rules Committee, advancing to floor vote
• Bill would end biannual clock changes, making Daylight Saving Time permanent
• Trump-backed measure has bipartisan support in Congress

A bipartisan effort to make Daylight Saving Time permanent in the United States has advanced after the House Rules Committee cleared the way for a full chamber vote. The measure, known as the Sunshine Protection Act, has the backing of President Trump and aims to end the twice-yearly…

Millionaire art collector’s horrific final moments revealed after he and his pet dog were mown down on Boston street by stranger who took a dislike to them

A wealthy art collector and his pet dog died after being deliberately run down on a street in Boston by a stranger who reportedly took a dislike to them, according to the Daily Mail. The case is notable for its apparently random and unprovoked nature, with the victim…

Maine ICE shooting victim was not target of arrest warrant, Sen. King’s office says after earlier DHS account

• Maine ICE shooting victim was not the target of the arrest warrant
• Sen. Angus King's office revised its earlier account of the incident
• Protesters demonstrated at Sen. Susan Collins's office over the shooting

A man fatally shot by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Biddeford, Maine, on Monday was not the individual named in the arrest warrant that federal agents were attempting to execute, according to the office of Senator Angus King. This represents a revision of the…

Alleged ringleader among four more men charged over mistaken identity kidnap and murder of Sydney grandfather

• Four more men charged over Sydney grandfather's mistaken-identity kidnap and murder
• Case linked to an alleged extortion plot in Blacktown, Sydney
• One of the newly charged men is described as the alleged ringleader

Australian police have charged four more men, including an alleged ringleader, in connection with the kidnapping and murder of a Sydney grandfather who was seized in a case of mistaken identity. The victim is understood to have been targeted as part of an extortion plot in the Blacktown…