Teenage cancer patients will die because of trial age limits which prevent them from testing new drugs, a charity has warned. A new report published by the Teenage Cancer Trust has found that young people aged 13–24 are missing out on the chance to take part in clinical trials, leaving them unable to get innovative...
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UK Govt Offering £155-225 Cost Of Living Credit. Eligibility And Application Details
UK Govt Offering £155-225 Cost Of Living Credit Photo : Twitter The UK government recently announced that eligible households will be able to receive up to £225 as Cost of Living credit. Thousands of families will be able to apply for these vouchers as the Household Support Fund, worth £421 million, is extended. Medway Council...
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Spain ‘playing Russian roulette with people’s lives’ by refusing to ban painkiller
Spain has been accused of “playing Russian roulette” with expats’ lives by continuing to prescribe a painkiller alleged to be behind the deaths of at least 37 British and Irish expats. A campaign to have metamizole, sold under the brand name Nolotil, banned as it is in Britain, the US and Australia has prompted the...
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Grand National punters lose millions after last year’s winner unseats jockey
Punters lost millions at the Grand National as the defending champion unseated its jockey at the first fence. Changes to the Aintree track brought the opening obstacle forward by 60 yards to improve safety measures failed to prevent jockey Derek Fox, 31, from falling from Corach Rambler, within seconds of the grueling steeplechase’s start. The...
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Britons furious as over 25,000 people sign petition to ‘Save St George’s cross in English football’
The furious “woke” row over Nike’s new England football shirt has taken another turn, after a petition to remove the controversial St George’s Cross design from the kit hit 25,000 signatures and counting. The kit was unveiled on March 18, and features a “playful update to the flag of St George” – where the cross...
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Award-winning fish and chip shop ordered to take down Union flag
London’s “best” fish and chip shop has been ordered to remove a Union flag mural by council officials. The owner of the Golden Chippy, in Greenwich, south-east London, was left bemused after a design featuring the flag held by a humanoid fish and a slogan saying “A Great British Meal” were allegedly deemed inappropriate for...
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Early warning system will detect opioids to help prevent US-style fentanyl crisis in Britain
An early warning system to spot synthetic opioids and other drugs is being developed by ministers, in an attempt to prevent a US-style fentanyl crisis. It will test waste water and spikes of overdoses being reported by the emergency services to track the presence and strength of synthetic drugs across the UK in real time. ...
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Princess of Wales’ uncle evicted from Celebrity Big Brother
He said he was “self-doubting” when he joined the ITV show, and he should have been “more authentic”. “I could have been way more gregarious,” he said. Speaking about his many references to the royal family, he said: “People were asking me a lot of questions specifically about that because they didn’t know what to...
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Matches Fashion to enter administration after making ‘material losses’
Matches Fashion will be put into administration after parent company Frasers said it was unwilling to provide the money needed to keep the business going. Matches, which according to its latest accounts employed a little under 700 people, was making “material losses” and was “consistently” missing its target, Frasers said on Friday. Sports Direct owner...
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The Body Shop: What went wrong and what happens next?
High street cosmetics and skincare retailer The Body Shop is set to shut dozens of stores and cut hundreds of jobs. The company, which employs around 2,200 workers and has 198 UK stores, tumbled into administration last week in a bid to become “financially stable”. On Tuesday, the administrators said they will immediately close seven...
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Body Shop to cut almost 300 jobs and shut almost half of shops
The Body Shop is set to shut nearly half of its 198 UK shops after the cosmetics chain fell into administration last week. It will also cut around 270 head office jobs as part of a heavy restructuring, leaving it with around 400 workers at its London headquarters. The group also employs around 1,500 workers...
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HMS Prince of Wales finally sets sail for Nato exercise
Grant Shapps, the Defence Secretary, said the military’s ability to deploy “hundreds of crew” within a week was “testament to the skill and ability of the Royal Navy”. Mr Shapps added: “In an increasingly dangerous world, where it is more important than ever that we stand united with our allies, HMS Prince of Wales will...