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about 2 years ago
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Schools face debt of hundreds of millions without Government bailout for rising energy costs

While unions stress school closures or a four-day education week are not on the agenda, they do point to further cuts...

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about 2 years ago
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This is what it will really take for gas and electricity bills to fall

Charities, consumer groups and Ofgem itself have been emphatic that greater Government support is required, but inves...

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about 2 years ago
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'No 10 have completely checked out. It’s really bad': Inside Boris Johnson’s zombie Government

The PM's gone on holiday, key legislation is in limbo, Whitehall offices are half empty and No 10 staff have 'downed ...

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about 2 years ago
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Why 4mg of folic acid will dramatically reduce the risk of birth defects during pregnancy

The Government's current recommended dose is 10 times too low, warns an expert in preventative medicine, and eating g...

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about 2 years ago
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Living with PTSD: 'I thought I was having a heart attack every single time'

Luke Thomas was just 11 when he began experiencing racism at bullying at school. He was too young to be referred to N...

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about 2 years ago
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Drug reform campaigners in new campaign to reclassify magic mushrooms to treat mental illness

The use of psychedelics will be one of the highlights at the Medicine Festival this weekend as polling shows most peo...

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about 2 years ago
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Clash over whether to meet Putin at G20 as Truss vows to confront him but Sunak will boycott

The Foreign Secretary says she will confront the Russian leader directly if she is prime minister at the time of the ...

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about 2 years ago
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NHS faces huge challenges but it is wrong to consider changing to a social insurance model

Tinkering with NHS structures is 'a recipe for wasting time and money' and ministers should focus on the real problem...

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about 2 years ago
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'People want us to be more ambitious': Inside a Labour party desperate to win power

'Keir said he wanted to paint his vision in primary colours, and then getting to policy detail closer to an election....

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about 2 years ago
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Living with angina: 'I'd be sitting watching TV and feel like I'm having a heart attack'

Lorraine Kinzel was in her 40s when she had a heart attack before being told she had severe unstable angina. She tell...

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about 2 years ago
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Schools accused of adding to families’ financial woes by banning high-street uniforms

Parents can end up paying up to four times more for school uniform items than if they were allowed to buy generic ver...

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about 2 years ago
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Charity shop customer hands in first edition of 'A Christmas Carol' in 'donation of a lifetime'

The store manager of Oxfam Books and Music in Stirling said his 'heart skipped a beat' when he came across the book

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about 2 years ago
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Prostate cancer mobile screening model could save thousands of lives if rolled out across NHS

Medics running The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust outreach programme have started picking up their first confirme...

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about 2 years ago
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Living with osteoarthritis: ‘They cut chunks of my knee off and then concrete some metal in’

Sarah Vickerstaff started having problems with her back around 2008. She tells Paul Gallagher how the pain spread to ...

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about 2 years ago
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How the predicted recession could affect your income, from single parents to pensioners

Squeezed households will see their disposable incomes tumble by hundreds of pounds over the next two years if the Ban...

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about 2 years ago
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Sunak insists towns need to be levelled up after saying he diverted money from deprived cities

Former Chancellor's remarks divided Tory MPs, with some accusing him of going back on his party’s promise to level up...

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about 2 years ago
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Living with autism, 'You try and be like everyone else and that makes you unhappy'

Diagnosis, CBT and therapy changed Barrington Campbell's life. But he is 'disgusted' he had to get help outside the N...

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about 2 years ago
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Why air pollution harms pregnant women and their unborn babies

Study finds women become much less effective at 'clearing' tiny particulates from pollutants like exhaust fumes or ki...

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about 2 years ago
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‘Rishi is toast’: Inside the battle for the Conservative leadership

Boris Johnson said to be ‘almost starting to feel sorry’ for Sunak. Tory splits leading to fears that a party with 'a...

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about 2 years ago
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Boris Johnson finally celebrates wedding to Carrie as criticism forces switch from Chequers

Invitations for the party went out more than five months ago, i understands - meaning that the last-minute scramble t...

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about 2 years ago
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How the fashion industry is 'duping' customers into thinking they're shopping green

Asos, Boohoo and Asda are to be investigated over concerns they may have exaggerated the environmental credentials of...

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about 2 years ago
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Government uses Commonwealth's 'soft power' to push 35 nations to decriminalise LGBT people

Of the 70 nations around the world that outlaw same-sex relationships, 35 are members of the Commonwealth

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about 2 years ago
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Lionesses will earn 'millions' after Euros but the deals will depend on more than just winning

Global brands such as Nike, Adidas and Pepsi will be on standby to offer multi-year deals to England’s stand-out spor...

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about 2 years ago
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Improve care and tackle shortages with 'clean break' from NHS England funding model, GPs say

"Tightly controlled" budgets mean GP practices can spend money on a social prescriber or a pharmacist, but not on mor...

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about 2 years ago
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Living with arthritis: ‘I was in so much agony. I couldn't even put my socks or shoes on’

Steffanie Bannister was a teenager in Manchester Children's Hospital when she was told she had arthritis. She tells P...

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about 2 years ago
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'We’ve ended up with Batshit and the Billionaire': Inside the Tory leadership war

'Sunak’s supporters went for Penny and now they will go for Liz. They will tear her apart. But Rishi’s team are a bun...

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about 2 years ago
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Climate modellers say second 40C peak is a possibility in an extreme August heatwave

US forecasting system suggests some parts of England might hit the 40C mark in the early part of the month - but expe...

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about 2 years ago
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Living with psoriasis: 'I spent a lifetime trying to crack on without diagnosis or treatment'

Psoriasis affects about 1 in 50 people in the UK. Famous sufferers include Kim Kardashian and Cara Delevingne. But de...

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about 2 years ago
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'It's going to be bad': Inside the Truss-Mordaunt war tearing the Tory party apart

Amid suggestions that campaigns for Truss and Sunak could work together in a Stop Penny ‘stitch-up’, one insider warn...

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about 2 years ago
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Millions of children get free school meal vouchers cut to as little as £1.66 in summer holidays

One charity has accused the Government of 'waiting for another football star to shame them into action' after Marcus ...

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about 2 years ago
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Mother and baby narrowly avoid missile strike while waiting for UK visa in Ukraine

Valentina and her family was caught in Russia's latest attack on innocent civilians, in Vinnytsia. They have been wai...

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about 2 years ago
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‘Ridiculous’ payment system is forcing dentists out of the NHS and into private practice

Dr Andrew Elnazir felt positive starting as an NHS dentist seeing up to 40 patients a day, but historic problems led ...

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about 2 years ago
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Why artificial intelligence in the NHS could fail women and ethnic minorities

Experts warn that new research into AI in healthcare shows a failure to consider the full range of potential bias aga...

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about 2 years ago
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‘Everything is his fault’: Inside a fearful Tory party blaming Johnson as UK is put on pause

Concerns that ousted leader could yet spell trouble: 'You have got to take the train set off the guy who just tried t...

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about 2 years ago
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'Boy from Baghdad' Nadhim Zahawi to pitch to become next PM as tax cutting, unity candidate

'I know what it is like to struggle to get by. I remember my mum having to pawn her jewellery just to try and put foo...

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about 2 years ago
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The consequences of an independent Scotland, from keeping the pound to rejoining the EU

If the vote is allowed to go ahead, a number of fault lines are likely to emerge. i takes a look at what they are and...

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about 2 years ago
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'The Extinction Rebellion of its day': Angela Mason, on how the fight for gay rights began

This week, as London holds its 50th Pride event, Mason – who became a prominent face of the LGBT community, running t...

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about 2 years ago
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Lethal drinking water, runs on banks and panic buying: What a real UK cyber attack could mean

The Undeclared War is new drama series about a widespread hack on the UK's computer networks. Here's what experts say...

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about 2 years ago
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‘Boris Johnson is like a disease' says MP as Tory party is shocked by 'horrific' double defeat

Female MPs who reported colleague for viewing porn also blamed for their party's plight. 'I don't know why the girls ...

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