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England’s north-south life expectancy gap grows despite record longevity
King’s Fund report finds men and women live, on average, for 80 years and nearly 84 years, but gains are in southThe north-south divide in life expect…
Restricted eating hours may reduce cognitive decline in older age, researchers find
Preliminary study shows older people who avoided food four hours before bed did better in problem solving testsConfining mealtimes and snacks to a nin…
RFK Jr urges Alzheimer’s screening but blunts key panel that could drive research
Experts say evidence for cognitive screening desired by health secretary ‘not great’ as taskforce idle since last yearThe US health secretary, Robert …
Pizza, pasta, potatoes, protein - how Italian children became so overweight
The Mediterranean diet was a blueprint for healthy living, yet Italian children are among the most overweight in Europe according to WHO.…
Sunscreen doesn't cause cancer. Why do those claims keep spreading?
Each summer, false claims about sunscreen causing cancer continue to spread online.…
Six men arrested over fatal stabbing in south London
The attack is believed to have taken place near Tremadoc Road in the early hours of Saturday.…
What’s behind the ICC investigation into Karim Khan?
Lawyers for the ICC’s ousted Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan say he is the victim of a political witchhunt…
Southport killer ‘trying to retraumatise families from cell’, says lawyer
Comment follows news Axel Rudakubana had been transferred from prison to psychiatric hospitalThe lawyer for the families of Axel Rudakubana’s victims …
Home Office rejects Palestinian Jerusalemite woman’s UK visa but approves husband’s
Officials said they were not satisfied Therese Abdallah was a ‘genuine visitor’ and believed she would not leave after visit to son in LondonA Palesti…
‘No time to waste’: Greece bids for Mount Olympus to be included on Unesco list of world heritage sites
Officials have long lobbied for peak that rises 2,918 metres above sea level to be given coveted designationMore than four decades have elapsed since …
Chuck Russell, director of The Mask and The Blob, dies aged 74
The film-maker, also behind A Nightmare on Elm Street 3, died on Wednesday in his San Diego homeDirector Chuck Russell, who helped propel actors such …
Georgia school shooter handed victims’ families ‘life sentence of trauma’, court hears
Colt Gray, who was 14 at time of attack on Apalachee high school, admits 55 charges including four counts of murderThe wife of a teacher killed in a h…
Doctor details condition of Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s body in D4vd hearing
Grant Ho, who performed postmortem examination, said he identified two stab wounds on 14-year-old’s bodyThe autopsy of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Herna…
US surpasses 2025’s record number of measles infections as cases climb
The latest milestone, a recorded 2,318 infections, makes 2026 the worst year for measles in the US since 1991The US has officially surpassed last year…
Confusing product recall adds to US cyclospora outbreak uncertainty
Explosive diarrhea infection detected in 41 states with at least 72 sickened by new, as yet unknown source of parasiteConfusion abounds in the cyclosp…
US cyclosporiasis outbreak expands to nine states as CDC investigates over 7,400 cases
Over 11,500 people this summer are suspected to have been sickened by disease that can cause explosive diarrhea, CDC saysInvestigations into the large…
Texas nun detained by ICE speaks out for first time: ‘It was very heartbreaking for me’
Sister Leticia Ugboaja says she went into a cold sweat as ICE officers approached her in McAllen on her way to church A nun who was taken into immigra…
British-born man living in US since age of nine held by ICE under threat of deportation
Connor Read, who is married and has two children, was apprehended in June during residency permit interviewA British-born man who has lived in the US …
Southport killer Axel Rudakubana is manipulating system, victims’ families say
Axel Rudakubana moved to psychiatric hospital after it was concluded he could not be safely managed in prisonThe Southport killer Axel Rudakubana has …
‘Forever chemicals’ linked to gut inflammation in children after early exposure
Researchers tracked mother-child pairs for up to 11 years, finding Pfas mixtures may affect developing gutsPrenatal and early life exposure to Pfas mi…
Racy short story by Alan Turing offers glimpse of ‘playful, funny, cheeky’ side
Writing from year after gross indecency arrest challenges ‘isolated mathematician’ image, says Cambridge academicWhen people think of Alan Turing, the…
Southern California suburb alarmed as ‘exceptionally rare’ cancer sickens multiple children
Residents in Ladera Ranch in Orange county voice concerns after six children diagnosed with Ewing sarcomaSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter e…
Minnesota man sentenced to life for killing Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman
Vance Boelter receives two life terms after admitting politically motivated killings and shootingsSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailThe…
Former Barclays CEO Jes Staley faces US congressional panel over Epstein ties
Staley is latest high-profile figure to testify before House amid investigation into Epstein, convicted sex offenderFormer Barclays boss Jes Staley is…
Teenage girl and woman die after group gets into difficulties in sea off Essex beach
Three others in group, believed to know each other, are in hospital after incident at West Mersea A teenage girl and a woman in her 40s have died afte…
Scottish police officer was rapist who attacked women over 14 years
Alan Greer, who killed himself after officers visited his home, could be ‘Police Scotland’s Wayne Couzens moment’A police officer who took his own lif…
Calls for Moroccan rapper’s release outside a Casablanca court
Protesters gathered outside a court in Casablanca, Morocco to demand the release of Moroccan rapper Mehdi El Youbi.…
Jailed opposition leader Ghannouchi faints in Tunisian prison due to heat
The incident was witnessed by the daughter of Ahmed Nejib Chebbi, another prominent political prisoner.…
‘I would rather be poor’: man says money cannot compensate for partner’s death after failed cancer diagnosis
Exclusive: Darren Rosheski won NHS payout over partner Helen Dutton’s death from rectal cancer after GP misjudged her symptoms“I remember the doctor, …
Even camels can't cope: Africa's ships of the desert hit by rising temperatures
Herders and experts tell the BBC how Africa's camels are suffering because of extreme heat.…