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Striking doctors have ‘squandered the goodwill’ of government, health secretary says
The Independent
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July 30, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
UNICEF and UK Provide £1.5 Million to Support Refugee Water Services in Jordan
Jordan News
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July 30, 2025
UNICEF and the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) have signed a new £1.5 million agreement to support the continued delivery of lifesaving water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services for over 100,000 Syrian refugees living...
Appointments open for gonorrhoea vaccination programme in Northern Ireland
GCN
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July 30, 2025
In August, a vaccination programme for people at risk of gonorrhoea infection will begin in Northern Ireland. The programme will be available through GUM clinics within the regional Health and Social Trusts, and eligible individuals are being...
Healthy life expectancy plummets to ten-year low
The Times
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Healthy life expectancy for people in Scotland has fallen to its lowest level in nearly a decade, new figures reveal. Women can expect 60 years of good health and men 59.6 years on average at birth, according to the National Records of...
Meet All the ‘Love Is Blind UK’ Season 2 Singles
Cosmopolitan
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July 30, 2025
Love Is Blind UK is back! While our lives have been taken over by Married At First Sight Australia and Love Island, we're heading back to Netflix with a second season of the show, which follows a series of single people hoping to find love,...
British Columbia courts Oregon health workers, touting ‘universal,’ ‘evidence-based’ care
OregonLive.com
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July 30, 2025
British Columbia is aggressively recruiting workers from Oregon’s already thin-stretched health care workforce as the Canadian province works to address medical professional shortages of its own. Earlier this year, the provincial government...
Health experts issue new warning over synthetic drugs
BBC
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Aimee StantonBBC Scotland data journalist ShareSave Nitazenes are most commonly found in heroin but have also been detected in tablets Health experts have issued a new warning over synthetic drugs which could explain a sharp rise in suspected drug...
Ozzy Osbourne's family pays respects in UK funeral procession
Just the News
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July 30, 2025
The family of heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne paid their respects, along with numerous fans, in a funeral procession through his hometown of Birmingham, England, on Wednesday. Osbourne died last week at age 76, just weeks after a farewell concert,...
Black Death offers window into how childhood malnutrition affects adult health
EurekAlert!
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The Black Death arrived on the shores of England in May 1348 and, in less than two years, spread throughout the country, killing an estimated 2 million people. The death toll from the disease, which was caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, got...
Huge 00s pop group with four UK number ones in talks with Netflix to make documentary about their troubled history
The Sun
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July 30, 2025
S CLUB could be bringing it all back to you on Netflix, according to band member Jon Lee. The singer has claimed the streaming service is in talks to make a documentary about the group’s long and troubled history, while also airing their old TV...
Love Is Blind UK reveals full cast for season two - with glam singer and hunky gym owner among hopefuls looking for love on hit Netflix series
Daily Mail
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July 30, 2025
The glittering cast of season two of Love Is Blind UK has been revealed, and includes a glamorous singer, a loveless dating-app creator and a party girl whose recent relationship broke down when she mentioned starting a family. The...
NHS staffing data to recognise Filipinos as distinct ethnic group
Nursing Times
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July 30, 2025
Data on the specific experiences of nurses originally from the Philippines will be collected as part of annual NHS research on staffing for the first time this year. Filipino nurses and other healthcare workers will have their own distinct...
Best places to retire in Scotland and a few are closer than you think
Glasgow Live
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July 30, 2025
The best places to retire in the whole of Britain have been revealed, and a few are closer than you think! Mid Dunbartonshire has taken the top spot in an index or best places to retire in Scotland. For Wales, it's Monmouthshire and Chesham and...
An EV sales mandate is good public health policy, analysis shows
Prince Albert Daily Herald
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July 30, 2025
Natasha Bulowski Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Canada’s National Observer If the federal government caves to automakers’ pressure to cancel the electric vehicle sales mandate, there will be significant negative impacts to Canadians’ health,...
107 medical professionals receive scholarships for advanced studies with 3 UK universities
I News Guyana
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July 30, 2025
The Government of Guyana, through the Guyana Online Academy of Learning (GOAL), has awarded 107 scholarships to medical professionals for postgraduate studies at the University of Buckingham, University of Wolverhampton and the University of South...
Britain’s best coastal views revealed in survey from Cornwall to Yorkshire – is your town on the list?
The Sun
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July 28, 2025
BRITAIN'S best coastal views have been revealed with some surprise locations featuring on the list. St Ives, the Cornish town popular with surfers, topped the list followed closely by Robin Hood's Bay in north Yorkshire. 3 Britain's best coastal...
NHS Spends £2m on 'Woke' Events Like Pride Crafting and Eurovision — While Doctors Strike Over Pay
International Business Times - United Kingdom
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July 30, 2025
The National Health Service faces fierce criticism over its spending priorities after revelations show that trusts allocated more than £650,000 on 'woke' initiatives, even as Britain's largest medical strike in the NHS's history enters its fifth...
British young man in intensive care after 'diving headfirst' into Ibiza hotel pool
SUR in English
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July 30, 2025
Wednesday, 30 July 2025, 17:23 | Updated 17:39h. Share A British young man, 23, remains in the intensive care unit of a hospital on the Spanish holiday island of Ibiza after apparently diving headfirst into a swimming pool at a hotel in the town...
Doctor reveals horrifying reason why you should NEVER use your phone on the toilet - and the surprising implications the 'dirty' habit could have for your health
Daily Mail
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July 30, 2025
A top doctor has revealed why people should leave their phones behind when using the toilet. Dr Amir Khan, a GP and bestselling author from the UK, said there are three alarming reasons why scrolling on your phone while sitting on the loo could...
Britain's best places to retire revealed - see full list
LBC
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30 July 2025, 15:56 | Updated: 30 July 2025, 15:58 The Clock Tower in Market Square, Chesham, Buckinghamshire. Picture: PA Nestled in leafy Buckinghamshire, Chesham and Amersham have taken the top spot in an index of Britain's best places to...