The first vaccination shown to protect against the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhoea has been developed by scientists. The medical breakthrough comes at a time of increased concern over the prevalence
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Almost a third of long-term carers (32%) have not had a day off in five years, according to a new report. The study found a lack of respite available for
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Police investigating football’s child sex abuse scandal have identified 276 potential suspects and 741 victims. Some 328 football clubs, spanning all tiers of the game from the Premier League down
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A wide-ranging inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal which has left 2,400 people dead is to be launched. The Government said the probe was needed to get to the bottom
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People are sleeping rough in barns and outhouses as a hidden homelessness crisis hits rural areas, an influential think tank has warned. The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) warned
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Developing cancer is now more common than getting married or having a first baby, research suggests. Analysis by Macmillan Cancer Support shows there were 361,216 cancers diagnosed in 2014 in
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The Royal Borough of Greenwich has won £1.95m of funding from the Department for Education’s Innovation Programme for a three year project which will transform help for children and families
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Two perverts have been jailed for setting up a chat room on the dark web to distribute hundreds of thousands of “the most disgusting” child porn images. David Buckley, 54,
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A care home worker who sprayed an aerosol can in the face of a 77-year-old woman with dementia has been convicted of an ill-treatment offence. Susan Draper, 43, is the
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One night of disturbed sleep increases levels of a brain protein linked to Alzheimer’s disease, research has shown. A week of tossing and turning boosts another molecule implicated in the
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