New figures show melanoma skin cancer rates up by 45% in decade
Skin cancer rates have soared by 45% over the course of a decade, with young people also developing the disease, new figures show. Cancer Research UK found rates of melanoma
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Government urged to tackle ‘escalating public health risk’ from alcohol
The Government should prioritise tackling the “escalating risk to public health” posed by alcohol, according to a group of healthcare organisations. While plans have recently been formulated for dealing with
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Jobcentre workers trained to identify and support victims of domestic abuse
Hundreds of Jobcentre workers are being trained to support victims of domestic abuse. The Government announced that by the end of the summer, every Jobcentre in the UK will have
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Disparity between life expectancy in north and south ‘entrenched and worsening’
More than half of the north of England has a lower life expectancy than the worst area in the south of the country, a new regional health partnership said. Fresh
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Abortion changes in Northern Ireland overwhelmingly backed by peers
A liberalisation of abortion in Northern Ireland has been overwhelmingly backed by peers. The House of Lords supported the controversial move in a free vote by 182 to 37, majority
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Judge decides woman has mental capacity to consent to sex with husband of 25 years
A judge has decided against ruling that a woman with learning difficulties is no longer able to consent to making love with her husband of more than 25 years. Mr
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Abuse inquiry urges survivors from BAME community to come forward
Abuse survivors from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds have been encouraged to come forward, after research for a major inquiry revealed they make up less than 10% of
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Care for elderly victims of crime ‘not good enough’ in half of cases inspected
Care for elderly victims of crime by police and prosecutors was not good enough in more than half the cases examined by two watchdogs. Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and
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Woman guilty after healthy girl, four, injected with insulin and left disabled
A woman has been found guilty of injecting a healthy four-year-old girl with insulin, leaving her brain damaged and severely disabled, prosecutors said. Chantell Graham was convicted of giving the
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Child abuse accuser is ‘habitual liar and sophisticated paedophile’, jurors told
The ex-nurse accused of inventing a murderous VIP Westminster child abuse ring is a “sophisticated paedophile” who lies as habitually as someone having a cup of tea every morning, jurors
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