Temporary Housing Crisis Leaves Thousands of Children Unwell and Unsafe
Health
Temporary Housing Crisis Leaves Thousands of Children Unwell and Unsafe
Thousands of children across England are becoming unwell as a result of living in temporary accommodation affected by mould, dampness and overcrowding, according to parents...
Apr 26 · Lelan Calwick
Assisted Dying Legislation Stalls in Lords but Campaigners Pledge Fresh Push
Health
Assisted Dying Legislation Stalls in Lords but Campaigners Pledge Fresh Push
A mooted law to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales has exhausted parliamentary time, stalling in the House of Lords almost 17 months after...
Apr 25 · Lelan Calwick
Half a million UK health records exposed for sale on Chinese marketplace
Health
Half a million UK health records exposed for sale on Chinese marketplace
Health records held by half a million participants in UK Biobank, one of the UK's leading scientific research programmes, were put up for sale on...
Apr 24 · Lelan Calwick
Six-Year-Old Regains Sight Through Pioneering Gene Therapy Treatment
Health
Six-Year-Old Regains Sight Through Pioneering Gene Therapy Treatment
A six-year-old girl from Stevenage has restored her sight following innovative gene therapy treatment, providing hope to children with a rare inherited eye condition. Saffie...
Apr 23 · Lelan Calwick
Landmark tobacco legislation bans smoking for generation born after 2009
Health
Landmark tobacco legislation bans smoking for generation born after 2009
Parliament has endorsed groundbreaking measures that will create the UK's inaugural smoke-free cohort by banning anyone born from 1 January 2009 from ever acquiring cigarettes....
Apr 22 · Lelan Calwick
Science
Landmark river pollution case heads to High Court this week
One of the UK's biggest environmental pollution cases will be heard at the High Court in the coming days, with more than 4,500 residents along...
Apr 25
Science
River Pollution Crisis Forces Families Into Temporary Shelters Across Herefordshire
Families across Herefordshire are being forced to live in makeshift shelters—caravans, temporary housing and sheds—whilst awaiting planning consent on their own homes, as a river...
Apr 24
Science
Colossal ancient octopuses dominated prehistoric oceans as apex predators
Giant octopuses may have dominated the ancient oceans as top predators approximately 100 million years ago, according to groundbreaking research from Hokkaido University in Japan....
Apr 23
Science
Sixty nations forge breakthrough fossil fuel exit plan outside UN deadlock
Around 60 nations are gathering in Santa Marta, Colombia on Friday to create the first-ever worldwide pact on abandoning fossil fuels, sidestepping the stalemate that...
Apr 22
Science
MPs demand sweeping ban on forever chemicals in everyday products
MPs have called for a comprehensive prohibition on "forever chemicals" in daily-use products, from school uniforms to non-stick frying pans, unless manufacturers can prove they...
Apr 21
Science
Charity doubles donations to save struggling Midlands river
An environmental charity has launched an substantial fundraising drive to protect one of the West Midlands' most treasured waterways, with a generous twist that could...
Apr 20