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Antony Blinken speaks at launch of US-led coalition to address synthetic drug threatsWho is responsible for the United States’ opioid epidemic? According to the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, the culprits are “transnational criminal enterprises…
Minority ethnic newborns risk late diagnosis and poorer health as guidance was developed for white European babies in 1952Tests to assess newborn babies’ health are not effective for non-white children and should be replaced, according to the NHS Race …
Chancellor thought to have ruled out providing extra cash if PM decides to accept pay review bodies’ recommendations Jeremy Hunt has told ministers there will be no extra money to give millions of public sector workers an average 6% pay rise, potential…
Campaigners call for ban of nitrates and nitrites in food production with 61 trusts across country affectedScores of hospitals are giving patients meat cured with chemicals that scientists and food safety experts increasingly fear may cause cancer.Sixt…
Lankelly Chase announces move after concluding that traditional philanthropy is ‘function of colonial capitalism’ A major UK charitable foundation, with an endowment fortune of £130m, has announced it is to abolish itself after concluding that traditio…
Dougal Glaisher, 23, paddled 2,000 miles in 40 days, beating previous record by 27 daysA 23-year-old with type 1 diabetes has broken the record for circumnavigating Britain in a kayak after paddling 2,000 miles in 40 days.Dougal Glaisher arrived in Ald…
HC-One employed nurse at Tower Bridge Care Centre, which was found to be ‘not safe’ by inspectorsOne of Britain’s biggest care home companies employed an 80-year-old senior nurse in a short-staffed care home who was older than some residents and not st…
Department of Work and Pensions warned by auditor general about potential bias in algorithms The government has widened its deployment of artificial intelligence to uncover welfare fraud, despite warnings of algorithmic bias against groups of vulnerabl…
Poor oversight, lack of understanding and weak collaboration between allies contributed to ease of Taliban takeover, conclude US and UK aid bodies at London conferenceAmerica’s huge, badly-coordinated and politically-driven aid programme in Afghanistan…
Charity urges government to act amid fears mental health of young people ‘is at breaking point’Play campaigners are calling for urgent action at the highest level of government in the UK reduce the danger children face from traffic on residential roads…