More pollution from gas hob than one of Britain’s busiest roads, Which? finds
The watchdog carried out a snapshot investigation into how everyday cooking activities affected levels of pollution inside ...
Actress Pamela Bach, the ex-wife of David Hasselhoff, dies aged 62
Actress Pamela Bach, the ex-wife of Baywatch star David Hasselhoff, has died aged 62. The Los Angeles medical examiner’s ...
Poorer pupils ‘may not be benefiting’ from funding given to schools to aid them
The Department for Education has ‘limited understanding’ of how schools are spending £9.2 billion of disadvantage-related funding, a report ...
‘Number on formal protection plans for child sexual abuse at 30-year record low’
The centre’s analysis found that local authority children’s services in England placed 2,160 children on child protection plans (CPPs) for sexual abuse in 2023/24. It said this was the lowest number ...
MPs to debate Bill aimed at limiting harms of smartphone use among children
The Bill commits the Government to come back within a year on the question of raising ‘the digital age of consent’ from 13 to 16.
3D bioprinter that makes human-like tissue ‘could speed up drug development’
A team led by experts from Newcastle University are behind the technology which helps produce tissues that are much closer models to humans.
‘Tax on savers’ plan from Reeves could hit a million Scots – SNP
SNP economy spokesman Dave Doogan MP said: “The Labour Party must ditch its damaging plans to impose a punishing new tax on savers, which would clobber more than a million Scots and could cost many ...
Cap on liabilities for spacecraft launches would boost jobs and investment – MP
Labour’s John Grady said current legislation is acting as a ‘deterrent’ to investors, and a legal cap would protect companies from costs.
Patients have sense of smell restored thanks to surgery to treat long Covid
People who lost their sense of smell, and accompanying taste, because of long Covid, have had it restored thanks to nasal surgery. Experts at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust ...
London boroughs which opposed Ulez expansion see biggest pollutant cut – study
London boroughs which opposed Sir Sadiq Khan’s expansion of the ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) have seen the largest reductions in a harmful air pollutant because of the policy, according to a new ...
One in 10 UK adults have no close friends, survey suggests
One in 10 UK adults report having no close friends, according to research looking into social isolation and loneliness. Men were slightly more likely than women to say this – at 11% compared with 10% ...
Water fluoridation expansion given green light
The biggest expansion of water fluoridation in England since the 1980s is to go ahead, officials have announced. The Government estimates that the expansion of the water fluoridation programme across ...