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Around 45 people will die from obesity-linked heart disease every single day over the next decade if current trends continue, worrying research has warned. Currently, around 200,000 people a year suffer a heart attack or stroke, making…

Britain is far from turning the tide on obesity with nearly a third of adults now afflicted by bulging waistlines, concerning analysis reveals. A global study found the obesity crisis has worsened since the pandemic, with stark…

By MARTI STELLING, HEALTH REPORTER Published: 05:21 EDT, 18 June 2026 | Updated: 05:23 EDT, 18 June 2026 <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- -->…

Nigel Farage has vowed to 'throw absolutely everything' at the Makerfield by-election, in what will be the most dramatic and consequential race in over half a century.This afternoon, former minister Josh Simons said he planned on…

More than 134,000 written complaints about GPs were made to NHS England last year, with communication issues, staff attitudes and treatment errors driving the deluge.The data shows record numbers of patients are so unhappy with their…

By TOM LAWRENCE, NEWS REPORTER Published: 18:37 EDT, 22 April 2026 | Updated: 18:37 EDT, 22 April 2026 <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- The…

The film Chicken Run follows a group of hens who try and escape a poultry farm – but it turns out there really could be more than 67 million missing chickens in the UK, new figures suggest.Experts have unearthed huge gaps in poultry…

 We still don’t feel better off. The fall in inflation is obviously welcome and, taken together with the unemployment figures this week, is expected to have cleared the way for the Bank of England to shave a quarter-point off rates…

Record numbers of patients face 'degrading' 12-hour trolley waits in A&E this winter as Labour is in 'total denial' of a crisis, a damning investigation reveals.Over 452,000 people waited 12 hours or more for a bed from January to…

By JOHN-PAUL FORD ROJAS, DEPUTY BUSINESS EDITOR Updated: 04:06 EST, 12 November 2025 <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- The…