Category: UK
Hundreds of A&E patients needlessly die every week while waiting for hospital beds
More than 1.7 million patients waited 12 hours or more to be admitted, discharged or transferred from A&E
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Wild chimpanzees seen giving ‘first aid’ to each other with medicinal plants
Footage shows chimpanzees using leaves with antibacterial properties to dab on open wounds
Read MoreWild chimpanzees seen giving ‘first aid’ to each other with medicinal plants
Footage shows chimpanzees using leaves with antibacterial properties to dab on open wounds
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Voices: Has the assisted dying bill lost its safeguards? Join The Independent Debate
Proposed changes to the assisted dying bill have sparked debate as MPs consider whether to continue supporting the legislation in Friday’s final vote
Read MoreVoices: Has the assisted dying bill lost its safeguards? Join The Independent Debate
Proposed changes to the assisted dying bill have sparked debate as MPs consider whether to continue supporting the legislation in Friday’s final vote
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Urgent ‘do not drink’ warning issued for tap water in UK region over contamination fears
Residents in nearly 200 post codes told to boil water before drinking it after above-average levels of coliform bacteria discovered
Read MoreUrgent ‘do not drink’ warning issued for tap water in UK region over contamination fears
Residents in nearly 200 post codes told to boil water before drinking it after above-average levels of coliform bacteria discovered
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‘My husband went surfing and had to take three days off work’ – Over half of Britons fear swimming in UK waters will make them sick
Sewage was discharged over half a million times into UK waters in 2024, for around 4.7 million hours
Read More‘My husband went surfing and had to take three days off work’ – Over half of Britons fear swimming in UK waters will make them sick
Sewage was discharged over half a million times into UK waters in 2024, for around 4.7 million hours
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Fears water quality reforms ‘could leave swimmers more at risk’
More than half of Britons fear illness from polluted waters according to a survey
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