Should energy drinks be banned for under-16s?
The Welsh government says it wants to ban children under 16 from buying high-caffeine energy drinks.
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EU charges TikTok with failing to protect users’ mental health
Regulator’s initial ruling says algorithm ‘can be harmful’ and led young and vulnerable viewers ‘down rabbit holes they can’t easily escape’ Business live – latest updates TikTok has been charged by the European Commission with failing to protect users’ mental health by exposing them to a relentless stream of content that risks worsening eating disorders and anxiety in a case that strikes at its…
Jail and health board admit criminal charges over Covid death prisoner
Calum Inglis, 34, died just weeks before he was due to be released from HMP Addiewell for serious assault.
Prison operator and health board admit criminal charges after death of inmate with COVID
A prison operator and an NHS health board have admitted criminal charges after the death of an imprisoned man who contracted COVID-19.
NHS wants a second opinion on Palantir's glowing self-assessments
Supplier told to clear benefit claims with health chiefs, though enforcing approval could prove tricky
This is an age of anti-vaccine unreason – and even NHS staff are not immune | Polly Toynbee
When fewer than half of health service workers have taken up the flu vaccine, there is little hope for the rest of us Good news. Edward Jenner’s rustic thatched hut in his Gloucestershire garden where he conducted his first smallpox vaccination in 1796 has just been saved by English Heritage. Here Jenner gave free vaccinations every week to local people. Here he became the single human being to…
Health minister instructs trusts to pause cuts to Phone First service
The triage line was scrapped in Belfast and was to close in the Northern Trust later this month.
'The veil of shame around postnatal depression needs to go'
Mums are helping other parents to recognise the signs of postnatal depression and psychosis.
Glasgow children's hospital begins robot-assisted surgeries in world first
The Royal Hospital for Children is to use the Versius Plus surgical robot for paediatric surgery.
Bondi beach shooting: Woman, 90, shot during massacre dies in hospital year after antisemitic attack
Woman was shot on 14 December 2025 during Hanukkah festival and she has been in and out of hospital since Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A woman who was shot during the Bondi beach terror attack has died in hospital almost 12 months after the massacre. The 90-year-old woman had been in and out of hospital this year for treatment of injuries sustained during the attack…
Pope begins lengthy trip to Latin America weeks after lung cancer surgery
Pope Leo, who had part of a lung removed last month, will visit Uruguay, Argentina and Peru.
British Ebola patient evacuated from DRC arrives at London hospital
Doctor who was helping response to outbreak in Africa taken to specialist isolation unit at Royal Free hospital A British doctor who tested positive for Ebola while working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has returned to the UK for specialist treatment. The patient, whose identity is unknown, was transported home on a medical evacuation flight, the Department of Health and Social Care…
The economic benefits of the covid vaccines may be double what we thought
The global health and economic benefits of the covid-19 vaccines were thought to have reached up to $38 trillion in their first year, but a new analysis suggests $64.3 trillion is a more accurate figure
NHS England cancer diagnoses at record high with 1,000 people diagnosed every day
While NHS is identifying more cases, it is failing to meet timescale targets on diagnosis and treatment, experts say Cancer diagnoses in England have hit record highs, with more than 1,000 people diagnosed every day, NHS figures show. But experts warned that although the health service is identifying more cases, it is still failing to meet timescale targets on diagnosis and treatment. Continue…
Regulation of counsellors and psychotherapists would protect patients | Letters
Readers respond to the recommendation by an independent commission that the profession be regulated The independent commission established by the professional bodies that represent counsellors and psychotherapists in the UK makes a case for statutory regulation that is long overdue (Report, 2 November). Ella Janneh, who won damages in a civil case against her therapist, is right that most people…
Give us this day our wholemeal bread | Brief letters
Bread runs in Oxford | Animal licences | Tomatoes in November | Cereal killers | Listening to Trump I agree with Rev Nicholas Bradbury of Oxford (Letters, 2 November) about the sad disappearance of healthy wholemeal bread. I find sourdough indigestible and expensive. Fortunately, Nash’s bakery in Blackbird Leys, Oxford, sells excellent wholemeal bread. A group of us take it in turns to do the…
Brothers warned health trust days before man's death
Barnaby Spicer died in December 2024, weeks after being discharged from a mental health hospital.
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British doctor with Ebola returns to UK for treatment
A British doctor who tested positive for Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo has returned to the UK for treatment.
Man who posed as medical student at hospital fails to appear for sentencing
Stephen Simpson was due to be sentenced after admitting carrying out the fraud at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
Kenyan pharmacists warn against viral craze of using allergy drug for vaginal tightening
Women who have already tried inserting the tablets are advised to stop and seek medical attention if needed.