Research suggests serious bouts of illness with coronavirus may significantly damage long-term healthCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coveragePatients who survive severe Covid are more than twice as likely to die over the following y…
National Trust bans trail hunting on its land amid illegal foxhunt concerns
Ban on practice, which critics say can be smokescreen for foxhunting, follows similar move by Natural Resources WalesThe National Trust has banned trail hunting on its land, almost a year after temporarily suspending such activity amid concern from cri…
Those eligible for Covid boosters to be invited a month earlier in England
Pre-booking invitations to be sent out five months after second dose as part of effort to speed up programmeCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBooster jabs will be available to book for those who need them a month earlier than …
Timpson praised for offering to pay for HRT prescriptions for staff
But campaigners say menopause drugs should be free in England as they are in Scotland and WalesThe high street chain Timpson has been praised for offering to pay for hormone replacement therapy (HRT) prescriptions for staff going through the menopause….
Brixton’s Barrier Block: ‘When it went up everyone hated it’
Fifty years on, architect Magda Borowiecka explains why she had limited scope in designing Southwyck HouseMore than 50 years after it was designed, Southwyck House still looms over Brixton in south London, drawing fascination and dislike in equal measu…
‘It took a year to get help’: generation Z on mental health decline
Technology and Covid lockdowns blamed for rise in eating disorders and insomnia among the youngIt was while browsing on social media at the age of 13 that Hannah realised she had an eating disorder. Seeing other girls and women talking about their expe…
Vic Reeves reveals inoperable tumour has left him deaf in one ear
Comic says doctors are monitoring his vestibular schwannoma, a non-cancerous brain tumourThe comedian Vic Reeves has spoken for the first time about being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour that has left him deaf in one ear.The 62-year-old, best…
Sabina Nessa thought to have been killed on way to meet friend, say police
Officers believe teacher, 28, was murdered walking through London park en route to pub last FridaySabina Nessa is thought to have been murdered as she walked through a park on her way to meet a friend at a pub, police have said.Officers investigating t…
Grimsby doctor who nearly killed partner in ‘exorcism’ rituals jailed
Dr Hossam Metwally injected girlfriend with anaesthetic drugs in belief she was possessed by spiritsAn anaesthetist has been given a 14-and-a-half year jail sentence for injecting his partner with drugs during a series of exorcism ceremonies that left…
Antibody test rollout could steer a targeted booster programme
UK scheme could also illuminate reinfection rates and immunity across different variants, say expertsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAntibody tests are to be offered widely to the UK public as part of a new programme which a…