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Scientists say knocking back beers, wine or spirits damages a gene that regulates shut-eye - potentially causing permanent insomnia

Ambulance workers’ annual earnings are down 18.2 per cent - and real terms cuts are set to continue. GMB, the union for NHS staff, has once again criticised Jeremy Hunt’s ‘paltry’ pay offer as new figures reveal show that average NHS earnings fell sharply in real terms between 2010 and March 2018. The NHS in England’s latest pay statistics, released today, show that average health workers’ earnings are down by £4,288 or 12 per cent since the public sector pay cap came into...

The potentially harmful impact of indoor air pollution on children is to be the subject of a major study for the first time in the UK, with experts saying it needs to be taken as seriously as outdoor pollutants. A new working group, led by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) in collaboration with the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), has been established to study the effects of indoor air pollution on child health and what can...

The female mallard got the better of the bird of prey after jumping on its back mid-air, forcing it to drop its catch

Scottish scientists from the same institute that created "Dolly the Sheep" have created genetically modified pigs that are resistant to one of the world's deadliest animal diseases.

The research also found that only 15 per cent of people globally live in places where women and lower income groups have at least somewhat equal access to power

Millions of people who produce the food for supermarkets are trapped in poverty and face brutal working conditions, with many going hungry, according to a new report on global supermarket supply chains, published today by Oxfam. Ripe for Change highlights how supermarkets, including Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Asda, Aldi and Lidl, are increasingly squeezing the price they pay their suppliers with less and less of the price paid at the till reaching the small-scale farmers and workers who produce the food....

The Trump administration has likely lost track of nearly 6,000 unaccompanied migrant children, according to federal data. Last month alone some 1,500 unaccompanied minors arrived on the southern border alone without their parents and were placed with sponsors who did not keep in touch with federal officials. And there is likely to be a lot more. According to McClatchy DC Bureau, some 5,945 unaccompanied children are unaccounted for, with just 50 per cent of kids ending up with their parents as their sponsors....

Stephanie Peacock MP tells Parliament about Amazon workers miscarrying and a carer forced to give urine sample to prove she was too sick to work. Stephanie Peacock MP for Barnsley East, sparked the Parliamentary debate following her Private Members Bill calling for greater protection of Agency Workers. Ms Peacock pressured the Government Minister Andrew Griffiths MP, to implement better and increased workplace inspections with swift action taken against employers. And in the wake of GMB’s landmark victory against Uber she...