People living in polluted urban areas are far less likely to be admitted to hospital with asthma when there are lots of trees in their neighbourhood, a study by the University of Exeter’s medical school has found. The study into the impact of urban greenery on asthma suggests that respiratory health can be ...
A pervert who sexually assaulted and exposed himself to young women over an 18 month rampage was finally caught - when he flashed an off-duty police officer. Kemil Dungyov exposed himself to a woman in the alleyway and sexually assaulted another woman in the same alleyway and committed an attempted ...
The harsh austerity plan rolled out under consecutive Conservative governments has been linked to 120,000 deaths in Britain. According to a damning landmark study there were 45,000 more deaths in the first four years of Tory-led efficiencies than would have been expected if funding had stayed at pre-election levels. On this ...
A cash-strapped NHS Trust has told surgeons and theatre staff to bring their own MUGS and drinks to work - in a bid to cut costs. Health chiefs have even withdrawn polystyrene cups from water dispensers which has sparked outrage from workers claiming even patients are going thirsty. The move ...
Royle Family actor Ralf Little outed Jeremy Hunt for lying to the public over a boast that he has overseen the "biggest expansion of mental health provision in Europe". Health Secretary Hunt bragged on the Andrew Marr Show that other countries are looking at we're doing in terms of mental health ...
A senior Royal Navy officer sexually assaulted nine young men but believed he was 'unassailable' because of his powerful position, a court heard on Tuesday. Charles Howeson, 67, sexually assaulted victims while serving with the Navy including groping a junior rating during a man overboard drill, a court was told. ...
As we approach Christmas and the New Year, we are also coming up on the time which sees people all across the country making resolutions to better themselves in 2018, in one way or another. For the sake of their health, many thousands of those addicted to smoking are likely ...
A six-month-old baby girl suffering from a heart defect died after a life-saving operation was cancelled three times due to a lack of beds, an inquest heard. Iris Ann Day was born with Down Syndrome and an atrio-ventricular septal defect - - a hole in her heart which causes blood ...
John McDonnell says Labour would end the era of government turning a blind eye to the scandal of tax avoidance if they were in government. In a statement following the leak of financial documents the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer says the Tories have "refused to act" to stem the flow of ...