England’s overstretched and creaking adult social care services need urgent government intervention to stabilise them financially as rising costs and demand play havoc with council
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UK ‘falling behind’ on sewage pollution regulation while EU tightens rules
The UK is falling further behind on sewage pollution regulation as the EU tightens its rules to clean up Europe’s waterways, say critics. EU member
Planning rules have failed to link new homes to public transport, report finds
A decade of planning rules designed to create housing connected to public transport routes has achieved nothing, a report has found, with millions of people
Early morning and evening activity could ‘reduce bowel cancer risk by 11%’
Being more active in the morning and evening may reduce the risk of bowel cancer by 11%, according to a study that suggests the timing
Watchdog rules Eurostar ads on social media for £39 seats were misleading
Cross-channel train operator Eurostar has been criticised by the advertising watchdog for exaggerating the number of £39 seats on sale. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)
Edinburgh zoo’s pygmy hippo Haggis could be internet rival to Moo Deng
Edinburgh zoo has announced the birth of a pygmy hippo to rival Thailand’s internet hit, Moo Deng. Khao Kheow open zoo’s Moo Deng went viral
Two more UK mpox cases found in household contacts of first case
Two more UK cases of a strain of mpox that is thought to spread more easily have been detected in household contacts of the first
Tamils stranded on Diego Garcia for three years allowed to enter UK
Dozens of Tamils stranded on the remote Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia for more than three years are to be airlifted to the UK
University fees in England to rise next autumn for first time in eight years
University tuition fees in England are to go up for the first time in eight years, taking annual payments up to a record £9,535 per
Salisbury poisoning inquiry: police apologise for calling victim a ‘drug addict’
Two senior police officers have apologised to Dawn Sturgess’s family for falsely describing her as a known drug addict while she was in hospital for