Smoking could be banned outside pubs as peers bid to amend outdoor seating legislation
The Liberal Democrat former health minister added: "The UK hospitality sector will not recover if we cannot make it an...
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Face masks in all public places under consideration
Boris Johnson is expected to set out a fresh "road map" for his long-term Covid-19 strategy on Friday, when he...
NHS workers’ bikes stolen by suspected thieves
Police mounted a sting operation to catch bike thieves who targeted hospital staff during the coronavirus crisis. Northumbria Police officers...
It pains me to admit it as a sportsman, but exercise is no silver bullet in fighting obesity
You don’t need to have been an Olympic athlete to realise that we have a problem with inactivity in Britain....
Google dropped from NHS Covid-19 ‘Data Store’
There has since been no public announcement about the effectiveness of the Data Store but reports suggest the NHS has been struggling...
Heart attack victims missing vital treatment because of coronavirus fears
On April 25, Sir Simon Stevens, the chief executive of the NHS, had to launch a new drive to persuade the...
New advice on ‘do not attempt resuscitation’ orders follows concerns over ‘blanket’ use in pandemic
The new legal action was threatened by Kate Masters, whose late father David Tracey brought a successful judicial review in...
Breast cancer patients can be treated with one-fifth of current radiotherapy sessions, study finds
Breast cancer patients can be treated effectively with just one-fifth of the gruelling radiotherapy sessions many currently endure, a 10-year...
Your new face mask etiquette guide
It should be self-evident that for a mask to be of any use it needs to cover both the mouth and...
Mothers can pass coronavirus to babies in the womb, study suggests
The baby was born early by Caesarean section because of concerns about his heart rate racing prior to birth, which...
dementia in the time of Covid-19
Stark statistics show that in countries with community transmission of Covid-19, more than 40 per cent of the total confirmed...
Prostate cancer ‘highly likely’ to be caused by HPV in some cases, study finds
For the new research, professors James Lawson and Wendy Glenn, from the University of New South Wales in Australia, reviewed...
Second Covid wave could see twice as many deaths and would require reorganisation of NHS hospitals
A second wave of coronavirus could bring twice as many deaths as the first, experts have warned, in a report...
Middle aged men and women likely to suffer more years of ill health than older people, UCL study says
Although equivalent data does not exist for people born in the 1940s and 50s, the researchers believe the pattern can...
Don’t make shop staff police the wearing of face masks, says Waterstones chief
Shop workers' union Usdaw has urged the Government to clarify its policy on face coverings in shops. "It should never...
Apathy could be an early warning sign of dementia say experts
Apathy, not depression, could be an early warning sign of dementia, a study by the University of Cambridge has suggested. ...
John Travolta and the tragedy of loss that surrounds him
“I don’t know what I would have done if I hadn’t had the support of Scientology,” he said. “I don’t...
Llama blood could help save lives of seriously ill coronavirus patients
Professor Ray Owens, of Oxford University,who leads the nanobodies programme at the Franklin, said the researchers hope they can push the...
Immunity may last only a few months after infection
Blood tests conducted at the Schwabing Clinic on recovered patients demonstrated that the level of antibodies produced by the immune...
Mixed mask messaging as Tories tussle with their libertarian principles
Naturally, the confusion has sparked rumours of a Cabinet split although, according to one Cabinet minister, the prevarication has largely...
We need to learn to be trampoline parents, encouraging kids to push themselves as much as they dare
I don't think the idea of TP has ever been more relevant than now, at home and school. All around...
How to lose weight for the second wave, by Dr Michael Mosley
So, is it safe to lose weight quickly? "Yes, absolutely," says Dr Mosley. "There is a widespread belief that if you...
How to cope with change
Maria Vakola and colleagues at Athens University asked 137 Greek professionals, all of whom had experienced major organisational changes at...
Coronavirus can damage the heart, major study finds
Coronavirus can damage the heart, with more than half of hospitalised patients revealing abnormal scans, a major new study has...
EU criminals with more than a year in jail will be banned from Britain under tough new immigration rules
Anyone seeking to enter Britain who is judged “not conducive to the public good” could also be barred under the...
Supplies of life-saving ventilators for seriously ill children depleted during the coronavirus crisis, charity warns
Supplies of life-saving ventilators for seriously ill children have been depleted during the coronavirus crisis, a leading charity has warned. ...
Herefordshire farm in lockdown as 73 workers test positive for Covid-19
A Herefordshire farm has gone into lockdown after 73 workers tested positive for coronavirus, sparking fears the harvest season...
