A new warning system has been launched to monitor donated blood as fears grow of newly emerging viruses potentially reaching the UK. Health experts fear some diseases that are not currently present in the UK could pose a threat in the future due to climate change.
Schools in England should be banned from giving pupils cakes or biscuits as part of their lunch because they contain so much sugar, food campaigners say. They want ministers to overhaul the rules that guide schools on the nutritional content of the meals they serve to outlaw such sugary snacks.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/nov/19/call-ban-cakes-biscuits-school-lunchtimes-england
It is remarkable that after 1,066 England games over 152 years, one still has to point out that international football is about measuring one country’s resources against another.
Calls are growing to ban smartphones in schools in England by law, as education experts and unions back an MP’s attempt to push a new law through Parliament.
Five people, including a child, have been treated for smoke inhalation following a fire in a high-rise building believed to have been caused by a converted e-bike. London Fire Brigade (LFB) said the fire broke out at the 18-floor block of flats on Great Church Lane in Hammersmith, west London, on Thursday night.
Passerbys in central London were shocked to see yellow and red fireworks and flares set off on a major bridge last night. Albert Bridge was set alight and sent some of the explosives over into Thames and on passing boats.
https://metro.co.uk/2024/07/16/people-setting-off-fireworks-flares-london-bridges-21238347/
A new green toolkit produced by the Royal College of Physicians tells its members they are “uniquely placed” to raise the issue in consultations and that they should “repeat it often”.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/07/16/doctors-should-talk-to-patients-climate-change/
Britain’s opposition Labour Party are on course for a landslide victory at a national election later this year that would surpass Tony Blair’s win in 1997, according to a projection published on Wednesday.
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uks-labour-track-record-election-win-pollster-projects-2024-02-14/
Food giant Nestlé on Thursday said it was working on products to accompany weight-loss drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro, as the food industry evolves in response to the soaring popularity of the appetite-killing drugs amid fears they will dampen demand and erode bottom lines.
A federal grand jury indicted former President Donald Trump on Tuesday for conspiring to steal the 2020 election from President Joe Biden, including the insurrection of Jan. 6, 2021, that a prosecutor described as “an unprecedented assault” on democracy.
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