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Testing at A&Es part of plan to end new HIV cases in England by 2030

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Dignitas founder ends his own life through assisted death

11h ago

The Eldonian dream: Inside the fight for Liverpool’s community housing utopia

16h ago

Failure to diagnose treatable male infertility leading to unnecessary IVF, experts say

18h ago

Rage rooms: can smashing stuff up really help to relieve anger and stress?

Sat

Cuts to insulation scheme will leave homes cold over winter, experts say

Sat

UK MPs push for extra aid and visas as Jamaica reels from Hurricane Melissa

Sat

‘It has made me live life more’: Jessie J on cancer, comebacks and cracking China

Sat

UK immigration status fears prompt carer to cancel benefits she is entitled to

Sat

Londoners told to be vigilant with messages after cyber-attack on council

Fri

What is prostate cancer and should I be worried if I wee a lot at night?

Fri

What went right this week: the good news that matters

Fri

Pearly kings and queens of London in their 150th year – photo essay

Fri

UK rejects visa for girl left destitute in Jamaica by Hurricane Melissa

Fri

Met police to face ‘Casey 2’ inquiry after recent scandals

Fri

Wes Streeting calls BMA ‘impossible’ and says they made ‘misleading’ claims

Thu

US will no longer commemorate World Aids Day, reports say

Thu

Scientists warn of severe climate-related risks to UK economy and security

Thu

‘There were eight of us, only two are alive’: the growing crisis of arsenic in Argentina’s water

Thu

Belfast youth football coach expelled after posting cocaine prices on league group chat

Thu

NHS doctor suspended over alleged antisemitic social media posts

Thu

Experts warn of ‘global crisis’ as number of women in prison nears one million

Thu

Thursday briefing: What could the government’s proposals to scrap jury trials mean for democracy?

Thu

Black Friday: seven things to do instead of buying stuff

Thu

European progressives must tackle housing crisis to beat far right, say researchers

Thu

Severe asthma can be controlled by a monthly injection, trial finds

Wed

Rachel Reeves targets UK’s wealthiest in £26bn tax-raising budget

Wed

OBR warns Reeves’s budget still leaves public finances in ‘vulnerable’ position

Wed

System failed our daughter, say parents, as NHS trust fined £200,000 over death

Wed

Online betting firms to pay billions more in UK tax, Reeves confirms

Wed

‘My mother had dementia but beautiful things unfolded’: Cheryle St Onge’s best photograph

Wed

‘I didn’t even know this type of attack existed’: more than 200 women allege drugging by senior French civil servant

Wed

Rachel Reeves poised to unveil tax rises worth £26bn in budget, leak reveals

Wed

MoJ considering ‘extreme’ proposal to scrap jury trials for all but the most serious cases

Tue

Millions of UK workers to get pay rise as Reeves plans increased minimum wage

Tue

Covid inquiry lays bare unforgivable failures of Boris Johnson’s government | Letters

Tue

UK to extend sugar tax to cover milkshakes and pre-packed lattes

Tue

UK gambling firms make £1bn extra from punters amid calls for tax rises

Tue

Antibiotic resistance: how a pioneering trial is using old drugs to save babies from sepsis

Tue

What is prostate cancer and how is it diagnosed in the UK?

Tue

’Tis the season to be resourceful. How to cut waste this Christmas

Tue

NHS directed pregnant women to controversial Free Birth Society via charity

Tue

UK charity records original music by people living with dementia

Tue

DWP to reassess hundreds of thousands of cases in carer’s allowance scandal

Tue

The carer’s allowance scandal – a timeline

Tue

More than 100 MPs urge Streeting to approve prostate cancer screening

Mon

Doctors respond to ‘data-free’ decision over menopause hormone therapy: ‘It’s not true’

Mon

One in four unconcerned by sexual deepfakes created without consent, survey finds

Mon

The Indian designers turning waste into art – and insult into pride

Mon

Princess of Wales calls for end to ‘stigma’ around addiction

Mon

More then 2,000 trafficked children and lone child asylum seekers missing from UK councils’ care

Mon

Reeves to launch crackdown on benefit fraud alongside lifting two-child limit

Sun

Hospitals must get smaller to stop NHS ‘permacrisis’, thinktank urges

Sun

London exhibition to explore mental health and social bonds in ‘polarised’ times

Sun

Bereaved parents face ‘harrowing’ delays for NHS postmorterms

Sun

‘We’ve got to find answers’: Corby families affected by cancer searching for truth about toxic waste sites

Sun

Five key findings from our investigation into the Free Birth Society

Sun

‘Ignorant and life-threatening’: experts condemn Free Birth Society misinformation

Sun

UK gambling firms spent ‘astronomic’ £2bn on advertising last year

Sun

Bad season of bird flu in UK hits supply of Christmas turkeys

Nov 22

My schoolmates mocked me for being a UPF-free, ‘weird lunchbox’ kid. Turns out my mum was right all along

Nov 22

Dangerous shortage of medics threatens safe patient care in England, top GP says

Nov 22

Two UK clinical trials to assess impact of puberty blockers in young people

Nov 22

Control of HIV, TB and malaria at risk after global health fund donations fall

Nov 22

Coroners’ prevention of future deaths reports should be legally enforced | Letters

Nov 21

Thousands of NHS GPs are cutting their hours despite plan to increase access to doctors

Nov 21

What went right this week: the good news that matters

Nov 21

Fundraisers warn of ‘catastrophic’ drop in donations to Gaza since ceasefire

Nov 21

Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers

Nov 21

CDC website altered to reflect RFK Jr’s belief in link between vaccines and autism

Nov 20

Ofcom at risk of losing public trust over online harms, says Liz Kendall

Nov 20

Councils in north of England and Midlands to get more funding in shake-up

Nov 20

UK is worst-performing market for JD Sports as youth unemployment hits sales

Nov 20

Why does MoJ want to curtail jury trials in England and Wales?

Nov 20

Up to 50,000 nurses could quit UK over immigration plans, survey suggests

Nov 20

Wanna hear the one about the low-paid dad who took paternity leave?

Nov 20

Pinprick blood test could detect disease 10 years before symptoms appear, study finds

Nov 20

Ben Jennings on ultra-processed foods – cartoon

Nov 19

I am the king of the common cold – and I can tell you how to avoid one | Adrian Chiles

Nov 19

Are resident doctors right to strike over pay? | Letters

Nov 19

The FDA has warned against this ‘natural remedy’ for joint pain. San Francisco immigrants still trust it

Nov 19

England to ban plastic wet wipes in a bid to clean up rivers and seas

Nov 19

New drug could be a breakthrough in treatment for killer TB, trial suggests

Nov 19

Heat-pump homes put less strain on grid than expected, study shows

Nov 19

From the archive: how we lost our sensory connection with food – and how to restore it – podcast

Nov 19

Coroners’ advice on maternal deaths in England and Wales routinely ignored, study finds

Nov 19

Lack of planning has hit Labour’s efforts to fix public services, says thinktank

Nov 19

Plastic surgeons wrestle with requests for ‘Mar-a-Lago face’: ‘You’re going to look like Maleficent’

Nov 18

‘I drove a tank and went to Bratislava with my hairdresser’: how Ian Smith turbocharged his standup

Nov 18

‘Sustainable’ Cambridge busway will cause irreversible ecological harm, inquiry told

Nov 18

The man who uses perfume to unlock opportunities in prisons

Nov 18

‘I knew I was starting to have a seizure’: women describe lasting effects of being ‘choked’ during sex

Nov 18

Nearly half of sexually active young people in UK have experienced strangulation, study shows

Nov 18

Nestlé accused of ’risking health of babies for profit’ over added sugar in cereals sold in African countries

Nov 17

Children in care who lash out may no longer face automatic arrest under UK review

Nov 17

Woman killed herself after south London hospital neglect, coroner concludes

Nov 17

‘Better and cheaper’: the case for prostate cancer screening among black men

Nov 17

Are you stuck in ordinary - but devastating - narcissism? There is a way out

Nov 17

The one change that worked: I had Sad and felt desperate – until a scientist gave me some priceless advice

Nov 17

Two-thirds of nurses in UK work while unwell, says union

Nov 17