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Rural and coastal areas of England to get more cancer doctors

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Local elections to be delayed in 29 areas in England as part of shake-up of councils

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Reform councillors say they will not close Lancashire care homes

6h ago

Feel your feelings and reconnect with past passions: how to recover from burnout

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New wood-burning stoves to carry health warnings in UK plan

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Tower Hamlets mayor acted unlawfully in attempted removal of LTN schemes

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Assisted dying bill backers say it is ‘near impossible’ it will pass House of Lords

11h ago

Residents in legal fight to halt demolition of Clockwork Orange estate

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One in four children in England start school without being toilet trained, say teachers

16h ago

ActionAid to rethink child sponsorship as part of plan to ‘decolonise’ its work

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Four in five blind people struggle with gap at UK train stations, survey finds

Thu

Use of ADHD medication in UK more than tripled in 13 years, study finds

Wed

Green spaces should be the norm for all new housing developments in England, guidelines say

Wed

Blind man who fell on to the tracks at Manchester Piccadilly wins payout

Wed

Rollout of AI may need to be slowed to ‘save society’, says boss of JP Morgan

Wed

Scientific rigour and the dangers of microplastics | Letters

Wed

‘Treated like shirkers’: German unions cry foul over Merz’s sick-note crackdown

Wed

Coroner calls for more guidance on doulas after baby’s death in Hampshire

Wed

Badenoch tells Starmer to ‘just get on’ with under-16s social media ban

Wed

MPs criticise behaviour of senior DWP officials over carer’s allowance scandal

Wed

The researchers reshaping the future of women-led business in Yorkshire

Wed

Beckham family estrangement is neither rare nor unique, say therapists

Wed

‘Crunch time’ on rising costs of Send provision in England, says thinktank

Wed

Hugh Grant and Esther Ghey sign letter backing under-16s social media ban in UK

Tue

Starmer could face rebellion by north-west Labour MPs over local funding

Tue

The Guardian view on food security: Britain can no longer trust markets alone | Editorial

Tue

UK study to examine effects of restricting social media for children

Tue

Educational background key indicator of immigration views in UK, study finds

Tue

GSK to buy food allergy drug maker RAPT in $2.2bn deal

Tue

Rayner urges Starmer to keep promise on leasehold reform

Tue

Positive News launches new podcast about people turning ideals into action

Tue

World is short of nearly a million midwives, report warns

Tue

New City & Guilds owners tripled bosses’ pay amid £22m cost-cutting drive

Tue

Prostate cancer is most commonly diagnosed cancer across UK, study finds

Tue

Don’t rely on BMI alone when diagnosing eating disorders in children, says NHS England

Tue

UK ministers launch consultation on whether to ban social media for under-16s

Mon

The Guardian view on protecting NHS staff: ministers must take a lead in reducing attacks on the health workforce | Editorial

Mon

Mother of murdered Brianna Ghey urges Starmer to ban social media for under-16s

Mon

Halifax care home manager sexually abused children for decades, court hears

Mon

Should riders pick up after their horses, yay or neigh? | Letters

Mon

There’s no gold medal in the stress Olympics – here’s how to start resting

Mon

Pepper spray use at young offender institutions in England ruled legal

Mon

‘I was told I wouldn’t walk again. I proved the doctors wrong’: the bike-obsessed pensioner who broke his neck and started afresh

Mon

Mass UK study debunks Covid vaccine myth

Mon

The 75 hard challenge has come roaring back - but I have my own self-improvement regime | Emma Beddington

Mon

‘I was bullied in school for being different. At 16, I hit a crashing point’: the awkward kid who became the world’s strongest man

Mon

‘Jess’s rule’ posters remind GPs in England to re-examine patients’ symptoms

Mon

Women ‘being failed by underfunded and understaffed’ UK postnatal care

Mon

‘Brazen’ political influence of rich laid bare as wealth of billionaires reaches $18.3tn, says Oxfam

Mon

Oxfam trustee quits board over ‘cruel’ treatment of ex-boss

Sun

‘It felt amazing to be on the start line again’: the rugby pro who became paralysed – and is aiming for the Paralympic Games

Sun

Simple blood test can predict which breast cancer treatment will work best, study finds

Sun

More than 60 Labour MPs urge Starmer to back under-16s social media ban

Sun

Charter to tackle sexual harassment across NHS in England has failed, say unions

Sun

The sudden rise of scabies: ‘I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy’

Sun

‘I looked exceptional but I was out of breath’: the bodybuilder who switched to mindful movement

Sun

Weight-loss drugs do nothing to address the troubled relationships we have with our bodies | Susie Orbach

Sun

Sleep, stress and sunshine: endocrinologists on 11 ways to look after your metabolism

Sun

‘Without strength training I wouldn’t survive’: the woman who joined a CrossFit gym in her 80s

Sat

‘It took time to love my soft, larger shape’: the body-positive writer who recovered from an eating disorder

Sat

‘It’s whiplash’: reversed cuts ‘incredibly disruptive’ for US mental health and substance abuse programs

Sat

Zahawi defection pushes Reform’s vaccine scepticism into spotlight

Sat

‘There is a moment of clarity that life would be better without alcohol’: what we can learn from addiction memoirs

Sat

I went to A&E with a broken wrist and caught a dose of ‘I’ve been lucky’ syndrome | Polly Toynbee

Sat

Betfair urged to hand tens of thousands to victim of gambling fraudster

Sat

Study debunks Trump claim that paracetamol causes autism

Fri

Woman ‘overwhelmed’ by loneliness killed herself and disabled daughter, coroner says

Fri

NHS expands access to prostate cancer drug in England to save thousands of lives

Fri

Amazon workers at Coventry warehouse tested for tuberculosis after outbreak

Fri

How a ‘dysfunctional’ English farm became a biodiversity hotspot

Fri

Female nurses win employment case over NHS changing-room use by trans colleague

Fri

Are our bodies full of microplastics or not? There’s a way to resolve this debate, and scientists must hurry | Debora MacKenzie

Fri

Guardian’s Hope appeal raises more than £1m for charities opposing hatred

Fri

‘Walk like penguin’ to avoid adding to winter trip toll

Fri

What went right this week: the good news that matters

Fri

What went right this week: the good news that matters

Fri

Cloth wraps treated with ‘dirt cheap’ insecticide cut malaria cases in babies

Fri

Death of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s son prompts calls for overhaul of Nigeria’s healthcare sector

Fri

NHS limiting ADHD assessments to save money despite soaring demand

Thu

More than 100,000 people urge MPs to ban social media for under-16s in UK

Thu

Three good things: UK projects to improve access for deaf people

Thu

Abortions at record high in England and Wales ‘driven by cost of living’

Thu

Spain’s climate scientists subjected to ‘alarming’ rise in hate speech, minister warns

Thu

Kids with brain cancer were already in a life and death struggle. Then came Trump

Thu

More than 20 England council elections likely to be delayed until 2027

Thu

Traces of cancer-linked pesticide found in tests at UK playgrounds

Jan 15

NHS corridor care is ‘torture’ leading to patient deaths and staff nightmares

Jan 15

Maternal death rate in UK rose by 20% over 14 years despite Tory pledge

Jan 14

‘People will die’: Trump administration cancels up to $1.9bn for substance use and mental health

Jan 14

Religious tradition, child safety and the law on circumcision | Letters

Jan 14

Woman pulled out of UK ultra marathon after death threats over her fundraising for Afghanistan

Jan 14

France records more deaths than births for first time since end of second world war

Jan 14

Future urban living. What to expect in the new issue of Positive News magazine

Jan 14

Wednesday briefing: Over-budget and under-regulated – the NHS’s ADHD crisis

Jan 14

One in four UK teenagers in care have attempted to end their lives, study says

Jan 14

NHS spending up to £19k a time treating people suffering after overseas surgery, research finds

Jan 13

Five minutes more exercise and 30 minutes less sitting could help millions live longer

Jan 13

Tired of the wellness industrial complex? Six rules to ditch – and what to do instead

Jan 13

LGB+ people in UK ‘much more likely’ to take their own lives than straight people

Jan 13

Football fan took his own life after using illegal ‘predatory’ betting sites, inquest told

Jan 13