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Food prices will rise by an average of 4.2% in the latter half of the year as retailers battle £7 billion of increased costs from the Budget, the industry has warned. British Retail Consortium (BRC) chief executive Helen Dickinson said modelling by the trade association and industry chiefs said there was “little hope of prices going anywhere but up” as retailers faced higher national insurance (NI), National Living Wage and […]

Blood testing people at high risk of lung cancer could reduce the number of deaths, a study has found. University of St Andrews School of Medicine researchers tested biomarkers in the blood of individuals at high risk of developing lung cancer and found the test led to earlier cancer detection and a “major reduction in deaths”. Lung cancer is often only diagnosed when symptoms emerge and the disease is therefore […]

The Spaniard has been in charge of the Hammers for less than eight months West Ham have sacked head coach Julen Lopetegui after less than eight months in charge. The Hammers are expected to announce former Brighton and Chelsea boss Graham Potter as the Spaniard’s replacement in the next 24 hours. The PA news agency understands talks with Potter were at an advanced stage on Tuesday night, with a few […]

More than two out of five young passengers who die in car crashes are not wearing a seat belt, according to new analysis. The AA Charitable Trust, which conducted the research, said it highlights the “simple importance of wearing a seat belt”. Its analysis of Department for Transport data found 43% of car passengers aged 17-29 who died in crashes on Britain’s roads between 2019 and 2023 were unbelted. The […]

Vapes are four times more profitable to convenience stores than tobacco amid a nine-fold increase in sales of the devices in three years, according to a study. Convenience stores make an average profit of 37.1% for vape products compared with 8.5% for tobacco products, figures from September 2022 analysed by the University of Edinburgh show. Meanwhile, the average weekly number of transactions per store which included vapes rose sharply from […]

Drinking coffee in the morning could bring more health benefits than drinking a few cups throughout the day, according to a new study. Researchers wanted to assess whether the time of day people drink coffee has any impact on their health. They studied more than 40,000 adults in the US taking part in long-term studies examining health, nutrition and lifestyle. They found two distinct patterns of coffee drinking – those […]

State schools in England could face “very tight” budgets as rising costs are likely to outstrip the growth in school funding, a report has estimated. School costs could rise by around 3.6% in 2025/26 if the pay review body follows the Government’s recommendation for a 2.8% pay award for teachers in 2025, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS). The report on education spending in England estimates that mainstream […]

Exercising in the year before a cancer diagnosis can reduce the odds of the disease progressing by up to 27%, a study has suggested. The promotion of exercise “can yield important benefits”, researchers said, not only in cancer progression but also in the prevention and management of the disease. The South African study, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, included 28,248 people with stage one cancers, the most […]

The Health Secretary has said he feels “ashamed” at the experiences of some patients in the NHS, admitting that some patients are being taken to hospital “to die” because the right care is not available when they need it. It comes after a number of NHS trusts declared critical incidents due to “exceptionally high demands” in emergency departments, with a patient at one hospital forced to wait 50 hours to […]