March 2026

Prostate cancer screening just as good as routine breast cancer checks, study says – so will change happen?

Prostate cancer screening is just as good as the routine checks women have for breast cancer, according to a new study. Researchers say the findings show it no longer makes sense to reject prostate cancer screening on the one hand while endorsing screening for breast cancer on the other. Dr Sigrid Carlsson, who led the […]

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NHS hospitals urged to reject £330m data platform part-owned by Trump ally

NHS hospitals are being urged by a group of doctors, human rights groups and campaigners to reconsider using a major data platform built by US tech giant Palantir, whose owners include Peter Thiel, a close ally of US President Donald Trump. The NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP) is a system designed to bring together information

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London’s Burning actor John Alford found dead in prison two months after being jailed for sexual assault

London’s Burning actor John Alford has died in prison two months after he was jailed for sexual assault. The 54-year-old was given an eight-and-a-half year sentence in January, having last year been found guilty of sexually assaulting two teenage girls in 2022. Alford, real name John Shannon, rose to fame in the BBC’s Grange Hill,

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Five killed in Russian strikes on Ukraine as peace talks stall amid Middle East conflict

At least five people have been killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine, with a further 18 wounded, officials have said. Four of the deaths were in the Kyiv region, where President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia targeted energy infrastructure with around 430 drones and 68 missiles. Mykola Kalashnyk, the head of the area’s regional administration, said

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Rachel Reeves is taking a gamble as the Gulf conflict hits energy prices

Targeted support for the poorest households who rely on heating oil is coming, we understand, with Chancellor Rachel Reeves set to make an announcement as soon as Monday. It follows calls from rural Labour MPs who have warned of constituents living in fuel poverty, unable to heat their homes, restock their supply, or afford the

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