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The UN’s new plastics treaty is about to be finalised – marking a crucial opportunity to form an international agreement to tackle the plastic pollution crisis. Plastic waste is ubiquitous – damaging human health and livelihoods, as well as ecosystems in water and on land; yet plastic production is at…

Two-thirds of the UK population are either overweight or obese – a crisis that costs billions each year in healthcare and lost productivity. Yet, in a 2021 review of nearly 700 obesity-related policies in England, researchers at the University of Cambridge found no evidence they had successfully reduced obesity. A…

Sarrita Adams, who was a prominent public critic of the English Lucy Letby murder trial, got that order almost four months ago.

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Research suggests four in 10 children previously driven to school have switched to more ‘active’ modes of travel

A study found exposure to high or fluctuating cholesterol early in life may heighten the risk of developing a condition called atherosclerosis.

High cholesterol increases risk of condition that causes arteries to narrow

Lowering cholesterol levels should be thought about much earlier in life, researchers have said.