The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has issued a “safety flash” over water beads which are marketed as toys. Water beads have been linked to child deaths overseas and to “serious harm” to children in the UK, the RCEM said. Dr Jayne McLaren, Emergency Medicine Consultant at NHS Ayrshire …
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Cadbury has not been awarded a royal warrant for the first time in 170 years, barring the company from using the Royal Arms on its products for the foreseeable future. The famous chocolate brand — highly regarded for being the late Queen Elizabeth II’s favorite — was one of 100 …
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More than 2,000 primary school children are homeless in Kent this Christmas and will be hoping Santa will be able to find them in the “freezing cold bedsit or grotty B&B” they are temporarily housed in. Homeless charity Shelter is sounding the alarm after its research found the equivalent of …
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A spokesperson for mydentist has apologised and said “highest quality dental care” is its first priority. Clifford Shaw, a 65-year-old Royal Mail postman, has been awarded £11,800 by dentists at his former long-term dental practices with the help of specialist dental negligence solicitors the Dental Law Partnership. The payment was …
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If you have dreamed of running a pub and living in a seaside town in Kent with a cool and creative vibe, this could be your opportunity. Being at the helm of a pub might be a New Year’s Resolution for you, so this gem could be your chance for …
Read More »The shadow of the Sphinx looms large over a nondescript urban depot in north London. You could fit two football pitches on to the vast King’s Cross site – a rarity in this densely populated part of the capital – yet it makes up just a fraction of a vast …
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President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to retake the Panama Canal in a lengthy post on Truth Social. Trump accused Panama of “ripping off” American vessels by charging “exorbitant prices” to use the vital waterway that acts as a shortcut linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Without it, ships would be …
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Nusrat Ghani, MP for Sussex Weald, said she wanted to understand the challenges of delivering letters and parcels during the busy Christmas period and to express her gratitude to the postal workers for their year-round efforts. Christmas is the busiest time for Royal Mail, with approximately double the usual volume …
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This Christmas, youngsters Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis are set for a delightful celebration in Norfolk with their family. Like many children throughout the UK, the Royal siblings share the usual Christmas excitement, but they also follow some unique Royal traditions due to their heritage. While striving to …
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If the government was hoping for some good cheer just in time for the festive season, those hopes have been comprehensively dashed by the latest survey from the CBI. The growth indicator, from the organisation regarded as the voice of UK business, cannot have been what the government prepared for, …
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