All news by author: Rachel Hagan

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NHS facing 'severe' shortage of common and life-saving drugs - see full list
A trade body representing medicine manufacturers and suppliers has raised the alarm over the issues which are affecting vital medication including hormone replacement therapy (HRT), contraception and antibiotics
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Tourist breaks into Buckingham Palace and does video saying 'the King is asleep'
Awad Mustafa, 25, from the US, was fined £1,000 and will have to pay a victim surcharge of £400 and costs of £85, after appearing in Westminster Magistrate’s Court
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All we know about new Covid strain feared more transmissible - symptoms to watch
The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention in the US has said the new JN.1 strain of the virus has already been found in the UK, as well as the US, Iceland, Portugal and Spain
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Health minister's wife and friend hospitalised after downing margaritas at club
Kara Lamond, the wife of New South Wales Health Minister Ryan Park, was with a friend when they were served margaritas rimmed with "contaminated salt", it has been reported
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Two women arrested on suspicion of 'race hate' crime after pro-Palestinian demo
Footage emerged on X earlier yesterday showing the women at the march holding a fake dead baby covered in blood while allegedly chanting in Arabic about a historic battle in which Muslims massacred Jews
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King poised to atone for UK's bloody crackdown on rebels on Kenya visit
The state visit from Tuesday to Friday next week will be Charles’ first visit to a Commonwealth nation since he took to the throne and it is understood the King will acknowledge that Kenyans were tortured during Britain's rule
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Watch moment Czech president knocks soldier's hat off with flagpole in parade
Czech President Petr Pavel was at a commemorative event in Prague when he was passed a large flag and struck the hat off a soldier in a hilarious blunder
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Woman nearly has foot torn off in mauling by neighbour's Staffie dog
The horrified husband said that he "dragged" his wife through the door after the dog clamped down on her foot and she subsequently underwent 18 hours of surgery
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Man who 'starved baby to death on sunlight diet' switches to eating meat
Maxim Lyutyi told reporters as he arrived at court that he had abandoned his strict eating regime after developing a taste for prison pasta and stew while he was awaiting trial
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Iranian teen girl dies after 'assault by police' for not wearing headscarf
Armita Geravand, 16, suffered "severe injuries" after an altercation with the so-called morality police at Shohada station in the Iranian capital Tehran on 1 October, according to human rights organisation Hengaw
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Party town Brits are flocking to with 80p pints, £9 hotel rooms and sex clubs
Brits have traditionally headed to the Costa Brava for cheap holidays but because of "nuisance tourism" laws a new country is on the cards for boozing youngsters
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Vladimir Putin's loved ones 'being prepared for the worst' amid health rumours
Russian President Vladimir Putin is said to have fallen ill on Sunday after suffering from a heart attack, according to the General SVR Telegram channel, which claims to have Kremlin insiders and regularly alleges Putin is unwell
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Snorkeller finds octopus with venom 1,000 times deadlier than cyanide in goggles
Despite their beautiful appearance, the venom of blue-ringed octopus contains tetrodotoxin, a potent neurotoxin claimed to be a thousand times more potent to humans than cyanide
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Deadly diarrhoea disease spreading across UK and Europe - full list of symptoms
Cryptosporidiosis cases have been found in Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and the UK since the end of August, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control has said in its latest health report
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Teen schoolboy stabbed to death by friend was unlawfully killed, coroner rules
Coroner Geraint Williams gave his findings at the Stockport Coroners Court, saying that the 17-year-old died after suffering a stab wound to the heart - his family gasped in the public gallery as the ruling was read
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Putin's life expectancy 'much shorter' amid heart attack rumours, top doc says
The Kremlin has dismissed fresh speculation that Russian President Vladimir Putin is ill and called rumours that he uses a body double an "absurd hoax", but an expert says he may be biding his time
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Woman sues landlord after 'falling through floor and suffering miscarriage'
The unnamed 35-year-old woman from Melbourne, alleges she misstepped and fell through a hole in the floorboards that she claimed a repairman had partly patched up using cardboard
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Faces of Britons killed and taken hostage by Hamas as Gaza war accelerates
A spokesperson for the Prime Minister confirmed the latest toll today as the war shows no sign of stopping - but what do we know so far about the British people who have got caught up in the violence?
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Israeli hostage, 85, put through 'hell' was kept in 'spider web' of Gaza tunnels
Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, whose British daughter has been translating her ordeal to the press said she was taken through "ploughed fields" before they reached "a huge network of tunnels" that "looked like spiderwebs"
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Brit doctor saw 'headless toddler' amid Gaza horrors as he slams UK government
Professor Ghassan Abu-Sittah, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon with a practice in West London, spoke to the Mirror when he gained a rare bit of phone signal from the besieged enclave
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Incredible £5m townhouse plus £100,000 in cash could be yours for just £10
The dream house is the most valuable property ever to be offered in a UK prize draw and will come mortgage-free, with all stamp duty and legal fees covered
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Israeli TV claims live stream 'proves' who's responsible for Gaza hospital blast
Channel 12 News claims a timestamped video is "proof" that a rocket fired in Palestine malfunctioned mid-air before crashing onto the Ahli Arab Hospital, but this is already heavily disputed
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Hundreds killed in 'deadliest strike in years' as both sides blame each other
The war that began on October 7 has become the deadliest of five Gaza wars for both sides, and tonight's strike on a hospital may be the worst in years as both sides blame one another
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Mum blown back from hospital blast that killed 500 says people 'piles of meat'
The woman told the Mirror she had just put her three daughters to bed when she heard the blast that "was different from anything I had heard before" as she says "I don't want my children to die"
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British teen sisters, 13 and 16, missing in Israel after Hamas attacks
The family of Noiya, 13, and Yahel, 16, believe they were kidnapped from Kibbutz Be'eri, and taken across the border into Gaza - the family have not released their surname