Deaths from skin cancer have more than doubled in the past fifty years as more and more British sunseekers jet abroad on cheap holidays. Official figures analysed by Cancer Research UK reveal that people are dying from melanoma skin cancer at 2.5 times the rate they were in the 1970s. …...Read More

Doctors were told yesterday to be blunt with their overweight older patients to save taxpayers hundreds of millions of pounds. They were accused of failing to be frank with obese patients whose medical conditions stem mainly from their weight. Instead of persuading their patients to lose weight, doctors are taking …...Read More

Almost one in three GCSE pupils could get top marks today following the exam U-turn fiasco. The proportion with a grade 7 or higher – the equivalent of an old A/A* – is set to rise by almost 30 per cent due to the switch to teacher assessments. This could …...Read More

The Union home ministry’s decision to withdraw more than 10,000 security personnel from Jammu and Kashmir is welcome. The troops had been deployed in the erstwhile state before August 5 last year, when the central government had nullified Article 370 of the Constitution that gave J&K special status. In all …...Read More

Senator Kamala Harris has now accepted the Democratic nomination for vice-president in a speech that centred around two themes – the historic nature of her own candidacy and the coming election being a referendum on the presidency of Donald Trump. On the first front, as her autobiographical sketch ranged over …...Read More

“Welcome to the fourth night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention: ‘Uniting America.’ OK, these last few nights have been going so well, we’ve decided to add a fifth night where we will just play Michelle Obama’s speech on a loop.” “We’ve cried out for justice. We have gathered in …...Read More

NOW PLAYING Breaking Down the Biggest Moments of Biden’s Speech 5:56 Highlights From the Democratic National Convention: Night 4 1:21 Stephen and Ayesha Curry Endorse Biden in Video With Their Children 24:32 Watch the Full Speech: Biden Accepts the Democratic Nomination 1:23 ‘Why the Hell Would We Ever Rehire Donald …...Read More

“There’s no way that you’re going to get, in this broad family, like everybody like, ‘Oh, you were my first pick,’” he said, even as he spoke enthusiastically about Ms. Harris. If anything, the first two days of the convention were about the party trying to paper over any kinds …...Read More

Gavin Williamson was warned the exams algorithm was 'doomed' and could see thousands of students receive the wrong results, a senior Department for Education source has revealed. The source said former director-general Sir Jon Coles wrote to Mr Williamson six weeks ago to reveal his concerns about the Ofqual algorithm, …...Read More

Facebook has come under fire recently for allowing medical misinformation to run rampant on its platform and a new report finds it may be worse than previously believed. Non-profit group Avaaz found 84 percent of posts with false claims and advice have gone unlabeled to warn users of the misleading …...Read More