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Extravagant TV chef Keith Floyd had his final goodbyes from family and friends yesterday as he was buried in a wicker coffin constructed from banana leaves. There was a distinct lack of celebrity chefs in attendance at the service however.
The banana leaf coffin, which was adorned with bright sunflowers, was carried out of the [...]

The claims we have been fed by numerous adverts telling us how beneficial it would be for our digestive systems to drink a probiotic a day thinking the “good bacteria” would fight the “bad bacteria”, have been quashed.
There has been extensive research undertaken into the issue, and the resulting evidence has revealed that there is [...]

It has been confirmed at an inquest in Coventry today that Schoolgirl Natalie Morton died due to a large tumour in her chest and not as a result of receiving the injection to protect against cervical cancer as previously thought.
The 14 year old pupil of the Blue Coat Church of England School in Coventry lost [...]

English vineyard owners embarked on the first day of the harvesting season yesterday as wine experts suggest a sharp rise in the volume of home-grown wine production over the coming six years.
Luckily the dreary summer has not blighted the crop, as that glorious two weeks during Wimbledon ensured the vines got all the sun they [...]

The SNP have had support from an academic report which backs the party’s plans to ensure alcohol should be charged at a minimum price, in order to potentially save hundreds of lives a year.
The report prepared by academics at Sheffield University established that if alcohol was charged at a minimum of 40p per unit, they [...]

Researchers have discovered a drug that has for the first time been proven to slow down the rate at which Parkinson’s disease develops - meaning great news for the approximate 120,000 sufferers in the UK.

A study carried out using 1,176 patients from 14 countries all over the world including Britain, who were in the early [...]

OK, so it’s not like we choose when we get ill, but if we there was a choice, I would recommend avoiding a certain day in August to go suffering a heart attack.
That day, is the NHS’s very own black Wednesday - a day when the rate of death creeps up by an alarming extra [...]

Researchers have announced that women with secondary cancer following a tumour in their breast have a much higher chance of surviving if their original tumour was removed.
Cutting out lumps or tissue in the breast is the best course of treatment for women in the early stages, however this is rarely offered to those with advanced [...]

Experts in the field of sex change are currently re-hashing UK guidelines on “hormone blockers” which could result in under 16’s being permitted to take them as well as trans gender surgery being extended to under 18’s.

Campaigners would welcome the change wholeheartedly, especially Kim Petras who is heading the protesters, after she became the world’s [...]

Genetic scientists have made a breakthrough discovery, capable of curing colour blindness - a condition that affects millions worldwide.
Scientists working on the project, from the University of Washington, in Seattle and the University of Florida, managed to cure two monkey’s colour blindness. The technique is expected to be suitable to restore normal vision as well [...]