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Patients are at risk of having serious health conditions missed because of the lack of continuity of care provided by GPs, the NHS safety watchdog says. Investigators highlighted the case of a man who was seen by eight different GPs before his cancer was spotted as an example of what can go wrong.more

A significant minority of human resources executives believe men are better suited to senior management than women, according to the results of a “shocking” poll. more

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ordered the Russian authorities to pay compensation to members of punk rock group Pussy Riot for refusing to register the social organisation three times, reported the Nastoyashchye Vremya portal, linked to Radio Svoboda.more

Almost 60 per cent of those surveyed believe that commissions of inquiry are needed into the envelope election, the visa scandal and the Pegasus surveillance, while 32 per cent have the opposite view, according to a United Surveys poll for RMF FM and "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna".more

Headteachers in England have described a culture of non-compliance among pupils, as talks were held to try to avert further strikes at a school in Kent where staff walked out over student behaviour.more

Loneliness does not only affect older people, as many as 65% of people struggle with it regularly. people from Generation Z, i.e. people aged 13 to 28 - showed the study "No More Loneliness". What they want most is direct contact with other people.more

Potentially toxic “forever chemicals” have been detected in the drinking water sources at 17 of 18 England’s water companies, with 11,853 samples testing positive, something experts say they are “extremely alarmed” by.more

​​​​​​​Several tens of thousands of people marched through central London yesterday afternoon in a demonstration against anti-Semitism. This is the first such demonstration since the Palestinian organization Hamas attacked Israel, which resulted in a sharp increase in anti-Semitic incidents.more

Tens of thousands of people took part in the weekly solidarity march with the Palestinians yesterday to demand a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. Police arrested eight people and also detained a group that had split off from the main march.more

Footbridge named after Bernatka, Tauron Arena and the TV tower in Krzemionki will be illuminated in orange on Saturday as part of the "Orange the World" campaign to draw attention to the problem of violence against women.more

The UK's most densely populated area has been named and it's no surprise it is in London. But, this neighbourhood may not be the expected top spot, as it has beaten off some crammed full areas including King's Cross and Clapham.more

51.3 per cent of Poles believe that Sejm Speaker Szymon Hołownia will do his utmost to make the Sejm a place of substantive and cultural political debate. The opposite view is held by 39.2 per cent. - according to the IBRiS poll for 'Rzeczpospolita'.more

The old saying goes that it takes a whole village to raise a child. Such collective childcare is an invention as old as humanity. And very effective - according to anthropologists from Cambridge University. A study they conducted showed that in primitive societies, children had better - because they gave more involvement to their caregivers - care than they do today in Western culture.more

In 2020, 2,813 marriages were declared invalid in the Catholic Church in Poland - that's 1.8 percent of the total number of marriages performed that year. Less than 5 percent of those granted a civil divorce are taken to church courts, according to the ISKK report "Annulment of Marriage in the Catholic Church in Poland."more

In 2022, net net migration to the UK was 745,000, not 606,000. as previously reported - the British statistical office ONS announced today, presenting corrected data. This is by far the highest net migration since the end of World War II.more

People who stuck by Covid lockdown rules the most strictly have the worst mental health today, research has found. Those who followed the restrictions most closely when the pandemic hit are the most likely to be suffering from stress, anxiety and depression, academics at Bangor University have found.more

For the first time in Spain's history, single mothers gave birth to more children than married women in a single year, according to a study on demographics for 2022 released yesterday. Its author is the National Statistical Institute (INE) in Madrid.more

Growing numbers of people in England and Wales are being found so long after they have died that their body has decomposed, in a shocking trend linked to austerity and social isolation, doctors have said.more

Public transport users in London are failing to claim thousands of lost property items handed in every week. The transport authority moved its lost property office from South Kensington to West Ham to accommodate the rising number of objects being stored.more

Today in the USA is Thanksgiving Day, during which Americans meet for gala dinners, where the main dish is roast turkey. The holiday meal will be cheaper this year thanks to lower turkey prices, reports CNBC. ​more

Nearly half of UK homeowners say neighbours have prevented them parking their vehicle, a survey has suggested. Some 48% of respondents to a poll for Churchill Motor Insurance said neighbours have blocked access to their driveway, garage or allocated parking space.more

Dr. Ruth Westheimer, a popular American sex therapist referred to in the media as Dr. Ruth, has been named New York State's Honorary Ambassador for Singleness. This is the first feature of its kind in the United States. Her task will be to support people who complain of loneliness.more

A third of British employees have admitted to working in their pyjamas, a survey has found. Employment firm Indeed surveyed over 1,000 employees and 500 employers in the UK, discovering 33% of workers wear pyjamas during shift hours.more

UK women aged 40 and older will not experience the closure of the gender pay gap until after they reach state pension age, according to a report by the Fawcett Society.more

London Councils has called on the government to provide at least a 9% funding boost in the Autumn Statement to help meet a £600m shortfall. more