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The artist is known for his drawings for the Bash Street Kids and Dennis the Menace Beano cartoonist David Sutherland, who drew some of the UK’s most loved comic strips, has died aged 89. The artist is known for his drawings for the Bash Street Kids and Dennis the Menace. Continue reading… ​The artist is known for his drawings for the Bash Street Kids and Dennis the MenaceBeano cartoonist David Sutherland, who drew some of the UK’s most loved comic strips, has died aged 89.The artist is known for his drawings for the Bash Street Kids and Dennis the Menace.…

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UK trial across three countries finds that giving patients chemotherapy before surgery was more effective Giving bowel cancer patients chemotherapy before surgery cuts the risk of it coming back by 28%, according to the results of a trial experts are hailing as “fantastic”. As many as one in three patients diagnosed with the disease see it return after surgery, a figure described as “far too high” by cancer specialists who have spent years searching for new treatment strategies. In the UK, someone dies from bowel cancer every 30 minutes. Continue reading… ​UK trial across three countries finds that giving patients…

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Priory hospital Cheadle Royal provided ‘inadequate care’ for Beth Matthews, who killed herself last year A private psychiatric hospital provided “inadequate care” for a woman who killed herself by swallowing a poisonous substance, a jury has found. Beth Matthews, a mental health blogger, was being treated as an NHS patient for a personality disorder at the Priory hospital Cheadle Royal in Stockport. Continue reading… ​Priory hospital Cheadle Royal provided ‘inadequate care’ for Beth Matthews, who killed herself last yearA private psychiatric hospital provided “inadequate care” for a woman who killed herself by swallowing a poisonous substance, a jury has found.Beth…

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Exclusive: council leaders accuse Rishi Sunak of offering ‘pre-election bribes’ as many deprived areas miss out Tory seats have been awarded significantly more money per person from the government’s £4bn levelling up fund than areas with similar levels of deprivation, a Guardian analysis has found. The disclosure is bound to provoke further fury from some regional leaders, who on Thursday accused Rishi Sunak of offering “pre election bribes”. Councils discovered that wealthy areas, including the prime minister’s Richmond constituency, will benefit from the new £2.1bn pot of funding while many deprived areas will miss out. Continue reading… ​Exclusive: council leaders…

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Labour leader likens scale of change needed to policing reforms in Northern Ireland after Good Friday agreement Keir Starmer has indicated the Metropolitan police might need to change its name as part of a much-needed “root and branch” review in the wake of the David Carrick case. The Labour leader likened the scale of change needed within the force to the policing reforms in Northern Ireland which took place after the Good Friday agreement. The Royal Ulster Constabulary was eventually replaced by the Police Service of Northern Ireland. Continue reading… ​Labour leader likens scale of change needed to policing reforms…

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Cancellations far higher than official data suggests, says ORR, driven by use of unrecorded ‘pre-cancellations’ The rail regulator has ordered train companies to stop abusing a loophole which means that any train they cancel the night before does not count in their official cancellation statistics. The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) said train cancellations were at “record levels”, far worse than official figures suggest, driven by an increased number of unrecorded “pre-cancellations”, known as “p-coding”. Continue reading… ​Cancellations far higher than official data suggests, says ORR, driven by use of unrecorded ‘pre-cancellations’The rail regulator has ordered train companies to…

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Research suggests if trend continues, view of Orion’s belt will disappear due to glow from artificial lighting “There is no light in earth or heaven / But the cold light of stars,” wrote the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. But for myriad writers and artists, that source of inspiration could be fading as research has revealed light pollution is rapidly reducing the number of stars visible to the naked eye. The study, published in the journal Science, suggests locations with 250 visible stars at present will have just 100 visible stars in 18 years. Continue reading… ​Research suggests if trend continues,…

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