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Warning as ‘weather bomb’ approaches Scotland

Getty Images Large waves and coastal overtopping are possible with Storm Ashley Power cuts, travel disruption and possible damage to buildings are expected this weekend as Storm Ashley sweeps across Scotland, bringing high winds and rain. The Met Office has issued an amber high wind warning for some western areas on Sunday, with gusts of […]

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Sydney reopens beaches after tar ball scare

AFP The clean-up on Coogee Beach on Thursday Beaches in the Australian city of Sydney have reopened for swimmers after being closed earlier this week when thousands of mysterious black tar-like balls washed ashore, prompting health concerns. Officials say tests found the balls to be formed from chemicals similar to those in cosmetics and cleaning […]

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More than 100 customers contact BBC about scams

Reuters People complain of poor treatment by Revolut after being tricked out of money deposited with e-money firm “I never imagined I’d be a victim of a scam,” says Dr Ravi Kumar. “But here I am, a 53-year-old NHS consultant in intensive care medicine and anaesthetics, deeply affected.” He lost £39,000 in May when scammers […]

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How will weight-loss drugs change our relationship with food?

BBC We are now in the era of weight-loss drugs. Decisions on how these drugs will be used look likely to shape our future health and even what our society might look like. And, as researchers are finding, they are already toppling the belief that obesity is simply a moral failing of the weak-willed. Weight-loss […]

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Air strike said to have killed dozens in Jabalia

An Israeli air strike has killed at least 33 people including 21 women at a refugee camp in northern Gaza, the strip’s Hamas-run authorities say. There was no immediate comment on the reported strike on Jabalia from Israel, whose forces have been besieging the densely-populated camp for weeks. The killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar […]

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