‘Lens of a singleton’: Belgian council to focus on those who live alone
Carla Dejonghe has persuaded her municipality to consider impact of its policies on single people For much of the past decade Carla Dejonghe has worked...
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‘No-one should be dying after a shoulder pain from golf’: death of Briton raises fresh questions about drug Nolotil
The controversial painkiller is being cited in a growing number of deaths in Spain despite warnings about dangerous side-effects On an October evening last year,...
Brexit divergence from EU destroying UK’s vital environmental protections
Exclusive: Britain is falling behind the bloc on almost every area of green regulation, analysis reveals Northern Ireland ‘dirty corner of Europe due to lack...
Children living near green spaces ‘have stronger bones’
Bone strength is set in childhood so better park access could prevent fractures in older people, study finds Children with more green space near their...
Mar Galcerán makes history as Spain’s first parliamentarian with Down’s syndrome
After being elected to Valencia’s regional assembly, Galcerán says she wants to be seen as a person, not for her disability For decades she battled...
Alex Batty expected back in UK six years after vanishing on holiday in Spain
Teenager whose disappearance, aged 11, sparked an international police hunt is due to fly home after being found in France More than 2,200 days after...
Young Europeans more likely to quit driving and have fewer children to save planet
Exclusive: Poll shows young people willing to make big lifestyle changes but baulk at smaller gestures They are willing to have smaller families, stop using...
Scandal grows over children’s spinal surgery in Ireland
After focus on work of one Dublin surgeon, expert report sparks wider review of paediatric orthopaedics Paediatricians and health executives in Dublin were aware that...
TikTok fined €345m for breaking EU data law on children’s accounts
Irish data regulator says platform put 13- to 17-year-old users’ accounts on default public setting, among other breaches TikTok has been fined €345m (£296m) for...
France planning to ban disposable vapes in effort to combat smoking
Ban follows similar measures in Germany, Australia and New Zealand amid concern over health effects of sweet flavoured e-cigarettes Disposable vapes will be banned in...
