Health

“The UK is showing us why we shouldn’t give up masks too quickly,” the infectious disease specialist has said.

“It would appear that even senior government ministers were reluctant to push back on scientific advice that seemed to go against commonsense interpretations of the unfolding crisis,” said Professor Trish Greenhalgh.

Experts said Brits are making progress on cutting down meat consumption - but they'll need to double their efforts.

Researchers said they are “delighted” with the results and are hopeful they will mean a “significant advance” in treatment.

"The fact that this is the first thing you see when coming into our hospital makes my stomach turn and made me want to turn around and go back home," one hospital worker said.

Some 1.5 million people will be contacted and encouraged to use the National Booking Service.

“In an era when modern medicine can extend the length of an individual’s life but not necessarily its quality, we believe that those with terminal or incurable conditions deserve a choice about how, where and when they die,” an open letter read.

Afghanistan is already the source of 90% of the world’s heroin and 95% of the heroin in the UK.

He said the tax increase, which is likely to impact on the young and poorest the most, is “very bad policy and politics”.