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Cash to isolate 'would have cut Covid deaths'

Cash to isolate 'would have cut Covid deaths'

If the UK had spent more money helping people to self-isolate during the pandemic then fewer people would have been infected or died, the former head of NHS Test and Trace has said. Baroness Dido Hard …

Celia Imrie's fart steals the show on Celebrity Traitors

Celia Imrie's fart steals the show on Celebrity Traitors

Spoiler warning: This article reveals details from the third episode of The Celebrity Traitors There were murders, betrayals... and a fart. The third episode of The Celebrity Traitors has taken place, …

ChatGPT will soon allow erotica for verified adults, says OpenAI boss

ChatGPT will soon allow erotica for verified adults, says OpenAI boss

OpenAI plans to allow a wider range of content, including erotica, on its popular chatbot ChatGPT as part of its push to 'treat adult users like adults', says its boss Sam Altman. In a post on X on T …

Child poverty is a 'crisis that cannot be ignored'

Child poverty is a 'crisis that cannot be ignored'

Public health officials have issued an 'urgent call' to tackle child poverty in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. The 2025 director of public health annual report said 27,000 babies, children and youn …

Chimps drinking a lager a day in ripe fruit, study finds

Chimps drinking a lager a day in ripe fruit, study finds

Wild chimpanzees have been found to consume the equivalent of a bottle of lager's alcohol a day from eating ripened fruit, scientists say. They say this is evidence humans may have got our taste for a …

China makes landmark pledge to cut its climate emissions

China makes landmark pledge to cut its climate emissions

China, the world's biggest source of planet-warming gases, has for the first time committed to an absolute target to cut its emissions. In a video statement to the UN in New York, President Xi Jinping …