Edinburgh, Aug 15 A Scotland law against period poverty that the country's government touted as the first of its kind worldwide came into effect on Monday. It requires councils and education providers to make period products available free of charge to anyone who needs them, the Scottish government said in ...

London, Aug 15 More than 20,000 people have been detected crossing the English Channel from France in small boats so far this year, government figures show. The Ministry of Defence on Sunday said that some 607 were detected the previous day, the third time the total has topped 600 since ...

London, Aug 14 While hard physical labour can wear you out, researchers have found out why sitting around thinking hard for hours also makes one feel worn out. The findings, reported in Current Biology, showed that when intense cognitive work is prolonged for several hours, it causes potentially toxic by-products ...

London, Aug 14 Vitamin D supplementation may alleviate depressive symptoms in adults with depression, suggests a review of 41 global studies. Depressive symptoms cause a significant disease burden worldwide. The therapeutic efficacy of current antidepressants is often insufficient, which is why further ways to alleviate the symptoms of depression have ...

London, Aug 14 Foreign secretary Liz Truss holds a commanding 22-point lead over British-Indian ex-minister Rishi Sunak in the race to become the next Tory leader and UK prime minister, according to an exclusive poll of party members for The Observer. With less than three weeks to go before the ...

London, Aug 13 More than 21,000 people, including British nationals and their families, have been safely brought to the UK from Afghanistan, the government has said. The group of people also comprise Afghans who worked for Britain and people identified as high-risk, such as women's rights campaigners, journalists and members ...

London, Aug 12 Women who ate a vegetarian diet had a 33 per cent higher risk of hip fracture compared to regular meat-eaters, claimed a study over 26,000 middle-aged women in the UK. Vegetarian diets have gained popularity in recent years. These is often perceived as a healthier dietary option, ...

London, Aug 12 Explosions at the Saki military airfield on Ukraine's occupied Crimean Peninsula have significantly weakened the naval aviation of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, the UK's Ministry of Defence said on Friday. At least eight aircraft were destroyed or damaged, according to the Ministry's intelligence update. "The loss of ...

London, Aug 12 The British economy contracted in the last three months, further stoking fears that a recession might be around the corner, new data revealed on Friday. The gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 0.1 per cent during the second quarter, dpa news agency quoted the Office for National ...

London, Aug 11 UK health officials are set to offer a targeted inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) booster dose to all children between the ages of 1 and 9 years to limit the spread of the virus' outbreak in London. This followed the discovery of Type 2 vaccine-derived poliovirus in sewage ...