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Older people who take fewer than 2,000 steps a day are three times more likely to have a heart attack or stroke compared with those who take 4,500 steps a day, new research suggests. The study of people aged 70 or older also indicates that walking an additional 500 steps per day, or an additional quarter mile of walking, was associated with a 14% lower risk of heart disease, stroke […]

Broadcaster ITV has revealed falling annual profits and warned over tumbling advertising revenues as wider economic woes impact marketing spend. The group behind hit shows Love Island and I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! reported underlying pre-tax profits of £672 million for 2022, down from £774 million in 2021, as total advertising revenues fell 1% and it spent heavily on content and its ITVX online hub. ITV cautioned […]

Detective Superintendent Lewis Basford from the Metropolitan Police told reporters that remains had been found in a wooded area A major search for the missing two-month-old child of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon has ended in tragedy as police announced they had found the remains of a baby. Detective Superintendent Lewis Basford from the Metropolitan Police, who led the investigation, told reporters that remains had been found in a wooded […]

Businesses in Liverpool are being encouraged to welcome Eurovision and embrace TikTok as the city hopes the contest will repair damage done to the economy by the coronavirus pandemic. More than 100,000 people are expected to arrive in the city for the song contest in May, after Liverpool was chosen to host on behalf of last year’s winner Ukraine. Addressing an event for stakeholders on Wednesday, Liverpool City Council chief […]

House prices fell by 1.1% year-on-year in February, marking the first annual decline since June 2020, according to an index. A 0.5% month-on-month price fall was also recorded, Nationwide Building Society said. Across the UK, the average house price in February was £257,406. Prices are now 3.7% lower than their August 2022 peak, and February’s negative annual price growth was the weakest seen since November 2012, Nationwide added. Robert Gardner, […]

Matt Hancock is fighting claims he rejected advice while health secretary to give coronavirus tests to all residents going into English care homes. The allegations are based on a leaked trove of more than 100,000 WhatsApp messages obtained by the Daily Telegraph giving an insight into the way government operated at the height of the Covid-19 crisis. Mr Hancock’s spokesman said a report claiming he rejected clinical advice on care […]

Two men are still being questioned over the shooting in Omagh, Co Tyrone, last week Four men who were being questioned about the attempted murder of Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell in Northern Ireland have been released by police. Two men are still being questioned over the shooting in Omagh, Co Tyrone, last Wednesday. A court in Belfast has granted detectives an extension until 10pm on Thursday to question a […]

An urgent search operation is underway to find their baby, who is still missing Missing aristocrat Constance Marten and her partner Mark Gordon are in police custody after being arrested in Brighton. Metropolitan Police said an urgent search operation is underway to find their baby, who has not had any medical attention since birth in early January. The force said the pair were located by officers from Sussex Police in Stanmer Villas, […]

The Prime Minister is expected to travel to Northern Ireland later Rishi Sunak is expected to travel to Northern Ireland later, after securing a deal with the EU that he promised would be a “turning point” for the region after years of post-Brexit tensions. The new deal, dubbed the Windsor Framework, removes barriers on trade across the Irish Sea and hands a “veto” to politicians in Stormont on EU law – a […]