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Does avoiding misery make you happy?

He cycles through one inventive but futile pitch after another – in a house, with a mouse, in a box, with a fox, on a train, in the rain – until the narrator, caving just to get some peace, tastes the dish and discovers…

In an interview with BBC's Laura Kuenssberg, the prime minister said "broken social care will in the end break the NHS" and that he would not look in the other direction. Burnham went on to say that he will develop a…

Pennsylvania measles outbreak spreads, with 55 new cases reported since Wednesday

In a news release , the DoH said that 890 measles cases had been confirmed across 39 counties in the state so far for the year. The outbreak had resulted in 173 hospitalizations in the state and four measles-associated…

Gen X is drinking more as younger Americans cut back on alcohol, study finds

For the first time since before the pandemic, the percentage of US adults who drink any alcohol decreased between 2022 and 2024, according to the report in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine. People from 50 to 64…

Drones could speed up getting defibrillators to people having cardiac arrests, study suggests

In the UK alone, there are more than 30,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests a year where emergency medical services attempt to resuscitate the individual, according to the British Heart Foundation. However, fewer than…

‘They accepted the money but didn’t take care of my child’: what Luna Wong’s death reveals about the treatment of international students in the UK

She had a particular way of observing the world, which she expressed through photography. Her pictures were mostly landscapes, ordinary corners of Hong Kong, but she could spot an image nobody else would have seen in the…

Where Will All the Work Experience Placements Come From? FE Soundbite 866

We know life is busy, so here’s a snapshot of the latest announcements and epic thought leadership articles from sector influencers and thought leaders across FE and Skills this week on FE News. Gavin’s Reflective…

NHS boss says staff suspected of snooping on patients’ records should be suspended immediately

He called for a "hardline" stance towards anyone found to have accessed patients' notes or medical histories without a clinical justification. His intervention comes amid growing concern that staff sometimes use their…

Alberta’s self-image as world’s only rat-free region shattered by discovery of rat

But on Thursday the Canadian province's reputation as a firewall against rodent infestation took a hit when the town of Bowden announced the discovery of a dead rat and called on the province's "rat patrol" to…

New Jersey datacenter fined $1.1m after visual investigation showed dozens of unpermitted generators

The New Jersey department of environmental protection's $1.07m fine against DataOne "sends a clear message that these facilities will not be constructed or operated with impunity in this state", said the department's…