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2022 - 7 - 3
Ukrainian civilians learning the hard way that Russian mines will ... (Sky News)
A large number of Russian shells don't detonate and get buried in the ground. Picking through the grass for trip wires, mines and artillery is painstaking ...
A large number of Russian shells don't detonate and get buried in the ground. A large number of Russian shells don't detonate and get buried in the ground. "The first time there was a bang, and there was a crater here. It will take an estimated two years for the two teams demining this field to clear the entire area. These munitions are being used on a highly indiscriminate basis by the Russians," said Halo CEO, Major-General James Cowan. They said if anyone comes out, you will die," she said.
Childcare changes to help tackle cost of living 'not a silver bullet or ... (Sky News)
Childcare in the UK is among the most expensive in Europe, with the care for the youngest children the most costly. Full-time care for a toddler costs an ...
Scotland already has a ratio of one adult to five two-year-olds, but in Wales it is one to four - currently the same as England - and there are no plans to change it. "It's about giving those settings the flexibility and the autonomy to make the decision about what's right in terms of quality and safety for their setting." "This is more about flexibility and it's important to stress that this is part of a much wider package." Referring to the French ratio, he said: "That would be a step too far for a number of reasons, and what we are proposing and consulting on is actually a considerably smaller and minor change. In France, where the legal ratio of adults to children is one to eight for two-year-olds, the average price for full-time care is £511, or 26% of the average wage, according to figures published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. But the sector say this is highly unlikely to be the case, and children's minister Will Quince told Sky News the ratio changes alone would not be a "silver bullet or panacea" for family finances in the short-term.
MPs to debate assisted dying after petition reaches 100000 signatures (Sky News)
Henry Marsh, one of the UK's leading brain surgeons, who suffers from terminal cancer, has called for an urgent inquiry into the issue. He told Sky News: "A ...
A YouGov poll last year found while 73% of people thought assisted dying should be legalised for the terminally ill, just 35% of MPs agreed. I must have operated on hundreds of men with advanced prostate cancer which has spread to the spine. We really need to fix that."
Personalised cancer vaccine trials produce 'really hopeful' results (Sky News)
The jab, made using similar technology to Oxford-AstraZeneca's COVID vaccine, sees DNA from an individual patient's tumour and cut and pasted into a ...
Thirty patients are taking part in the trial for head and neck cancer. Patients have a high chance of the cancer returning. He then had several weeks of gruelling radiotherapy. "I am really hopeful, yes," he said. A small clinical trial of the vaccine on patients with ovarian cancer in France and the US is also showing promising results. "I am quite excited about it.
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