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Woman told she had cancer by NHS worker who inappropriately accessed her records

Boardman, from Lostwithiel in Cornwall, said her personal information was accessed by a man she knew only vaguely who worked at the hospital. She said: "I got a phone call at home from somebody I know through the sport…

Employers back T Levels to develop next generation of skilled workers

Construction company Willmott Dixon and highways services provider Ringway are among the businesses working with West Herts College Group to provide industry placements, helping students develop workplace skills, build…

Opit Inaugurates its 4th Academic year in Turin

This is the profile of the international community at OPIT – Open Institute of Technology, a European-accredited academic institution that inaugurated its fourth academic year (2026/2027) at the National Automobile…

From Good Ideas to Real Impact: What Effective Edtech Ventures Need to Scale

More than 600 million children and adolescents do not achieve minimum proficiency in reading and mathematics, and in low and middle income countries around 70% of ten-year-olds cannot read and understand a simple text.…

A Love Letter to Karens and the People We Choose to Hear

Recently, airport special assistance for my AuDHD and functional seizures put me at the front of an enormous queue on the apron. I was still standing on the apron, waiting in the crowd. Apparently the special part was my…

Tighter rules planned to protect people from cosmetic surgery that goes badly wrong

The government said it wanted to "drive cosmetic cowboys out of the market" and shield people from treatments "that can go badly wrong". Currently, there are no restrictions over who can carry out these 'no scalpel'…

Weight loss in middle age can restore cardiovascular health, research suggests

Millions of men and women worldwide gain weight as they age, putting extra stress on their body, reducing quality of life and doing significant damage to their cardiovascular and metabolic health. While most know being…

Cross-party MPs call for adult education reset to boost economy, jobs and communities

A new report from the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Further Education and Lifelong Learning calls for adult education to be treated as essential national infrastructure, helping to tackle skills shortages and…

Australian researchers identify new subtype of depression linked to body clock disruptions

In a study published in British Journal of Psychiatry, involving clinical and genetic data from 11,380 Australians with mostly severe and recurrent depression, researchers identified circadian depression as affecting…

The Guardian view on Covid-19 and care homes: the inquiry’s scathing verdict must be heeded | Editorial

The report published on Tuesday confirmed what many have been saying for a long time. In the first, panicked stages of lockdown, residents and their care workers were "something of an afterthought". The "protective ring"…