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Contactless payments have become so popular among UK customers, that they accounted for half of all debit card transactions in July. It is the first time in history that more than half of all transactions were from contactless, according to figures from banking trade body UK Finance. In case you don’t know, contactless allows consumers…
Officers found a 15 year old boy with stab wounds on Stratford Broadway, east London, shortly after 3pm on Thursday. Police believe he was either attacked on a bus, or shortly after getting off. A second teenager, also 15, was found with stab injuries which are not believed to be life threatening. Scotland Yard said…
Babies are at more risk of dying in England… a wealthy first world country. Why is this happening? An analysis of these deaths’ locations has shown it is a direct effect of poverty, which has been responsible for an extra 500 deaths before the age of 1 in recent years. The findings are a warning…
Scotland is about to become the first country in the UK to make it a criminal offence for parents to smack their children. Parents and carers are currently allowed to use “reasonable” physical force to discipline children, but the Scottish government has backed moves to give children the same protection from assault as adults. A…
Flood warnings are in place across the UK, and the Met Office says with some regions expected to see as much as two weeks of rain in less than an hour later. “South west Scotland, Wales and southern England could experience power cuts, road closures and travel disruptions,” it added in a yellow warning. The…
A migraine drug that has been described as “life changing” by some users will not be made available on the NHS outside of Scotland. Erenumab is one of the most bespoke migraine drugs to be released in decades, and many doctors are describing it as a “huge deal”. But the governing body that approves new…
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