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‘I came to make new friends’: the hangout event where phones are locked away

Offline Club brings digital detox concept to London for those wanting real-life connections and relaxation

Gonorrhoea getting more drug-resistant and ‘may become untreatable’

Rise in super-strength cases in England reaches highest level since records began, UKHSA says

‘I try not to think about dying’: Sven-Göran Eriksson on his terminal illness, scandal, and why he feels sorry for the next England manager

The England men’s team’s first foreign manager was blamed for their failure and had his private life splashed across the tabloids. Now, with months to live, he’s got some scores to settle

‘Slapping therapist’ found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter

Danielle Carr-Gomm fell fatally ill when she stopped taking insulin during Wiltshire workshop run by Hongchi Xiao

Hongchi Xiao, the ‘slapping therapy’ healer convicted over two deaths

Paida lajin practitioner is critical of pharmaceutical industry and ‘western’ medicine with ‘toxic’ side-effects

DIY smear tests are on their way? I’ll be first in the queue

I’m sure they’ll be tricky, given how much I struggled with lateral flow tests. But anything beats having to involve another human being, writes Emma Beddington

Mounjaro is second obesity drug to be approved for use in England

Those with BMI of 35 and a comorbidity could be prescribed tirzepatide and Nice says it is more effective than Wegovy

Much of England’s ‘national landscapes’ out of bounds, say campaigners

Right to Roam finds areas of outstanding natural beauty have on average poorer footpath access than rest of England

Hospital admissions for easily treatable STIs rise amid funding cuts in England

Council spending on sexual health services down by more than a third since 2013, Guardian analysis finds

Wooden sauna from 1948 London Olympics gets Grade II listing

Historic wooden building wins protection after campaign involving Finland, which originally installed it

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