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Study helps explain common vitamin’s extraordinary power to reverse skin ageing
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email Vitamin C prevents age-related thinning of the skin by switching on genes that promote skin cell growth, a new study hasContinue Reading
Overfishing has forced Baltic cod to shrink in size by half since 1990s, DNA study finds
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email Excessive fishing has forced Baltic cod to undergo genetic changes that have halved their size over the past 30 years, aContinue Reading
Starmer seeks to quell revolt to speed through welfare reforms
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Starmer admits employer national insurance tax hikes piled pressure on British business
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Sir Keir Starmer has admitted his Budget tax hikes piled massive pressure on British businesses. The prime minister said his governmentContinue Reading
Ferris Bueller’s iconic vest seen in classic film sells for staggering sum at auction
Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent email Get the latest entertainment news with our free newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free newsletter Matthew Broderick’s vest from the 1986 high school comedy Ferris Bueller’s Day Off has sold at auction for aContinue Reading
New womb lining test can help women who have miscarriages, UK scientists say
Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free A new test that reveals an abnormal womb lining can help women who have repeated unexplained miscarriages, UK scientists have said. TheyContinue Reading
Andy Murray to snub Wimbledon as Emma Raducanu decides on pulling out
Emma Raducanu has insisted that she will not be withdrawing from Wimbledon despite being plagued by a back injury. She has had the issue for several weeks and it flared up once again in yesterday’s Eastbourne defeat to teenager Maya Joint. But the Brit has no plans to pull outContinue Reading
‘We haven’t learned anything’: Readers despair over UK’s Covid response in 2025
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email Big disasters often change how we see the world. The Lisbon earthquake in 1755 shook people’s faith in religion. After theContinue Reading
Business news live: FTSE 100 latest after Shell reject BP takeover bid reports
Nato spending fuels defence firms’ rise While the FTSE 100 and DAX both fell yesterday, one notable outlier was Babcock International, which rose more than 11 per cent. Part of that was doubtless increased profit and the announcement of a share buyback, but the defence firm will also stand toContinue Reading
Archaeologists discover what could be world’s oldest boomerang – not in Australia but in Poland
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email A mammoth tusk artefact discovered in a Polish cave could be Europe’s earliest example of a boomerang and even the oldestContinue Reading