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DO you feel alone in your healthier eating efforts? It’s helpful to get those you live with on board. 3Dr Zoe Williams helps a reader whose father sweats excessively It’s best to do this slowly, stopping buying one junk food item per grocery shop, and swapping one ingredient for another week by week. There’s no need to tell the family that “we’re all going to eat less junk” – there’s a chance you’ll get resistance. Avoid food rules as well, especially telling kids what foods are “good” or “bad”. Focus on the positives of eating nourishing foods, rather than being…

VLADIMIR Putin has added fuel to rumours that his health is on the decline after pictures taken today showed him looking mad-eyed. The Russian president, 71, displayed a surprising range of emotion throughout his meeting with Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko in St Petersburg on Monday. 5Russian President Vladimir Putin grimaces during a meeting with the Belarus president on MondayCredit: Getty 5The president’s surprising range of emotions have fuelled rumours he is illCredit: Getty 5He appears in some pictures to be spaced out and confusedCredit: Getty The leaders were meeting to discuss how they could deepen their close alliance, which has…

THE UK could be hosting monthly rocket launches into space from the Shetland Islands as soon as summer. German company Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) has announced that they are aiming to launch satellites into orbit this summer in a European first. 2An artist’s impression on a rocket taking off from the SaxaVord spaceport in UnstCredit: PA 2The UK’s first orbital rocket launch could blast off from the Shetland islands in October or November this yearCredit: PA The company has set its sights on the SaxaVord Spaceport, on the northernmost island of Unst, for its landmark launch. But RFA won’t stop…

A PREGNANT mum took her own life after suffering “severe morning sickness”, an inquest has heard. Jessica Cronshaw was 28 weeks pregnant with daughter Elsie when they both died in 2022. 1Jessica Cronshaw, 26, was 28 weeks pregnant with Elsie when they both died in December 2022Credit: MEN Media An inquest today heard how the 26-year-old and her partner Eddie had been “over the moon” after discovering she was pregnant in May 2022. But within weeks Jessica, from Blackburn, Lancs, began to suffer hyperemesis gravidarum which causes severe vomiting leading to weight loss and dehydration. The inquest at Accrington Town…

WELCOME to the place where over 670 abandoned ships have gone to die including giant multi-million pound cruises. The Aliağa shipyard in western Turkey is one of the largest ship recycling facilities in Europe and sees pleasure vessels stripped apart and left to rot everyday. 5The aerial view of the shipyard at Aliağa recycling port in TurkeyCredit: Getty 5A shipbreaker works hard to dismantle a giant ship for anything worth enough money to sell onCredit: Getty 5Lines of decommissioned cruises sit on the shoreline after being stripped for parts and left to rotCredit: Reuters Sat on the ports of Izmir…

SCIENTISTS have found the first evidence that Alzheimer’s disease can be transmitted between people. The condition is the top cause of dementia and is usually brought on by old age. 1Brain tests confirmed some of the hormone recipients developed Alzheimer’s (stock image)Credit: Getty But a study has confirmed five people developed it at a young age, between 38 and 55, after receiving hormones harvested from the brains of dead donors. Another three showed signs of brain damage or memory loss. The human growth hormone treatment was given to at least 1,800 children with growth problems between 1959 and 1985. It…

THE US must inflict “severe violence” on Iran as quickly as possible or risk facing more attacks, a former British Army commander has warned. Three American soldiers were killed in a drone attack in Jordan over the weekend, dramatically escalating the situation in the Middle East. 8A satellite view of the US military outpost known as Tower 22 in Jordan where three American troops were killed on SaturdayCredit: Reuters 8Former British Army commander Colonel Richard Kemp told The Sun the US must inflict ‘severe violence’ on Iran The trio was killed on Saturday night at a US outpost called Tower…

A SIX-year-old boy who was battling cancer after a doctor dismissed his symptoms as an “ear infection” or “possible autism” has died. Sebastian Nunney was diagnosed with neuroblastoma in 2020, months after falling ill. 3Mum Lindsay with her son Sebastian, who died of a type of rare cancerCredit: SWNS 3Doctors allegedly dismissed the younger’s symptoms as an ear infection and autismCredit: SWNS Parents Lindsay, 41, and Greg, 43, raised more than £130,000 to pay for potentially life-saving treatment in the US, but revealed yesterday their son had lost his battle against the disease. Announcing the death of their “beautiful boy”…

DISTRESSING new images show animals being infected with deadly pathogens at a US lab with ties to the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Photos and footage obtained by watchdog White Coat Waste show scientists at the Rocky Mountain Lab sedating monkeys and pigs – and carrying out experiments with deadly viruses. 7Photos and video show scientists at the Rocky Mountain Lab sedating monkeysCredit: Images Obtained by White Coat Waste Project 7Scientists proposed infecting piglets with Ebola – a virus with a death rate of up to 90 per centCredit: Images Obtained by White Coat Waste Project 7Documents showed plans to infect…

SCIENTISTS say we must be prepared in case a ‘zombie deer disease’ spreads to humans. The deadly condition — known medically as chronic wasting disease — causes the animals to drool excessively, become stick thin, start stumbling and stare blankly. 1Scientists say we must be prepared in case ‘zombie deer disease’ spreads into humansCredit: Getty Some experts fear the illness could spill over to people in a similar way to mad cow disease back in the 1980s. Dr Michael, of the University of Minnesota, told Fortune: “There’s no evidence yet that we’ve seen crossover into humans, but what if it…