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Workers plugging energy wells as lava from Kilauea volcano flows nearby
Authorities are racing to close off production wells at a geothermal plant threatened by a lava flow from Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big...
Trump and Moon try to keep North Korea summit on track amid doubts
Donald Trump has laboured with South Korea’s Moon Jae-in to keep the highly anticipated US summit with North Korea on track after the...
Mick Jagger ‘happy to be home’ as Rolling Stones play first UK gig of tour
The rock band performed at the London Stadium on Tuesday night. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16243517.Mick_Jagger____happy_to_be_home____as_Rolling_Stones_play_first_UK_gig_of_tour/
NHS legal challenge backed by Stephen Hawking reaches High Court
A campaign group backed by the late Professor Stephen Hawking will begin its High Court challenge against Jeremy Hunt over plans to allow private...
Boris Johnson tells Theresa May to ‘get on with’ taking UK out of customs union
The Foreign Secretary said he wanted the UK to be free from the customs union as soon as ‘reasonably possible’. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16243493.Boris_Johnson_tells_Theresa_May_to____get_on_with____taking_UK_out_of_customs_union/
New online tool launched to get children cycling in bid to tackle obesity
TV presenter Helen Skelton is a supporter of the campaign and is calling for more parents to get out on their bikes with...
Reducing meat consumption and eating more veg may help prevent obesity
Cutting back on meat and eating more vegetables could help prevent obesity among the middle-aged and elderly, a study suggests. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16243494.Reducing_meat_consumption_and_eating_more_veg_may_help_prevent_obesity/
Cheap drugs that could prevent dementia after stroke to be tested in new trial
Hundreds of UK patients to take part in testing that could yield ‘huge breakthrough’. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16243495.Cheap_drugs_that_could_prevent_dementia_after_stroke_to_be_tested_in_new_trial/
New broadband advertising rules take effect
Providers can no longer advertise ‘up to’ speeds available to as little as 10% of customers. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16243496.New_broadband_advertising_rules_take_effect/
Longer GP appointments needed to tackle loneliness
Doctors are calling for an end to 10-minute GP appointments as part of a strategy to tackle Scotland’s “loneliness epidemic". . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16243497.Longer_GP_appointments_needed_to_tackle_loneliness/
