Alzheimer’s disease: can you really catch it?
Evidence emerged today that Alzheimer’s disease might have the potential to spread from one person to the next. Should we be terrified? In short: No.
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Germany introduces temporary controls along its Austrian border in an attempt to reduce the number of asylum seekers arriving in the country.
The Premier League returns this weekend after a short break. Will supporters in the top flight of English football mirror their German counterparts and embrace refugees with supportive banners?
Evidence emerged today that Alzheimer’s disease might have the potential to spread from one person to the next. Should we be terrified? In short: No.
A British tourist helping refugees on a beach in Lesbos says of the debate in the UK: “If only they heard the stories.. Germany has put us to shame.”
Syrian refugee women and girls are suffering harassment, sexual exploitation and domestic abuse in exile in Lebanon and Jordan, and that abuse is increasing.
Like every story that captures the imagination, the audience demands villains, victims and heroes. Let’s just say that the roles are still being cast and the list is fluid.
Is this really the biggest refugee crisis since 1945? What are the facts behind the headlines?
The four contenders clash over immigration, benefits cuts, “making excuses” for Vladimir Putin and the shadow of the Iraq war.
The government says “strong action” is required but opponents call the plans “chaotic”. The heated debate over the effectiveness of badger culls wears on as the cull is extended into Dorset.
The party announced their intention to resign from Northern Ireland’s mandatory coalition bringing the future of the administration into serious doubt.
North Korea fires on a South Korean loudspeaker, which has been broadcasting anti-Pyongyang propaganda across the border.
Sri Lankans finish voting to elect a new parliament in what could herald a comeback for ex-president Mahinda Rajapaksa, a man accused of overseeing war crimes at the end of the country’s civil war.
The 87-year-old peer appeared in person after the judge threatened to issue an arrest warrant. He was released on unconditional bail.
Islamic State militants claim responsibility for a bomb attack on a crowded market in the Iraqi capital Baghdad which killed at least 76 people and wounded hundreds more.
Labour leadership hopeful Yvette Cooper slams rival Jeremy Corbyn for his policies, telling potential voters that the ‘battle was on for the soul of the party’.