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Pregnant women should be asked how much alcohol they are drinking and the answer recorded in their medical notes, according to new advice from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

The pig industry is facing its 'biggest crisis' in 25 years, with some 40.000 pigs having to be culled and 'thrown away' due to a lack of butchers to process them, according to the National Farmers' Union

London's police chief, Cressida Dick, has resigned; the announcement has been made by Mayor Sadiq Khan, who expressed his reserves on how the police dealt with issues such as racism and sexism within the institution

The Department for Transport spent almost £900.000 on research requested by PM Johnson for the possibility of building a bridge or tunnel between Scotland and Northern Ireland; its estimated cost of up to £355 billion was judged "impossible to justify"

The average cost of a basic funeral has fallen for the first time in 18 years, dropping 3,1% to an average of £4.056 last year, according to insurer SunLife's Cost of Dying report; last year funeral directors were ordered to display clearer price lists

One of the last members of a bat species feared to be extinct has been spotted hibernating in a secret tunnel in Sussex, and a search for a companion has begun to save the near-extinct species

Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, has decided to appeal to the Supreme Court to overturn the decision of two High Court judges to allow his extradition to the United States

More than 93.000 cases of Covid-19 recorded, third consecutive daily record

A university study shows that almost 70% of theatre-related freelancers received no government support during the pandemic period