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The 'simple' test to check if you need to lose weight, according to NHS watchdog

Calculating your waist to height ratio is an easy way of checking up on your health

Manchester Evening News

Dad's 'back pain' turned out to be terminal illness after 'GP refuses blood test'

Geoff Duke said he was told he couldn't have a blood test because they 'cost the NHS money'

Liverpool Echo

Experts ‘concerned’ over new waist-to-height measurement guidance from NICE

NHS watchdog NICE says waist measurements should be ‘less than half your height’

The Independent UK

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Couple spend 'nightmare' night in Barbados bus stop after Love Holidays error

Darryl and Rebecca had a 'nightmare' were stopped from boarding their flight

Liverpool Echo

Lydia Bright rushes daughter Loretta to hospital as virus leaves her unable to breathe

Lydia Bright shares how her daughter was treated at hospital after a virus left her needed oxygen to help her breathe as she said it made her 'delirious and helpless watching her be so ill'

Daily Mirror

Do you still have to self isolate if you test positive for Covid?

The coronavirus rules differ for Scotland, England and Wales

Manchester Evening News

UK's first cannabis clinical trial to see thousands take drug as a painkiller

The drug would be taken in a vaporised form by those suffering with chronic pain

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NHS weight loss tips for targeting belly fat as health body shares simple obesity test

Obesity and being overweight can increase your risks of serious diseases and health problems like cancer and diabetes. The NHS is now advertising a simple trick to keep you healthy

Daily Mirror

Covid warning issued as people who caught Omicron at Christmas could get virus again

The warning has been issued by GPs as immunity provided by infection or the vaccine may be waining.

Daily Record

BT engineer sacked for calling female motorist 'silly cow' in road rage drama

The stunned woman made a complaint to Openreach about BT engineer Colin Aldred's behaviour and it turned out he had already been given a written warning over his 'road rage' previously.

Daily Mirror

This Morning doctor lists 'valid' reasons to go to A&E

The doctor listed 'serious' symptoms that would need urgent medical attention

Liverpool Echo

Keeping waist measurement to less than half your height ‘good for your health’, new guidance says

Carrying excess fat around waist linked to increased risk of type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke and heart disease

The Independent UK

One simple at-home measurement can tell if you need to lose weight

The NHS says this easy to do sum will tell you whether you are overweight or not

Chronicle Live

NHS says simple measurement shows if your weight is a problem

The guidance emphasises the important of your waist measurement compared to your height.

Daily Record

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Liverpool Echo

NHS says keep your waist size to less than half of height to be healthy

It is said to be a 'simple and effective' way of measuring weight

Daily Record

Waiting times rise again at Paisley's A&E department

Burnt-out staff fight on as politician blasts: "A shocking 434 patients waited over four hours to be seen"

Daily Mirror

NHS worker who won £3m mansion in £20 prize draw thought it was an April Fools

Catherine Carwardine, 59, thought the win was a hoax as she was told about it on Valentine's Day - but was thrilled to realise she really was the winner of the incredible Lake District mansion

Wales Online

NHS nurse and foster mum wins £3million house with £20 raffle ticket

Catherine found out she'd won on April Fool's Day

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Wales Online

Grandad learns back pain is terminal cancer after claiming GP refused blood test as 'tests cost money'

Geoff Duke switched GPs and got a test which showed he had myeloma, a form of blood cancer

Evening Standard

Keeping waist measurement less than half your height ‘good for your health’

A 5ft 4in female with a waist circumference of 29in would have a healthy ratio, but 32in would push them into the unhealthy range

Wales Online

One simple measurement shows if your weight is a problem, says NHS

The NHS watchdog is promoting a new simple test to tell you if you need to lose weight

Manchester Evening News

'I should have been called for emergency Covid medicine within 24 hours - but the system is so backlogged it took FOUR days'

"It seemed that the process was utterly derailed, I was well past the 24-hour time scale they have set"

Liverpool Echo

Bloating and other stomach problems that could be signs of cancer

Seeing a doctor sooner rather than later could save your life

Wales Online

Cannabis pain-relief trial to be taken by thousands of Britons

If the study is successful the drug could be prescribed by the NHS

The Guardian - UK

Ensure waist size is less than half your height, health watchdog says

Guidance for England and Wales comes amid increasing concern over rate of obesity and cost to NHS

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