‘Ignoring hot flushes is wrong’: study challenges assumptions about perimenopause symptoms

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Research notes lack of interventions for perimenopausal women despite finding that hot flushes and night sweats can be as severe as for those of menopause

Almost 40% of women going through perimenopause experience moderate to severe hot flushes and night sweats but have no treatment options, new research has found.

The study, published in the Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, explored differences in symptom prevalence by menopausal stage among women aged 40-69 years.

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Ex-Sun editor David Dinsmore to take up government communications role

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Dinsmore will join Whitehall as civil servant in top communications role after reportedly impressing Starmer during interview

A former editor of the Sun will take up a senior communications role at the heart of government.

David Dinsmore, editor of the tabloid from 2013 to 2015, will be a civil service appointment rather than a political adviser, tasked with improving the government’s communications operation. The role is separate to the No 10 director of communications.

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Devon and Cornwall crime commissioner sorry for multiple bodies claim

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Police say only one set of human remains found after Alison Hernandez told meeting ‘dead bodies’ recovered from site

A police and crime commissioner has apologised for claiming that multiple human remains had been discovered in woodland in Cornwall at the centre of a murder investigation.

Alison Hernandez told a meeting of the Devon and Cornwall police and crime panel that “dead bodies” had been found at Sticker, near St Austell, and investigations were continuing to establish exactly how many.

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After 41 years: Lebanese terrorist freed in France celebrated in Beirut – Ynetnews

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  1. After 41 years: Lebanese terrorist freed in France celebrated in Beirut  Ynetnews
  2. Pro-Palestinian convict freed by France after 41 years  BBC
  3. Lebanese terrorist convicted of killing Israeli diplomat freed by France after 40 years  The Times of Israel
  4. Militant Georges Abdallah arrives in Lebanon after more than 40 years in French detention  PBS
  5. Pro-Palestinian Lebanese fighter freed from France welcomed home in Beirut  Al Jazeera
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Cabinet ministers and third of MPs call on Starmer to recognise state of Palestine

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Exclusive: Rayner and Cooper understood to back action as 221 MPs sign letter calling for UK recognition of statehood

Keir Starmer is under intense pressure from his most senior cabinet ministers and more than a third of MPs to move faster on recognising a Palestinian state in response to Israel withholding aid to starving civilians in Gaza.

Angela Rayner, the deputy prime minister, and Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, are understood to be among ministers who believe the government should take the lead on Palestinian statehood alongside France.

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Apparently accepting talks impasse, Trump says Israel will have to ‘get rid of’ Hamas – The Times of Israel

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  1. Apparently accepting talks impasse, Trump says Israel will have to ‘get rid of’ Hamas  The Times of Israel
  2. Live updates: US and Israel consider ‘alternative options’ to Gaza talks as starvation crisis grows  CNN
  3. "Finish the job": Trump says Israel must "get rid" of Hamas after ceasefire talks break down  Axios
  4. Department Press Briefing – July 24, 2025  U.S. Department of State (.gov)
  5. US officials said to cast withdrawal of negotiators from Doha as power play against Hamas  The Times of Israel
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