Collagen supplements ‘may boost skin health’ but they’re not an ‘anti-wrinkle quick fix’, study suggests

Collagen supplements ‘may boost skin health’ but they’re not an ‘anti-wrinkle quick fix’, study suggests

Collagen supplements should not be seen as a “quick fix” for wrinkles, experts have said, but they do have “legitimate” benefits. New research from Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) analysed evidence from 16 reviews and 113 trials involving almost 8,000 patients worldwide. The review found that the supplements taken over a long period could improve skin…

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Iran and US compromise over nuclear stockpile – but Trump’s window for action grows smaller by the day

Iran and US compromise over nuclear stockpile – but Trump’s window for action grows smaller by the day

Iran has offered to never stockpile nuclear material and will reduce its current stockpile to “almost nothing”, in return for elimination of sanctions,  according to sources close to the high-stakes talks which took place indirectly with the US in Geneva on Thursday. It is understood to be the first time, through multiple rounds of talks,…

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Plaid warns ‘Reform government would set Wales back decades’ – as Rhun ap Iorwerth casts Senedd election as two-horse race

Plaid warns ‘Reform government would set Wales back decades’ – as Rhun ap Iorwerth casts Senedd election as two-horse race

Rhun ap Iorwerth has said May’s Senedd election is now a “two-horse race” between Plaid Cymru and Reform UK, declaring Labour is “over” in Wales. The party will gather in Newport this weekend for its spring conference, where the Plaid leader is expected to outline his priorities for the first 100 days of his government, should…

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Pakistan in ‘open war’ with Afghanistan, Pakistani defence minister says

Pakistan in ‘open war’ with Afghanistan, Pakistani defence minister says

Pakistan’s defence minister has said that the ​country ‌is in an “open ​war” with neighbouring Afghanistan, after both nations launched airstrikes overnight. Khawaja ‌Muhammad Asif said Islamabad’s ​patience ⁠had ⁠run out as tensions escalated, with casualties reported on both sides. “Our cup of patience has ⁠overflowed,” he said. “Now ​it is ​open war between ​us…

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Green Party wins Gorton and Denton by-election

Green Party wins Gorton and Denton by-election

The Green Party has won the Gorton and Denton by-election. Hannah Spencer has become the party’s fifth MP in parliament, after beating Reform UK, who finished second, and Labour, who came third, to the seat. The Greens, who had earlier said they were “very confident of a win”, received 14,980 votes to claim a majority…

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‘Miracle’ boy expected to be paralysed due to spina bifida able to walk after ground-breaking surgery in the womb

‘Miracle’ boy expected to be paralysed due to spina bifida able to walk after ground-breaking surgery in the womb

A three-year-old boy who would almost certainly have been born paralysed because of a severe spinal abnormality is able to walk after having ground-breaking stem cell surgery while still in the womb. An ultrasound scan 20 weeks into pregnancy showed Tobi Maginnis had spina bifida, a disabling condition in which the spinal cord fails to…

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