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NATURISTS DEFEND NAKED BIKE RIDE DESPITE JUST TWO WOMEN TURNING UP
Naturists behind one city’s annual naked bike ride issued a staunch defence of this year’s event – despite only two women taking part. Twenty riders
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE DURING PREGNANCY COULD TRIGGER DIABETES
Pregnant women with whose blood pressure is even slightly raised can be dramatically more at risk of developing diabetes or heart disease, say scientists. In
YOUNG WOMEN WHO SURVIVE CANCER ‘KEPT IN DARK’ OVER FERTILITY
Young female cancer survivors are not being told whether treatment will affect their ability to bear children, according to new research. Women who wish to
A GLIMPSE OF SHOULDER IS THE NEW CLEAVAGE
Women are skirting away from plunging necklines and choosing to bare their shoulders instead – just like style icons Alexa Chung and Emma Watson, according
CAR PARK KNIFE RAMPAGE VICTIMS ‘STABLE’ BUT STILL IN HOSPITAL
Neighbours of the most seriously injured of four women stabbed repeatedly when a knife maniac went on the rampage in a supermarket car park said
WOMEN ‘SUFFER FROM MORE AILMENTS THAN MEN’
Women suffer more aches and pains then men and a third of the fairer sex have had to cope with FIVE or more ailments in
‘IRRESPONSIBLE’ DESIGNER VAGINA SURGERY AD BANNED
An advert for ‘designer vagina’ surgery has been banned following a string of complaints to watchdogs. The newspaper ad in the Metro, for London Bridge
TEN YEARS OF BOOB JOBS SHOWS BRITAIN’S BUSTS ARE GETTING SMALLER
Data of ten year’s worth of boob jobs has revealed Britain’s busts are getting smaller. In the past decade the average breast size achieved through
FAIR BOSSES COVER UP ‘NAKED LADY’ AFTER OFFENDING TOWNSFOLK
Fair organisers have been slammed for booking an attraction which shows a cartoon of a naked woman bending over alongside the words “pay”. It is
POST NATAL DEPRESSION SCREENING URGENTLY NEEDED
New mothers should be given regular screenings for postnatal depression for up to a year after giving birth, according to new research. It affects more
NHS MENTAL HEALTH WORKER JAILED FOR SEXUALLY ABUSING VULNERABLE GIRLS
A vile mental health worker who sexually abused vulnerable underage girls after plying them with drink and drugs has been jailed – as two of
MUM ON TRIAL FOR MURDER OF TWO DAUGHTERS
A mother who stabbed her two daughters to death told a psychiatrist how her youngest daughter cried in the corridor as she strangled her eldest,
SCUMBAG WOMEN STOLE FROM ELDERLY LADY BY CUDDLING HER
Two women posed as charity workers to steal from the home of a 95-year-old – by CUDDLING her. Kelly Jeffery, 32, and Rebecca Lee, 34,
SHIFT WORK AFFECTS WOMEN MORE THAN MEN
When it comes to shift work women lag behind men, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Surrey found that women suffered
LOOKING FOR LOVE MAKES YOU TAKE MORE RISKS
People looking for love take more risks in a bid to attract the right one, a new study found. Those unlucky in love who have
ONE OF BRITAIN’S BIGGEST MOSQUES GETS WOMEN ON THE BOARD
One of Britain’s biggest mosques has made an unexpected bid to attract the first women to its ruling board. Traditionalist rulers at Glasgow Central Mosque
HEALTHY DIETS STOP HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE IN PREGNANT DIABETIC MUMS
Mums with pregnancy-related diabetes need to eat more fruits, vegetables and fish to prevent them developing high blood pressure later in life, a study warned.
DIABETES ‘REDUCES LIFE EXPECTANCY BY MORE THAN THREE YEARS’
Diabetes can lead to almost a decade of disability – and knock more than three years off life expectancy, according to new research. It means
HUNDREDS QUEUE TO BE THE FIRST TO GRAB BEYONCE GEAR AT TOPSHOP
Scores of Beyonce fans queued from first light to be the first to snap up the superstar’s new range of sportswear. Stands in Topshop’s flagship