Queen fears malaria 'comeback'

The Queen has expressed concern that malaria is not getting enough attention due to the Ebola outbreak, a medical professor has said. Accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, the Queen was visiting foreign affairs think tank Chatham House in central London last night to...

Sewers full of false teeth and fat

A dead cow, a severed finger, prosthetic limbs and a moped are just some of the things found in sewers this year Prosthetic limbs, a moped and false teeth were among the stranger items fished out of sewers over the last year. The Consumer Council for Water has urged...

H5N8 bird flu confirmed on Dutch farm

Dutch authorities said on Sunday that they had found a highly contagious strain of bird flu at a poultry farm in the central Netherlands and set about destroying 150 000 chickens. The strain, H5N8, has never been detected in humans, but an outbreak in South Korea...

Bird flu case on duck breeding farm

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs said it has confirmed at least one case of the virus at the farm in Yorkshire. But they insisted the risk to public health is “very low”, and said they are embarking on a cull of all poultry at the...