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Teaming up with the Fleming Initiative, with funding and support from GSK, Dawson is hoping to raise awareness of the growing problem of antibiotic resistance.Paul Eddison13:31, 26 Jun 2026View ImageMatt Dawson has revealed how antibiotics played a crucial role in saving his son Sami’s life after he was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis as a two-year-old. When Matt Dawson was sat at his two-year-old son’s bedside wondering whether he would survive, he realised just how valuable medical research can be. It is now a decade…

State pension payment rates increase each AprilNicholas Dawson13:19, 26 Jun 2026Updated 13:27, 26 Jun 2026View 2 ImagesThe DWP has issued a statement about the state pension(Image: Getty)The DWP has issued a statement about a major change to how the state pension is taxed. State pension payments go up each April in line with the triple lock policy, which provided a 4.8 per cent hike to payments this past April.Under the current rules, your state pension payments go into your bank account without any deductions applied,…

Meteorologist Brittany Begley, 44, went on an Instagram rant earlier this month in which she complained she had never received an Emmy award and slagged off her colleagues13:25, 26 Jun 2026View 3 ImagesBrittany said she often came home to an empty fridge(Image: Instagram/ @brittanycbegley)A glam weather girl has been sacked from her TV station after slagging her bosses off in an online rant. Brittany Begley, 44, doubled down on her scathing attack after confirming her departure and declaring: "And for that, I’m truly…

When Lucy Adams started looking to rent a flat, the last thing she expected was intrusive questions about her daughter’s father. “I would often get asked very personal and really intrusive questions from landlords and agents, that you wouldn’t even tell friends,” the 38-year-old lone parent from Witney, Oxon, says.“They would even ask things about my daughter’s father. At the time because you’re so desperate and panicked you don’t think about it – but on reflection it was appalling. It was a draining process.” Lucy says she…