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Uncooked curry leaves caused mass outbreak of salmonella in Newcastle, say health officials

Uncooked curry leaves in a chutney left more than 400 people who ate at a street food festival with diarrhoea and vomiting or salmonella poisoning, health officials have found.

Name and shame! Truth must come out vows Jeremy Hunt after report reveals baby deaths NHS cover-up

New chairman of the Care Quality Commission says that his organisation is still “not fully set up” to inspect hospitals

New York regulators fine Deloitte $10m over StanChart

The consulting and accounting giant Deloitte received a sharp slap on the wrists from officials in New York state yesterday, with one of its arms agreeing to pay a $10m fine and accepting a one-year ban from providing consulting work to financial institutions overseen by state regulators after its work for Standard Chartered on money-laundering issues was found wanting.

Disability campaigners celebrate 'victory' after government rethink over plans to make it more difficult to claim disability benefits

Group of activists threatened to take legal action over proposed tightening of the rules, which would have left fewer people eligible for the top rate

Andy McSmith's Diary: Nadine Dorries and a mystery consultancy

Just in case David Cameron has been weighing up whether to call Nadine Dorries to offer her a place in the government, he need not bother. In a wide-ranging interview with Total Politics magazine, the wayward, Ukip-friendly Tory MP has said that she would “absolutely hate” to be a minister. That is not her only hate. Female journalists, she says, are “so vitriolic [about] other women [that] they do women politicians no favours whatsoever”.

Washwood Heath Muslim Centre in Birmingham where three men and a police officer were stabbed

'Hero' police officer stabbed at mosque is discharged from hospital

The police officer heralded a hero after being stabbed in the chest and stomach while he disarmed a knife-wielding attacker at a mosque is to be discharged from hospital.

A growing body of research suggests that a good cackle carries health benefits

Laughter Inc: the cheering growth of the chuckle industry

Getting people to guffaw together has become a serious enterprise, report Sarah Morrison and Beren Cross

Final farewell: Head coach Ian McGeechan congratulates captain Paul O'Connell at the end of the 2009 Lions tour

The Last Word: The Lions - tough band of brothers who prove that real men do cry

McGeechan really knew how special it is to be a Lion when he realised he wouldn’t be one again

Sir Gerald Howarth has a consultancy role with payday lenders QuickQuid, which the OFT accused of 'widespread irresponsible lending'

Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth is consultant to payday lender QuickQuid

Former defence minister advising firm under fire for exorbitant interest rates

Christine, Jason and Ian Fitzgibbon

Liverpool's Fitzgibbon drug family jailed for more than 30 years over Turkish heroin deal

Ian and Jason Fitzgibbon plotted to smuggle £6 million worth of high-strength heroin

Six-year-old boy awarded £3.8m after hospital failings at his birth left him severely disabled

Judge Justice Davies said she was "humbled" by the care Martin and Kelly Bowley had given to their son Jake

Public sector urged to step up funding help for small firms

Europe’s small and medium businesses have seen their cash flow dry up since the recession, a study said today. Banks are reducing lending and private investors are reluctant to step in, it found.

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Scotland Yard warns Channel 5 about risk of having ex-Operation Yewtree detective in Big Brother house

The officer quit his job investigating the Jimmy Savile scandal to take up a place in the Channel 5 reality TV show

Jeremy Hunt: Doctors who refuse to publish performance data will be named and shamed

Doctors who decide not to disclose details of their performance will be “named and shamed” by the Government, it has emerged.

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