Tony Summers, whose son died from HIV and Hepatitis C, fears he will be dead before his compensation is paid. Blood victims dying ‘two a week’ as thousands await compensation

Beauty experts and editors share their favorite confidence-boosting hacks — all featuring affordable products from Amazon.

Cashless society may have helped, since coins were a common foreign object swallowed, surgeons say. Big drop in child surgery for swallowed objects

Cosmetics Business highlights the most exciting launches to close March, featuring a new fragrance from Phlur and fresh mascara from Too Faced

From Ivies to art institutes, more colleges than ever offer classes on the beauty industry. Here’s why makeup is becoming an academic pursuit, and how beauty brands can leverage the movement for new customer acquisition.

This week: Destroyer, Snapped Ankles, Dean Wareham (Galaxie 500, Luna), Elastica, The Darkness, Hannah Cohen, Population II, Korine, Sacred Paws, and more

With new feature films on Linda Ronstadt, Ronnie Spector, and Janis Joplin in the works, it will be refreshing to see female musicians get the Hollywood treatment they deserve

William Hewes died after his meningitis, caused by a meningococcal infection, developed into sepsis. Man who died from sepsis ‘not treated urgently’

The gang, managed from Thailand, produced 11 million pills in the West Midlands to be sold online. Fake £4m Xanax drug gang boss jailed

About a quarter of the working age population – those aged 16 to 64 – do not currently have a job. Who are the millions of Britons not working?

Security failings by the Advanced Computer Software Group led to a cyberattack in 2022 that impacted NHS services. NHS software provider fined £3m over data breach after ransomware attack

Flattering to young and mature wearers, brown mascaras by Ilia, Dior, and Glossier deliver subtle length and definition without the harshness of a black pigment.

Is it still Girl Scout cookie time? That’s a hint to the answer for Connections for March 28, #656.

Launches have tripled, sales have doubled and Space NK has called it: face mists are set to sizzle this summer, as brands boost their benefits

Chemicals used in products ranging from mascara to nail varnish will be evaluated under CoRap

The actress stars in the brand’s latest campaign, which celebrates individuality and self-expression, according to the brand.

Parenting charities, including the NCT, have updated their advice saying slings and carriers are unsafe for feeding. Baby slings unsafe for hands-free feeding, charities warn

Plans to restrict a list of foods classed as unhealthy in shops are approved by 25 votes to 24. The foods restricted in Welsh shops as ban approved

Despite little proof add-ons help, many IVF clinics offer them, the UK’s fertility regulator warns. Fertility patients sold unproven add-ons, HFEA says