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People going on holiday to Europe are being urged to visit their doctor before they go, to make sure they are vaccinated against measles.

A Fife man who collapsed at a school nativity play last Christmas has been raising money to have a community defibrillator installed there.

There are concerns out-of-hours health services in North East Fife could see more cuts.

The home secretary is apologising to 18 members of the Windrush generation believed to have been wrongfully removed or detained.

Former police chief Sir Norman Bettison will not be prosecuted for misconduct in a public office over the Hillsborough disaster.

Microsoft has disrupted an attempt by Russian hackers to interfere in the US midterms in accordance with a court order, the company has said.

Ariana Grande appeared emotional as she won the best pop prize at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York.

First World War archive footage has been colourised and converted into 3D for the first time in a new film from Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson.

Drake has granted the wish of a little girl who longed to meet him as she stayed in hospital waiting for a new heart.

Households have fallen behind on essential bills like council tax and electricity by as much as £18bn, according to Citizens Advice, which says "families are living in fear" of bailiffs turning up.

The father of murdered schoolgirl Lucy McHugh has said he will not be attending her funeral to "avoid unnecessary conflict".

"Offensive" cliches about firefighters being "musclebound men" are putting women off joining the service, the head of London Fire Brigade has said.

Novichok poisoning victim Charlie Rowley is back in the hospital intensive care unit he was discharged from a month ago.

Venezuela is facing its first day of trading after the president removed five zeros from the crippled bolivar - by printing a new currency.

Six women and five men have died after floods hit the Raganello Gorge in southern Italy.

Former police chief Sir Norman Bettison will not be prosecuted following the Hillsborough disaster after charges against him were dropped.

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Chancellor Philip Hammond has received a boost from official data showing public finances posted their biggest July surplus for 18 years.

There's a baby boom coming to a hospital in Arizona, with 16 nurses preparing to give birth over the coming months.

Locals in a city on the coast of Colombia have been told to stop having sex to ensure they stay cool during a scorching 40C (104F) heatwave.

A "small, friendly" wallaby appears to have got the jump on zookeepers who are hunting for her after she escaped and was spotted eating grass and sunbathing.