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Women with endometriosis are at a significantly higher risk for developing a range of autoimmune diseases, new research has shown. The new study, involving researchers from the University of Oxford, has identified a significant genetic link between conditions such as …

Improvements have been made to a climbing hotspot in the Peak District to make it more accessible for people with disabilities. Changes at Horseshoe Quarry, near Stoney Middleton in Derbyshire, include the installation of a wheelchair-friendly gate and the removal …

Future residents of a new housing estate would be at risk of being struck by cricket balls from a nearby club if the development goes ahead, a council has been warned. Sport England has objected to plans for 295 homes …

A manuscript once considered an unofficial copy of Magna Carta is now believed to be a genuine version and ''one of the world's most valuable documents'', according to UK academics. Harvard Law School paid $27.50 (then about £7) for it …

Celebrations to mark the 80th anniversary of Guernsey's Liberation Day will include an artist-led exhibition. Exile and Return was developed when artist Rosanne Guille and the Reverend Dr Adrian Datta, of St Pierre du Bois Church, met while swimming at …

A charity that delivers thousands of gift packs to cancer patients has celebrated raising £1.2m since it was founded nine years ago. The Lewis Foundation, based in Northampton, provides the packs to adult patients in hospitals across Northamptonshire and the …

The government has said it is still considering the case for a new railway station in Wellington in Somerset. It comes after the project was among dozens of transport schemes shelved last year because of financial pressures. A transport minister …

"I spent all of half-term looking for somewhere to live," says mother-of-three Shanice Aird. The 29-year-old from west London rejected her council's most recent temporary accommodation offer "an hour away" from her children's school. The Shared Health Foundation is urging …

A budding palaeontologist has dug up fossils in his garden dating back 140 million years. Elliott, seven, moved into his new home in Matlock, Derbyshire, three months ago. During work in the front garden, he dug limestone rocks out of …

A stop-and-search order has been extended for a further 24 hours after three people were injured and eight arrested following disorder outside a barber shop. Two boys, aged 15 and 17, and a 35-year-old woman required hospital treatment after the …