Soups and shakes to help tackle the type 2 diabetes crisis - Sky News

Type 2 diabetics are to be encouraged to try a soup and shakes weight-loss plan as the health service steps up efforts to tackle the condition.

Being overweight or obese greatly increases the chances of developing type 2 diabetes, but a NHS England trial with 5,000 patients showed that showed almost half of people who undertook the weight loss plan saw their type 2 diabetes go into remission after a year.

As part of the year-long plan, patients who have been diagnosed with the condition in the last six years and meet other eligibility criteria will be given so-called "total diet replacement products" such as shakes and soups for three months.

Alongside this, they will be supported to increase their exercise levels, and helped to reintroduce ordinary, nutritious food to their diets, with ongoing advice from clinicians and coaches.

NHS England said that as well as helping people live happier, healthier lives, more action to tackle obesity and diabetes will save the health service money and free up staff time.

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The diet programme will be rolled out initially to patients in 10 areas of England.

A third of people who died in hospital with COVID-19 had diabetes, according to Public Health England data, and more than 12.3 million people in the UK are at risk of developing the disease.

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Image: The risk of developing type 2 diabetes could be influenced by a person's BMI more than genetics. File pic

The NHS diet plan comes as a new study found that most cases of type 2 diabetes could be reversed if a sufferer's body mass index (BMI) is kept under a certain level.

The survey of almost half a million people also found that BMI is a more influential risk factor for the illness than genetics.

It suggested that most cases could be reversed or even prevented if a person was able to keep their BMI below the point where abnormal blood sugar levels are triggered.

Everyone has a different threshold, explaining why some with a healthy weight develop diabetes while some who are overweight do not.

Professor Brian Ference, from Cambridge University, said the study's findings could have "significant" implications for screening, prevention and treatment of the condition.

The study's 445,765 participants were divided into five groups according to their genetic risk and five groups according to their BMI.

Just over half of them were women, with an average age of 57.

They were followed until an average age of 65 and, during that period 31,298 of them developed type 2 diabetes.

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Those with the highest BMI had an 11-fold increased risk compared to those with the lowest BMI, and a higher chance of developing diabetes than all the other BMI groups, regardless of genetic risk.

Prof Ference said: "This suggests that when people cross a certain BMI threshold, their chances of diabetes go up and stay at that same high-risk level regardless of how long they are overweight.

"You can prevent most cases of diabetes by keeping BMI below a person's threshold."

Researchers are working on a way to estimate a person's threshold and Prof Ference said he hopes for results on this by early next year.

The findings were presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress.

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Boris Johnson will say today that re-opening schools will help get Britain back to normal - Daily Mail

Boris Johnson's roadmap to 'normality': PM to lay out his new priorities to Cabinet TODAY to avoid ever having another lockdown - as schools lead the way in 'process of national recovery'

• Children will be heading back to school for the first time in almost six months 
• A union leader said  reopening schools is an important step in national recovery
• A Government source said the Mr Johnson wants to get back to more normality

By Jason Groves and Josh White and Daniel Martin for the Daily Mail

Published: 00:02 BST, 1 September 2020 | Updated: 01:56 BST, 1 September 2020

Boris  Johnson will tell his Cabinet today that the reopening of schools should act as a springboard for ‘more normality’ for the whole country.

Millions of children return to classrooms this week, with many heading back for the first time in almost six months.

Around 40 per cent of schools in England are expected to open today, with the rest following later in the week. They were closed by Covid-19 on March 20, with only vulnerable pupils and the children of key workers allowed to continue classes.

Union leader Geoff Barton said reopening schools would be ‘a vital step in the process of national recovery’.

Millions of children return to classrooms this week, with many heading back for the first time in almost six months. Pictured: Students at St Columba's High School, Gourock, disinfecting their hands

The general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders praised staff for their ‘meticulous planning’, saying: ‘They have done a fantastic job in putting in place a complex set of safety measures to minimise the risks associated with coronavirus.

‘Schools will be focusing on the task of identifying where pupils have fallen behind with their learning during the lockdown period, and tailoring support to bring these young people back up to speed as quickly as possible.’

A Government source said the Prime Minister will set out his ‘priorities for the autumn’ during a meeting with ministers this morning as the first lessons of the new school year take place. ‘He wants to gradually get back to more normality, and the return of schools plays a big part in that,’ the source said.

‘As children go back more parents will be freed up to return to work. At the same time, [Mr Johnson] wants to get further down the track to recovery on Covid – getting the test-and-trace regime improved and getting the local lockdown process beefed up, so that we never have to have a return to national lockdown.

‘And you will see a doubling down on the agenda from the election – levelling up opportunity across the country.’

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson joined a class of year 11 pupils at Castle Rock school, Coalville, on their the pupils' first day back

Former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith called on bosses to ‘show some backbone’ and ‘start getting their people back to work’ now that children are returning to school, adding: ‘If we don’t get this right, the economy will suffer, people will lose their jobs and more people will die.’ Fellow Conservative MP Steve Baker added: ‘The return of schools holds out the hope that parents will start to return to the office. With that, our town centres can be rescued from ruin. The future is bleak indeed if parents stay at home.’

Call to delay exams

Pressure is growing on ministers to delay next year’s exams to help students who have missed out on months of teaching time.

GCSEs and A-levels will take place in 2021 but Labour and some unions want the start date to change from May to June or July.

Opposition education spokesman Kate Green said Year 11 and 13 pupils face ‘a mountain to climb’ unless the timetable is altered. She added: ‘This is too important to leave until the last minute. Pupils need certainty about the year ahead.’

Paul Whiteman, general secretary of school leaders’ union NAHT, said a delay was worth ‘serious consideration’. Regulator Ofqual has consulted on the issue but has not yet revealed its decision.

 

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While ministers are confident that the new term will go ahead as planned, their biggest fear is families refusing to send their children back to school.

The Education Secretary made a final bid to win over sceptical parents yesterday. Gavin Williamson – who is due to be grilled in the Commons over the summer exams fiasco today – stressed that children returning to classrooms is crucial ‘not only for their education but for their development and wellbeing too’.

His plea came as a report warned that pupils may have fallen as much as three months behind, with boys faring worse than girls.

Teachers in the most deprived schools were more than three times more likely to report that their pupils are even further behind, the National Foundation for Educational Research said.

Parents can be fined as a last resort if they keep their children away from school without good reason.

Local authorities may issue penalties of £120 – cut to £60 if settled within 21 days – with parents facing the threat of prosecution if they fail to pay up. However, the NAHT, which represents head teachers, has called for this threat to be lifted as ‘a fine is unlikely to make you feel any safer’.

General secretary Paul Whiteman said: ‘We can see few circumstances in which a fine would be appropriate in this “Covid term”.’

Schools also fear that anti-virus measures will have a serious impact on stretched budgets. An estimated £2.4billion in extra funding may be required to help them cope, The Guardian reported. 

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2020-08-31 23:02:47Z
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Channel swimmer rescued after eight-hour search - BBC News

A lone man attempting to swim the English Channel from Dover to Calais has been rescued following an eight-hour search.

The hunt was prompted by a call to the coastguard from a friend of the swimmer on Monday.

A helicopter and lifeboats were launched as part of the rescue effort, and the man was eventually found by a boat just 500m off the coast of Dover.

The swimmer was brought to shore and was described as "cold and tired".

The rescue operation began just after mid-day.

A coastguard spokesperson said: "At around 12.10pm today HM Coastguard received a call from a member of the public with information that their friend was swimming unaccompanied to Calais from Dover.

"Coastguard rescue teams from Deal and Langdon, RNLI lifeboats from Dover and Dungness and coastguard search and rescue helicopters from Lydd and Lee-on-Solent were sent.

"Vessels in the area were asked to keep a sharp lookout and Kent Police, Dover Port Police and Dover Port were informed.

"The swimmer was spotted shortly before 8pm by a passing vessel only 500 metres off Dover and was taken onboard the RNLI Dungeness lifeboat, cold and tired but otherwise well.

"He has been brought to shore and will be checked over by South East Ambulance Service."

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2020-08-31 22:15:20Z
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Lone Channel swimmer is found by passing vessel after eight-hour search - Daily Mail

Lone Channel swimmer is found by passing vessel after eight-hour search just 500 yards into his planned 27-mile swim from Dover to Calais

• Person called the coastguard to report friend was attempting the swim alone
• Helicopter and rescue boats dispatched to the dangerous shipping lanes at noon
• Passing vessel picked the man up at around 8pm, just 15 minutes before dusk
• He'd managed to make it 500 yards off Dover, cold and tired, but otherwise well
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By Ross Ibbetson For Mailonline

Published: 19:10 BST, 31 August 2020 | Updated: 23:05 BST, 31 August 2020

A solo English Channel swimmer who sparked an eight-hour search has been picked up by a passing vessel just 500 yards into his planned 27 mile swim from Dover to Calais.   

A helicopter and rescue boats were dispatched to the sea off Kent after the coastguard received a call from a member of the public saying a friend was trying to cross to France. 

The rescue operation started just after midday and continued until nearly 8pm on Sunday, when the swimmer was spotted by a passing vessel.

When found, he was cold and tired but otherwise well, the coastguard confirmed.

An RNLI life boat and helicopter in the English Channel (stock image)

The search for the solo Channel swimmer began shortly after midday. He was picked up by a passing vessel at around 8pm having made it just 500 yards out of Dover 

He has been brought to shore and will be checked over by ambulance staff.

The incident was not related to migrant crossings.

A coastguard spokesperson said: 'At around 12.10pm today HM Coastguard received a call from a member of the public with information that their friend was swimming unaccompanied to Calais from Dover.

'Coastguard rescue teams from Deal and Langdon, RNLI lifeboats from Dover and Dungness and coastguard search and rescue helicopters from Lydd and Lee-on-Solent were sent.

'Vessels in the area were asked to keep a sharp lookout and Kent Police, Dover Port Police and Dover Port were informed.

'The swimmer was spotted shortly before 8pm by a passing vessel only 500 metres off Dover and was taken onboard the RNLI Dungeness lifeboat, cold and tired but otherwise well.

'He has been brought to shore and will be checked over by South East Ambulance Service.'

Air temperatures in Dover on Monday afternoon were about 17C with winds of up to 10mph, according to the Met Office.

The fastest ever swim across the Channel is a little over seven hours and across the shortest route, measured at 21 miles, great care and planning must be undertaken to avoid colossal cargo vessels. 

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2020-08-31 22:05:13Z
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Britons FURIOUS as Sturgeon tries to ban word ‘British’ from UK festival - Express

The reports sparked a furious reaction on the Daily Express Facebook page.

One reader commented: “Well Scotland is a part of Great Britain so what’s wrong with that, the Scots do do their own version in the car park at Holyrood with Argos special gazebo and some party balloons, as that’s all they could afford after independence!”

Another fumed: “She is now getting ridiculous, she needs to be reined in, and quick.”

A third blasted: “What is a matter with this woman!”

Another added: “Just more proof she despises the rest of the UK but doesn't mind taking our cash, no she wants more and more of that.”

A fifth posted: “She’s well suited to the EU, petty, out of her depth, lading her country downwards.”

One more said: “If the Scots want the U.K. and Britain broken up just carry on voting Sturgeon, carry on voting SNP.

READ MORE: Sturgeon SHAMED: SNP caught sitting on emergency welfare fund

The festival has been inspired by the 1851 Great Exhibition and the 1951 Festival of Britain.

At the time, Mrs May said the festival would strengthen "our precious union".

She said: "Just as millions of Britons celebrated their nation's great achievements in 1951, we want to showcase what makes our country great today.”

Whitehall sources told Express.co.uk the SNP’s stance on the festival was “quite annoying and frustrating”.

When asked, the Scottish Government refused to say whether requests had been made for the words “UK” and “Britain” to be removed.

A Scottish Government spokesman said: “Ministers haven’t even seen any branding proposals to take a position on and have suggested a similar approach to the pan UK Cultural Olympiad at the time of the London Olympics would work well for this.

“The Scottish Government has engaged constructively from an early stage.”

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2020-08-31 21:35:00Z
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Richard Morris: Body found in search for top diplomat missing since May - Sky News

Police searching for missing diplomat Richard Morris have found a body in the forest where he jogged regularly.

Detectives have not formally identified the body, but Mr Morris's family has been told of the discovery.

The former UK ambassador to Nepal, 52, vanished on 6 May after setting out on a run from his home in the village of Bentley, Hampshire.

Image: Officers spent a month searching for the diplomat in a forest and surrounding areas

Police searched Alice Holt Forest near Farnham and other areas where the father-of-three was known to run regularly, but scaled down their operation a month later.

They appealed for sightings from other runners and asked them to check his profile on the running app Strava, while motorists were asked for footage from dashboard cameras.

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Hampshire Police said the death was not being treated as suspicious and a file is being prepared for the coroner.

Mr Morris's family is being supported by specialist officers, Hampshire Police said.

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The diplomat was last seen by a member of the public at about 10.50am on 6 May, running in Isington Road, Alton.

Officers searched more than 3.4 square miles (9sq km) of land and water in Alice Holt Forest as well as areas of Alton and Binstead.

Image: Mr Morris was ambassador to Nepal from 2015 to 2019

They also viewed CCTV footage and carried out house-to-house inquiries but found nothing by June, when they halted the search.

Mr Morris was a regular participant in the weekly Alice Holt run on Saturdays, a 5km route around the forest along tracks, trails and cycle paths.

Image: Mr Morris was with Prince Harry during his royal tour of Nepal in 2016

He was the UK's ambassador to Nepal between 2015 and November 2019, and was with Prince Harry during his tour of the country in 2016.

Before that, he headed the Pacific department in the Foreign Office and has held senior diplomatic posts including in Australia and Mexico.

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2020-08-31 16:18:45Z
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'Device' in bathroom of flight intercepted by RAF 'not of concern' | ITV News - ITV News

Two men arrested by counter-terrorism police after a Ryanair flight to the UK was intercepted by RAF fighter jets have been released because a "suspicious device" in the plane's bathroom was "found not to be of concern".

A 34-year-old man from Kuwait and a 48-year-old man from Italy were arrested soon after 7pm on Sunday.

In a statement released on Monday, the Eastern Region Special Operations Unit said: "Officers investigating reports of a suspicious device on a flight landing at London Stansted Airport on Sunday have concluded their inquiries.

"Following reports of a suspicious device in the bathroom of a plane arriving from Vienna, Austria, shortly after 7pm, Counter Terrorism Policing officers from the Eastern Region Special Operations Unit detained two men under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act (2000).

"After examination by specialist investigators, the object was found not to be of concern. Officers spoke with the two men and neither were considered to have committed any offences."

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• Passenger says people on Zante flight with confirmed coronavirus cases were 'not wearing masks correctly'

Passengers in London Stansted waiting to depart to Vienna were transferred to a spare aircraft to minimise the delay to their flight

Detective Superintendent Andy Waldie added: "We understandably take any reports of suspicious objects or behaviour on flights very seriously and thankfully on this occasion there was no cause for concern.

"I'd like to thank those on the flight for their cooperation and understanding while officers conducted their inquiries."

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2020-08-31 12:01:00Z
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