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The mystery surrounding the death of Alan Jeal in Cornwall will be featured on BBC’s Crimewatch programme in a national appeal for information five months on.

Alan’s body was discovered on Perranporth beach on Tuesday 25 February 2014 by a member of the public while out walking his dog at around 2pm. He was naked apart from wearing socks and one walking shoe.

Multiple injuries to his chest, head and hand were found on his body. He suffered significant internal injuries, a flesh wound to his scalp and bleeding hand injuries. There were some signs of possible drowning but it...

Figures, released in The Sunday Times this weekend, show that the number one reason for primary-school-aged children being admitted to hospital is to have multiple teeth taken out.

Provisional figures for the period 2013-14 show that 25,812 children from that age group have been admitted to hospital to have multiple tooth extractions, up from 22,574 three years previously.

Kathryn Harley, former dean of the faculty of dental surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons, said: "We have children who require all 20 of their baby teeth to be extracted. It beggars belief that...

A social experiment which left a clearly labelled ‘journal’ on a table at a busy coffee shop in Central London saw three out of five people (60%) surreptitiously pick up and become engrossed in genuine, handwritten diary entries dealing with a wide range of deeply personal subjects – including losing a parent and even sex fantasies.

Perhaps unsurprisingly in a nation where soap operas prove time and again to be the highest-rated TV shows, a new social network featuring over 23,000 (and growing) real-life diary entries from real people has proven a huge hit with nosey Britons – and...

Farming organisations are working hard to improve the UK’s farm safety record, say the NFU.

Latest statistics show a fall in the number of fatal accidents for the second year in a row but agriculture remains the industry with the highest rate of fatal accidents.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) figures were published during Farm Safety Week (June 30 to July 6) designed to highlight the risks farmers face every day.

They show a fall in fatal accidents this year to 27 workers – down from 29 workers in 2012/13.

The Farm Safety Partnership, which is chaired...