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Laura Donnelly
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For decades, an Alzheimer’s diagnosis has brought devastating prospects with little hope of treatment.
At last, science is changing that. Breakthrough drugs can slow the disease, with more treatments on the horizon.
Yet Britain – the first country in Europe to license these drugs – is denying them to NHS patients.
Those who can afford to pay privately can access them. For everyone else, clinical trials offer one of the few possible routes to treatment – yet most patients are never even told about the opportunities.
This is a scandal that must end.
Today, Lord Cameron joins 48 leading dementia specialists and former health ministers to demand an overhaul of care. The Telegraph wholeheartedly backs their calls.
Patients deserve access to treatments that slow Alzheimer’s, an 18-week diagnosis target, opportunities to join clinical trials and proper support throughout their illness.
Our investigation revealed that 44 times as many patients were recruited to government-supported cancer trials as to dementia trials over five years, despite dementia being Britain’s biggest killer.
For too long, dementia has been treated as a hopeless condition rather than a disease we can fight.
Ministers now have an opportunity to change that. They must seize it. The scientific breakthrough has begun – it is time for the NHS to catch up.
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Michael Mosbacher
America’s richest donors have poured billions into the midterms, with little to show for it
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Zoe Strimpel
Learning to drive has taught me how much Sadiq Khan hates motorists
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Levi Roach
Sorry, feminists. This great Iron Age monarch probably wasn’t a woman
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• John Healey has abandoned a plan to crack down on welfare fraud by snooping on Universal Credit claimants’ bank accounts.
• The National Lottery is funding an organisation that gives children advice on how to get around the ban on puberty blockers. The Love Tank has produced a 53-page guide to puberty-suppressing hormones.
• Britain’s terror tsar has warned that China is using AI to “rewrite history” and threaten Western democracy. Jonathan Hall, the outgoing independent reviewer of state threats legislation, said national security was at risk from Beijing’s sinister AI bots.
• Meanwhile, Jensen Huang, the boss of Nvidia, has admitted to having an affair with a suspected Chinese spy, prompting an investigation by the technology giant’s board.
• England 45-22 Australia | England beat an abysmal Australia yesterday in a result that will ease pressure on Steve Borthwick. Henry Pollock’s explosive display helped the hosts run up a record score against the Wallabies and has surely silenced the naysayers, says Oliver Brown, our Chief Sports Writer.
• Man Utd 4-4 Aston Villa | Elsewhere, despite a late fightback to draw against Aston Villa, Man Utd are now 18th in the Premier League after only one win in 10 games. The evidence shows that Michael Carrick must go, writes Jason Burt, our Chief Football Correspondent.
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The King faced the Cenotaph to lead the two-minute silence
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In the cold mist of London in November, 10,000 people stood for hours, writes Hannah Furness, our Royal Editor. For King, for country, for the friends and family they have lost in the line of duty, they marched past the Cenotaph in solemn remembrance of all who have marched before. The youngest was eight, the oldest 105, and just a dozen people this year – the last of their generation – had served in the Second World War.
There were nearly as many prime ministers lining up to lay wreaths – a record 10, from Sir John Major to Andy Burnham. The King led the way, facing the Cenotaph for the two-minute silence and laying the first wreaths as the Queen and Princess of Wales watched from a balcony. This was a march for a new generation, but the spirit of Remembrance endured.
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Democrat James Talarico, a trainee pastor, flipped the Senate seat in Texas
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Religion in America has traditionally been commandeered by the Right, writes Poppy Wood, our US Correspondent. However, James Talarico, in Texas, and Adam Hamilton, in Kansas, were among the Democrats who invoked their faith as they stormed to Senate victories. Both pitched themselves as an antidote to moral deficiency in politics. Can their party capitalise on that in time for the 2028 presidential election?
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Growing up, I rarely talked about the time my father kidnapped me when I was eight, writes Samia Rida. Years later, though, when my own children were six and 11, we came across a newspaper cutting about the kidnapping, stuffed in a drawer at my father’s house. My children were so stunned and full of questions that I began to think more deeply about what had happened, and why. Now, as my father’s carer, his choices echo through our relationship.
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Seven weeks in, the competition has yet to deliver a genuine shock
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Despite the churn, turmoil and autocue mishaps, is this turning into the most predictable series of Strictly Come Dancing yet? Each week, viewers could have guessed who the ejected celebrity would be. As soon as the news came that Jaime Winstone was taking a week off with a muscle injury, it became inevitable that actress Bethany Antonia would be eliminated. Perhaps the bland predictability explained why the judges opted for such scattergun scoring on Saturday night: anything to liven this series up. Oh, and Winstone will go next week, writes Chris Bennion.
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Most of us don’t give much thought to what ends up in the lavatory. Even so, the odd glance could be worth your while. From a harmless change after eating beetroot to frothy urine that signals kidney trouble, our experts reveal which colours and consistencies are perfectly normal, and which warrant a GP appointment.
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Here is another article that I hope you’ll find interesting this morning:
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Hello! I was away last week, so there’s no competition winner today.
Can you devise a witty caption to go with this week’s unseen cartoon? A family is on the way out to some special occasion. Send me your ideas here and my favourite will get the cartoon treatment in next Monday’s edition of this newsletter.
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Walks with our whippets
In Wednesday’s Pride of Place column, Oliver Brown rolled back the years with his memories of Thornham, his home village. Today, he’s standing in for Orlando Bird to pull out the best of your responses.
Oliver writes...
Thank you so much for your responses to my column. Thornham has been a wonderful haven for me, and it was lovely to discover that so many of you felt the same.
The Lifeboat Inn, a 16th-century smugglers’ inn on Ship Lane, stirred rich memories, with Graham Scotney observing that it was his “particular favourite spot, especially on a cold winter’s day when the wind wants to go through you rather than around you”.
He wrote: “A pint in there beside the many real fires, with a bit of people-watching, is an absolute treat at any time of the day. Walks with our whippets through the marshes never cease to thrill and add a certain connection to bygone days.”
Sylvia Betts shared a similar reaction, describing her visits to Thornham in the late 1960s. “A walk along from the quay to the magnificent beach and endless sand dunes was a favourite outing, ending with a visit to The Lifeboat and a game of ‘penny in the hole’ or darts,” she recalled.
Susan Foster reflected on her reacquaintance with the beauty of the north Norfolk coast: “When my sister and I were older and married with children, we booked a holiday in Stiffkey and we had honestly forgotten how wonderful the area is. We wouldn’t tell anyone on purpose. We have spent many a day on Brancaster beach and in Burnham Market. We also booked a cottage in Thornham when the pub on the corner had Morris dancers outside. We love, love, love it.”
For Jane Rackham, Thornham’s culinary attractions are central to its appeal. “I go there regularly as I only live 40 minutes away,” she says, listing her favourite spots. “The coast path, Thornham Deli, Drove Orchards, especially Eric’s Fish & Chips and East Coast Gelato afterwards for the best Mr Whippy you could ever eat.”
Jane, that certainly sounds like an idyllic day. I agree with your verdict that the village is “Norfolk’s gem”.
That’s all from me today. Joe Burgis will be back tomorrow to bring you the best Telegraph talking points. In the meantime, you can contact us here.
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1906 | Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first US president to visit another country while in office, travelling to Panama
1960 | Paul Robeson gives the first performance at the Sydney Opera House, singing to workers from the scaffolding during the construction of the building
1989 | The Berlin Wall falls (see our front page coverage from the following day below)
Birthdays: Delta Goodrem (42), Bryn Terfel (61), Karen Dotrice (71)
Plus, Sadiq Khan has been criticised for the amount he has spent on 50 green benches for the newly pedestrianised Oxford Street. How much did they cost?
1. £27,000
2. £52,000
3. £86,000
4. £107,000
Click one of the options to reveal the answer...
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Yesterday’s Panagram was TRAUMATIC. Come back tomorrow for the solution to today’s puzzle.
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Chris Evans, Editor
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