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A manhunt has begun after a prisoner convicted of attacking two women escaped while being taken to hospital.

The sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to under-16s is to be banned in England from April next year.

Newborn babies across England will be tested for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) - a rare condition which causes progressive muscle wastage - from the end of this year, the Department of Health has announced.

Jurassic Park and Peaky Blinders star Sam Neill died from pneumonia after beating cancer, his agent said.