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28/10/2025

NEWS: The usual housing market slowdown seen in the run-up to Christmas has started early, according to a property website.

Demand from home buyers and agreed sales are down compared with a year ago, Zoopla said.

It added that the annual dip has been amplified by a strong final quarter in 2024, when many people rushed to complete sales before stamp duty discounts became less generous in April 2025.

The report said that uncertainty over the autumn Budget is acting as a drag on sales agreed, particularly for homes priced above £500,000.

Some parts of Britain are seeing stronger sales than a year ago, such as Scotland, Yorkshire and the Humber, the South West and the West Midlands, Zoopla said.

But Wales, the South East, East of England and London are experiencing a particularly sharp slowdown in new sales being agreed, the website added.

House price growth has “virtually stalled” across southern regions of England, limiting price increases, Zoopla said.

But house price growth remains “robust” in areas including Scotland, Wales and northern regions in England, it said. Northern Ireland has seen house price growth of 7.6%.

The average time to find a buyer for a home is around 37 days, rising to 45 days in London, Zoopla said.

While the market for new business has started to slow, Zoopla estimated there is a pipeline of nearly 350,000 homes, valued at over £100 billion, working through the sales process.

It said this is the biggest pipeline in over four years, since May 2021, “when the pandemic boom was in full swing”.

The report said: “Stability in mortgage rates has brought more sellers into the market, many of whom are also buyers, alongside strong demand from first-time buyers.”

The website used its own data to make the sales pipeline estimate for the UK market.

Richard Donnell, executive director at Zoopla, said: “The housing market is experiencing a slowdown in activity but there are still serious sellers looking to buy homes and secure their next home purchase.

“Buying a home is a lengthy process and there are a record number of homes for sale which means lots of buyers looking for their next home. The slowdown is modest and less severe than the impact of the 2022 mini-budget.

“It’s early stage buyers adopting a cautious approach to new purchases ahead of the Budget with greater caution for those buying higher value homes.

“The housing market remains on track for the most housing sales since 2022 and house prices are set to end the year 1% to 1.5% higher than the start of 2025.”

Guy Gittins, chief executive at estate agent Foxtons, said: “While the market has clearly slowed in recent weeks, much of this reflects a natural pause as buyers and sellers understandably take stock ahead of the November Budget.

“Once there is greater clarity around taxation and economic policy, we expect confidence to return quickly – particularly in London, where underlying demand remains strong and well-funded buyers are still active. The current slowdown should therefore be viewed as a temporary pause rather than a fundamental shift in market dynamics.”

Zoopla’s home sales data covered the four weeks to October 19 2025, compared with the same period in 2024. Its house price data went up to the end of September 2025.

The index measures the change in house prices when sales are agreed, rather than asking prices.

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28/10/2025

NEWS: More than 1,200 public health leaders have called for the To***co and Vapes Bill to progress quickly through the final parliamentary stages to “protect future generations”.

In a cross-party letter, health leaders said the “game-changing” measures outlined in the Bill are “far too important to let it slip off the parliamentary agenda”.

Peers in the House of Lords are preparing to scrutinise the Bill on the first day of its committee stage.

The letter highlights that there was a six-month gap between the Bill’s second reading and Monday’s debate.

The To***co and Vapes Bill will prevent anyone born on or after January 1 2009 from legally smoking if it becomes law.

It also includes powers to potentially restrict the packaging, marketing and flavours of e-cigarettes.

The letter, signed by more than 1,200 health professionals including doctors, nurses and public health directors, stressed that the Bill is “urgently needed”.

It says that since the Bill’s introduction to the Commons last November “more than 120,000 young adults aged 18–25 have started smoking, and children continue to be exposed to irresponsible v**e marketing”.

It also warns that without “swift action” that harm will continue, adding that smoking remains the leading cause of preventable death in the UK, linked to more than 70,000 deaths each year.

Hazel Cheeseman, chief executive of public health charity Action on Smoking and Health (Ash), said: “Every week, thousands of young people become trapped in a cycle of deadly addiction that will shorten their lives.

“To***co is a uniquely harmful product, killing more than half of long-term users. Politicians can protect future generations by passing this truly game-changing legislation.”

Dr Ian Walker, Cancer Research UK’s executive director of policy and information, warned that smoking remains the leading cause of cancer in the UK and the Bill “is an historic opportunity to change this”.

Dr Charmaine Griffiths, chief executive at the British Heart Foundation, added that smoking is linked to as many as 18,000 deaths from heart disease every year.

She said: “The To***co and Vapes Bill is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to protect the next generation from the dangers of to***co, so we’re urging parliamentarians to help get this legislation enshrined in law as quickly as possible.”

Sarah Woolnough, chief executive at The King’s Fund, described the potential ban on smoking as a “world-leading measure that sits at the heart of the Government’s health mission”.

She said: “Until recently, the creation of a society free from the harms of to***co would have felt like a pipe dream but now it is within ministers’ grasp.

”Smoking has devastating consequences for people’s lives, drives health inequalities and places huge costs on health and social care services.

“The game-changing measures in this Bill are far too important to let it slip off the parliamentary agenda. I and many others urge ministers to press ahead with what is likely to be one of their most positive and far-reaching actions in government.”

The latest figures show 11.9% of adults in the UK smoke, the equivalent of about six million people.

Peter Roderick, spokesperson for addiction for the Association of Directors of Public Health, said the Bill is an “opportunity to save even more lives, protect future generations from becoming addicted to this lethal product, and give freedom to live a healthier life to the 88% of people who don’t smoke”.

A survey by smokers’ rights group Forest of more than 2,000 adults found 58% would support an alternative to a generational ban on smoking, a quarter would keep the legal age of to***co sales at 18 while a third said it should be increased to 21.

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28/10/2025

Good Morning! It's Tuesday 28 October 2025, birthdays for The Shadows' Hank Marvin (84), Microsoft founder Bill Gates (70), New Order drummer Stephen Morris (68), actress Julia Roberts (58), ex-Dr Who Matt Smith (43) & ex-Inbetweeners actor Joe Thomas (42).

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27/10/2025

NEWS: A rapid blood test to help diagnose life-threatening conditions in children – such as sepsis or meningitis – is being trialled in the NHS.

The 15-minute blood test can fast-track diagnosis by telling medics whether patients are suffering from a bacterial or viral infection.

Instead of relying on blood test results which can take several hours and need analysis in the lab, the test can rapidly indicate whether a patient has a bacterial infection which could benefit from immediate antibiotics.

Experts believe the change could save lives and lead to more appropriate treatment for those who do not need antibiotics.

Doctors taking part in the trial say they have already seen the benefits.

In one case, a child with meningococcal meningitis was treated much more quickly and another with sepsis started antibiotics straight away.

NHS England has funded a trial of the technology in three emergency departments at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool, St Mary’s Hospital in London and Great North Children’s Hospital in Newcastle.

Enitan Carrol, professor of paediatric infection at the University of Liverpool, who is leading the project, said: “Many of the children who come to hospital have a fever and this test can quickly distinguish between a minor viral illness like a cold, or a more serious infection.

“Our study is investigating whether this definitive test for a bacterial or viral infection will be useful in helping doctors make faster decisions and reducing the use of unnecessary antibiotics – all of which is better for patients and the NHS.”

Dr Charlotte Durand, consultant in paediatric emergency medicine at Alder Hey, said the test “could have a massive impact on the emergency care of paediatric patients”.

Dr Ron Daniels, founder and chief medical officer of the UK Sepsis Trust, told the PA news agency the test could save lives.

He said: “A recent national publication suggested that, among the deaths of approximately 500 children each year where infection was present, care was suboptimal in 40% of cases.

“Making the right decision around early antimicrobial prescribing in children who need antibiotics the most has potential to save dozens of young lives every year.”

He said severe infections and sepsis are “one of the greatest acute illness burdens facing our NHS”, while resistance to antibiotics, which is largely caused by overprescribing, also affects thousands of patients.

He added: “Using antibiotics more wisely – meaning both withholding them in people who won’t benefit and giving them urgently to people who need the most – has never been more important.

“This new (NHS) research, examining the real-world performance of one of a wide range of potentially important new tests, aims to distinguish between people with bacterial infection who may well require and benefit from antibiotics and people with viral infection, who will not benefit.

“Although the study is in children, previous studies have shown its performance to be even better in adults, meaning there is potential opportunity across all ages.

“However, a challenge the NHS has is understanding how to properly integrate these tests into clinical systems – and how to support clinicians making prescribing decisions based upon the results.

“There is an urgent need to change the way we bring novel and rapid diagnostics such as this into the NHS.”

Professor Simon Kenny, national clinical director for children and young people at NHS England, said: “Innovations like the 15-minute blood test speed up diagnosis and allow focused treatment, as well as freeing up resources to treat more patients, so it’s great we’re able to trial the test this winter when the NHS is at its busiest.”

Dr Emma Lim, consultant paediatrician at the Great North Children’s Hospital in Newcastle, said: “Every year, thousands of worried parents bring their children with fever to hospital.

“Often, it turns out to be nothing serious — but it’s hard to know in the moment.

“A quick and reliable test like this can help doctors make faster decisions, and reduce the need for unnecessary antibiotics, which is better for patients, parents and the NHS.”

The study looking at the MeMed BV test will run until March.

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27/10/2025

NEWS: Bosses of the UK’s biggest supermarkets are urging the Chancellor to exempt shops from a new business rates surtax, warning that shoppers will bear the brunt of higher costs.

A letter, organised by industry group the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and addressed to Rachel Reeves, argues that limiting the tax burden on grocers would help tackle food inflation.

It has been signed by UK executives and directors at Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Aldi, Asda, Iceland, Lidl, Marks & Spencer, Morrisons and Waitrose.

The BRC said it is concerned that large shops could see their business rates rise if they are included in the Government’s new surtax for properties with a rateable value over £500,000.

This is expected to cover discounts for smaller high-street firms, which will be subject to reduced business rates under the Government’s plans.

The plans are set to be confirmed in next month’s autumn Budget statement and would come into effect from next April.

In the letter, the supermarket bosses say that their “ability to absorb additional costs is diminishing”.

It reads: “If the industry faces higher taxes in the coming Budget – such as being included in the new surtax on business rates – our ability to deliver value for our customers will become even more challenging and it will be households who inevitably feel the impact.

“Given the costs currently falling on the industry, including from the last budget, high food inflation is likely to persist into 2026.

“This is not something that we would want to see prolonged by any measure in the Budget.

“Large retail premises are a tiny proportion of all stores, yet account for a third of retail’s total business rates bill meaning another significant rise could push food inflation even higher.”

The letter concludes by asking Ms Reeves to “address retail’s disproportionate tax burden” which it said would “send a strong signal of support for the industry and of the Government’s commitment to tackling food inflation”.

Helen Dickinson, the BRC’s chief executive, said: “Supermarkets are doing everything possible to keep food prices affordable, but it’s an uphill battle, with over £7 billion in additional costs in 2025 alone.

“From higher national insurance contributions to new packaging taxes, the financial strain on the industry is immense.”

The Treasury has been contacted for comment.

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27/10/2025

NEWS: The Conservatives have promised to stop 35,000 crimes by deploying more police to violent “hot spots” if they return to power.

The pledge came as the party set out further details of its “Policing Plan”, which includes proposals to recruit 10,000 new police officers and treble the use of stop-and-search powers set out at this month’s party conference.

The Tories’ plan would also give the home secretary more powers to set “binding operational priorities” for police forces, focusing them on “real crime”.

This would replace the current system where the home secretary can only intervene if a force is “failing”, which the Conservatives said was “just not good enough”.

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp said: “Every day, victims are told there’s nothing police can do while criminals walk free.

“That failure corrodes public trust and weakens the rule of law.

“Keir Starmer does not have the backbone to take the difficult decisions Britain needs. That has to change.

“Our plan will end the culture of excuses.”

The Conservatives’ plan also sees additional officers being deployed to the 2,000 neighbourhoods with the most violent crime, where they will also be allowed to stop and search anyone even if they do not suspect them of anything.

Currently, such powers can only be used in a specified area for a 24-hour period if a senior officer believes people there will be carrying weapons or serious violence may take place.

Existing thresholds for stop-and-search powers in other areas would be lowered under the plan.

The proposals come after a week in which new statistics showed a mixed figure on crime.

Figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed homicides had fallen to their lowest level on record in the year to June 2025 while knife crime fell 5% compared to the previous year.

But other types of police-recorded offences increased, with shoplifting up 13% year on year to 529,994 – just below the recent all-time high – and theft from the person up 5%.

Overall, police forces recorded 6.6 million crimes in England and Wales in the year to June, down by 1.5% from 6.7 million in the previous 12 months.

But separate figures from the ONS Crime Survey for England and Wales suggest people aged 16 and over experienced 9.3 million incidents of crime in the year to June 2025, up slightly from 9.2 million in the previous 12 months.

The main driver of the rise was a 14% rise in fraud, which accounts for an estimated 4.1 million incidents, including 2.5 million incidents of bank and credit account fraud.

Labour has committed to recruiting 13,000 more neighbourhood policing officers by 2029, with 3,000 extra recruits to be in post by spring next year to tackle crime.

Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Max Wilkinson said: “Policing is at a crisis point.

“The former Conservative government destroyed neighbourhood policing and left our communities to pay the price. This Labour government has done too little to change course.”

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27/10/2025

NEWS: The number of NHS appointments, tests and operations delivered by private hospitals and clinics has increased by almost 500,000 this year to 6.15 million.

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the policy is tackling a “two-tier” system by cutting waiting times to ensure NHS patients in England have access to prompt treatment.

Private providers said they are delivering around 10% of elective NHS activity.

Between August 2024 and September 2025 they conducted an average of 19,000 surgical procedures and 100,000 outpatient appointments every week, treating more than 1.1 million people

Mr Streeting said: “I’ll do everything I can to get NHS patients treated faster, free at the point of use.

“This is a principled, progressive position, not just a pragmatic one.

“We’re not prepared to continue two-tier healthcare, when those who can afford it get treated on time, and those who can’t are left behind. Wealth shouldn’t determine health.”

Using spare capacity in the private sector is key to the Government’s target of ensuring that 92% of patients in England should wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to treatment.

Other measures to cut waiting lists include the use of community diagnostic centres (CDCs) and carrying out more surgical procedures on evenings and weekends.

Mr Streeting said: “This is just one reform which has helped deliver five million more appointments, grown NHS productivity and cut waiting lists by 200,000.

“We are also investing in growing the NHS capacity, opening up CDCs and operating theatres at evenings and weekends, and bringing in modern technology like robotic surgery.

“Through investment and relentless reform, we will make sure every patient is treated on time, not just those who can afford to pay.”

David Hare, chief executive of the Independent Healthcare Providers Network, which represents private hospitals and clinics, said: “These latest figures demonstrate just how important the independent sector is in providing much-needed NHS treatment – delivering around 10% of all NHS elective activity, and a record amount of appointments, tests and scans – all free at the point of use to patients.”

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27/10/2025

Good Morning! It's Monday 27 October 2025, birthdays for comic legend John Cleese (86), Spooks actor Peter Firth (72), ex-footballer Glenn Hoddle (68), Duran Duran singer Simon Le Bon (67) & Olympic skiing violinist Vanessa-Mae (Vanakorn) (47).

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25/10/2025

NEWS: Health Secretary Wes Streeting has warned people not to buy weight-loss jabs from unregulated sources after an illegal laboratory was dismantled.

Officers from the Criminal Enforcement Unit (CEU) of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) raided the factory in Northampton and seized unlicensed medication worth £250,000.

An MHRA spokesman said: “This is the first illicit production facility for weight loss medicine discovered in the UK and is believed to be the largest single seizure of trafficked weight loss medicines ever recorded by a law enforcement agency worldwide.

“During the search, MHRA officers, supported by Northamptonshire Police, seized tens of thousands of empty weight loss pens ready to be filled, raw chemical ingredients and more than 2,000 unlicensed retatrutide and tirzepatide pens awaiting dispatch to customers.

“The street value of the finished weight loss products alone is estimated to be more than a quarter of a million pounds.”

The officers also found “sophisticated packaging and manufacturing equipment” as well as £20,000 in cash.

Mr Streeting said: “This is a victory in the fight against the shameless criminals who are putting lives at risk by peddling dangerous and illegal weight loss jabs to make a quick buck.

“These unregulated products, made with no regard for safety or quality, posed a major risk to unwitting customers.

“My message is clear: don’t buy weight loss medications from unregulated sources. Talk to your GP, seek NHS advice, and don’t line the pockets of criminals who don’t care about your health.

“Safe, appropriate, licensed obesity drugs can greatly benefit those in need if taken under medical supervision, and I urge people to only purchase and use them with the approval and oversight of medics and pharmacists.”

Andy Morling, head of the MHRA’s criminal enforcement unit, said: “This seizure shows the lengths these criminals will go to for profit. People should be extremely cautious when buying medicines online.

“Prescription medicines should only be obtained from a registered pharmacy against a prescription issued by a healthcare professional.

“Taking prescription medicines sourced in any other way carries serious risks to your health – there are no guarantees about what they contain, and some may even be contaminated with toxic substances.

“Taking out the first illicit weight loss medicine manufacturing facility found in the UK is a landmark result for the MHRA and a major blow to the illegal trade. These products are untested, unauthorised and potentially deadly".

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25/10/2025

NEWS: An asylum seeker accidentally released from prison was last seen in the London area, police said, as officers urged anyone who spots him to call 999 immediately.

Ethiopian national Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, 38, who had been living at the Bell Hotel in Epping, was jailed for 12 months in September for the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl.

Justice Secretary David Lammy said on Friday night that Kebatu was “at large in London” after he was seen boarding a train at Chelmsford, Essex, and the Metropolitan Police were assisting in the hunt for him.

A delivery driver has described seeing Kebatu return to HMP Chelmsford in a “very confused” state “four or five times”, only to be turned away by prison staff and directed to the railway station.

The driver, named only as Sim, told Sky News that he saw Kebatu come out of the prison saying “Where am I going? What am I doing?” and hanging around for about one-and-a-half hours as he tried to find out where he should be going.

He said that Kebatu knew that he should be deported but the prison staff were “basically sending him away” and saying to him “Go, you’ve been released, you go”.

The driver said: “He kept scratching his head and saying, ‘Where do I go, where do I go?’

“The fourth or fifth time [he went into the reception] he was starting to get upset, he was getting stressed.

“I’m not sticking up for the guy, but in my eyes, he was trying to do the right thing.

“He knew he was getting deported, but he didn’t know where he was going or how he should get there.”

Kebatu appears to have been spotted later in Chelmsford town centre asking for assistance before getting on to a train to London.

Responsibility for the manhunt was handed over from Essex Police to the Met on Saturday morning after it was confirmed that Kebatu had got off the train at Stratford in east London at around 13: 10pm on Friday.

The station is the fifth busiest in the UK, according to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), and has links to the London underground, London overground and Docklands Light Railway (DLR).

Commander James Conway said finding Kebatu was a “top priority” for the force and that the investigation was being led by an “experienced investigating officer.”

“He has teams from the Specialist Crime Command with expertise in tracking down wanted people at his disposal, as well as other resources from across the Met,” he said.

“We are examining CCTV from that area and further afield, including on the transport network, to establish information about his subsequent movements.

“We will provide further updates when we can, but I hope the press and the public will understand why it would be unhelpful to the effectiveness of the manhunt if we were to provide a detailed running commentary.”

Anyone who sees Kebatu, or has information his whereabouts, has been urged to call 999.

Kebatu was freed by mistake at HMP Chelmsford on Friday morning instead of being sent to an immigration detention centre.

He was wrongly categorised as a prisoner due to be released on licence and handed a £76 discharge grant, the Telegraph reported.

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25/10/2025

NEWS: Communities in England are facing increased flood risks, air pollution and sewage leaks in their area, an analysis of constituency-level data suggests.

Researchers from campaign group Friends of the Earth examined the latest data from various official sources, including Government figures, the National Audit Office, Natural England and the Environment Agency.

They found that millions of people are now living in the shadow of multiple environmental threats in their local areas.

Boston and Skegness, the East Midlands constituency represented by deputy reform leader Richard Tice who has opposed climate action, is the most at risk of floods nationwide, according to their findings.

Here, more than 90% of homes are at risk from flooding, the figures show.

Meanwhile, 47 of the 50 worst areas in the country for air pollution are represented by Labour MPs.

The two constituencies in England with most hours of sewage overflows are both Conservative seats in Devon.

Elsewhere, the same eight constituencies appeared in both the top 20 for the least amount of green space and for extreme heat, seven of which were in London.

The analysis comes ahead of the release of the UK Government’s next climate plan.

The carbon budget delivery plan, set to be published next week, will outline climate policies for the period of 2033 to 2037 as part of ensuring the UK stays on track to cut net emissions to zero by 2050.

Friends of the Earth is calling for the plan to include measures that will drive down bills, better insulate people’s homes and create new green jobs.

Mike Childs, head of policy at Friends of the Earth, said: “This data shows the true scale of environmental threats across England and reinforces why a strong climate plan is so important to protect communities.

“Flooded homes, dangerous heatwaves and filthy air are not abstract risks but realities for millions.

“Politicians who push false environmental narratives or call for weaker climate action are putting the people that elected them at risk.”

Beyond the carbon budget delivery plan, the campaign group urged the Government to do more for nature by taking a zero-tolerance approach to polluters of rivers and coasts.

Other notable findings from the analysis include those for the Lincolnshire constituency of South Holland and the Deepings, which has the lowest tree cover in England at 2.2% and where more than 70% of homes are currently threatened by flooding.

Hull is among the cities most exposed to flooding, with three-quarters of homes in the Hull North & Cottingham and Hull East constituencies at risk, according to the analysis.

The researchers also found that every single neighbourhood in more than 90% of constituencies in England has unsafe levels of air pollution.

Some 59 constituencies have neighbourhoods with air pollution which is more than double that of World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines – 11 of which are in London, their analysis suggests.

Constituencies represented by Tory MPs Geoffrey Cox and Mel Stride in Devon were found to have recorded the most hours of raw sewage overflows in England, with more than 70,000 spill hours during 2024.

Meanwhile, Cumbria constituencies Penrith and Solway, and Westmorland and Lonsdale, also ranked highly, the researchers said.

Eight Liberal Democrats representing constituencies were found to be in the top 20 for hours of sewage overflows.

Elsewhere, all of London’s 1,002 neighbourhoods are classified as high risk for extreme heat, the analysis found, including all neighbourhoods in the constituencies of Tottenham and Birmingham Ladywood.

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25/10/2025

NEWS: A hospital has performed a record number of pioneering prostate procedures in one day in a bid to help curb NHS waiting lists.

The majority of men given a robot-assisted waterjet technique for enlarged prostates at Frimley Health NHS Foundation trust on their record treatment day were able to go home just hours later.

Enlarged prostate, also known as benign prostatic hyperplasia, is a common non-cancerous condition in older men.

It can lead to problems with urinating, which in turn can cause trouble with sleep.

Patients can wait for months for care.

Frimley said it treated 12 men with enlarged prostates in one day using Aquablation therapy, a record for the NHS in England.

Eleven of the men treated were able to go home on the same day as their treatment, also known as a “day case”.

Nigel Howlett, 68, from Farnham in Surrey, received the treatment on the record-breaking day on October 18.

He had been suffering from symptoms of enlarged prostate and was on the waiting list for treatment for 18 months.

“I’ve lived with this for a long time, including a significant lack of sleep and then not drinking enough liquids to try and prevent the need to urinate,” Mr Howlett said.

“It might not be one of the most crucial procedures for the NHS but it has greatly affected my quality of life.”

He said he “felt fine” after the procedure and was allowed home the same day.

Mr Howlett added: “I’m hoping it will make quite a big difference to my symptoms in the future.

“This day was a very good idea to help patients like me who have waited too long.”

One in every three men over the age of 50 will have symptoms of an enlarged prostate including needing to visit the toilet more frequently, with more urgency and have difficulty emptying their bladder.

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