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Self-harm images on net 'should go'

Internet Medical experts called yesterday for internet images that "romanticise" self-harm to be removed after new figures revealed a 50 per cent rise in young people being admitted to hospital for deliberately cutting themselves.

The Royal College of Psychiatrists has now called on websites to take down any information which appears to glamorise the activity.

Lib Dems promote ex-porn director

Politics An award-winning female porn director who has been appointed as a parliamentary hopeful for the Liberal Democrats will be a passionate campaigner for her local area, party leader Nick Clegg said yesterday.

Mr Clegg said Anna Arrowsmith's previous profession was "not exactly my cup of tea" but it was important that "people like her" who care about their local areas put themselves forward.

Women on pill will 'live longer'

Health Women who have taken the pill can expect to live longer than those who have never been prescribed the oral contraceptive, research suggested yesterday.

Pill takers are less likely to die from any cause and heart disease, according to a study on more than 46,000 women in the British Medical Journal.