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Morning all,

After a few days in the sun, I'm back and have published some important stories this past week. 

One investigation revealed how a nurse convicted of rape was allowed to go on working with vulnerable patients for more than a year – despite police informing the nursing watchdog that he was under investigation. Two hospitals have now launched investigations into his employment after I informed them of his conviction.

A second special report, by me and data correspondent Alicja Hagopian, reveals the true cost of the UK's obesity crisis, crippling the NHS. 

Our global health correspondent Rachel Schraer took a closer look at the life-saving Rwandan maternity ward at risk of closure due to Donald Trump's aid cuts.

And with cancer being one of the government's key health priorities, ministers will be worried by the latest prediction that the country faces 6.3 million cancer diagnoses in the next 15 years.

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