UKHSA’s Prof Susan Hopkins questioned over face masks at Covid inquiry. There is only “weak evidence” that high-grade face masks better protected health workers than surgical ones in the pandemic, the Covid inquiry has been told. Prof Susan Hopkins, chief medical adviser at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), said respirator masks – known as […]
Deepdale was the venue of English football’s most interminable penalty shootout on Tuesday night. After playing out a 1-1 draw in normal time during their Carabao Cup third-round tie, Fulham and Preston North End took a record-breaking 34 penalties between them, with an astonishing 31 finding the net. Excluding FA Cup qualifiers, this was the […]
Interest rates are expected to be held at 5% by the Bank of England on Thursday. The decision at midday comes after it was revealed inflation, which measures the rate UK consumer prices are rising at, remained at 2.2% last month. The figure is just above the Bank’s 2% target, but its governor Andrew Bailey […]
Painful hysteroscopy felt like insides were ‘clawed’ Wendy McLean was due to start her seventh round of IVF when her doctor said she needed a hysteroscopy – a procedure to examine the inside of her uterus. “It was sold to me as a smear test, basically. A thin narrow camera up through your cervix. “It’ll […]
Getty Images Starlink satellites are usually easily seen by the naked eye in the night sky Radio waves from Elon Musk’s growing network of satellites are blocking scientists’ ability to peer into the universe, according to researchers in the Netherlands. The new generation of Starlink satellites, which provide fast internet around the world, are interfering […]
Maternity services in England are so inadequate that cases of women receiving poor care and being harmed in childbirth are in danger of becoming “normalised”, the NHS regulator has said. A Care Quality Commission (CQC) report based on inspections of 131 maternity units sets out an array of problems, adding to the sense of crisis […]
BBC England has a housing crisis. Very few disagree. There are simply not enough safe, affordable, decent homes where people want to live. Homelessness is at record levels with 150,000 children living in totally unsuitable temporary accommodation. Millions cannot afford to buy their first home. The new Labour government believes the key is to build […]
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentSep 18, 2024, 06:42 PM ET MANCHESTER, England — This is exactly what UEFA had in mind when they revamped the Champions League. Two top teams battling it out in the new-look league phase rather than waiting until the knockout rounds for the best games. The only thing missing from Manchester City’s 0-0 […]
Policymakers see the Fed’s benchmark rate falling by another half of a percentage point by the end of this year The United States Federal Reserve has cut interest rates by half of a percentage point, kicking off what is expected to be a steady easing of monetary policy with a larger-than-usual reduction in borrowing costs […]
A report about the neonatal unit where Lucy Letby worked was only shown to parents in full eight years after it was written, a public inquiry has heard. An external review was commissioned in September 2016 after consultants at the Countess of Chester Hospital voiced their concerns about the serial killer. A public version of […]