Boris Johnson wanted authoritarian Covid rules, inquiry hears
PA Media Lord Patrick Vallance, former government chief scientific adviser, gave evidence to the inquiry in west London Boris Johnson
Public sector workers offered up to 4.5% pay rises
Millions of public sector workers including nurses, doctors and teachers have been offered pay rises of between 3.6% and 4.5%.
Horse charity calls on NHS to fund child wellbeing services
Kelly Morgan BBC News, West of England Listen: How horses help young people facing emotional and mental health challenges A
Target mosquito parasites with drugs to cut malaria, study says
Mosquitoes should be given malaria drugs to clear their infection so they can no longer spread the disease, say US
Call for NHS to give women with dense breasts extra
Getty Images Women with very dense breasts should be offered additional scans as part of the UK’s NHS breast screening
Cross-sex hormones for under 18s could be restricted or banned
Health Secretary Wes Streeting, is “actively reviewing” banning or restricting the private prescription of cross-sex hormones to young people, according
Stoke-on-Trent MP Allison Gardner in tears over ‘excruciating’ chronic UTI
Gavin Kermack BBC News, West Midlands Allison Gardner spoke through tears as she described her experiences in a Westminster Hall
Attacked West Midlands ambulance paramedics hope for swifter court justice
Joanne Writtle Health correspondent, BBC Midlands BBC Paramedic Jacob Hoy said he believed many attacks on ambulance workers went unreported