Philippa Roxby Health Reporter Getty Images The review recommends PAs wear a different uniform to doctors Physician associates (PAs) and anaesthesia associates (AAs), who assist doctors in GP surgeries and hospitals, should be known as “assistants” to avoid confusing patients, an independent review says. It recommends PAs and AAs wear standardised clothing and badges to […]
The Senate considers the rescissions package that would strip $9.4 billion for public boradcasting and foreign aid. AILSA CHANG, HOST: The Senate is taking up a package of $9 billion in spending cuts requested by the Trump administration. The cuts target foreign aid programs and public broadcasting. Senate Majority Leader John Thune says Republicans are […]
Jenny Rees Health Correspondent, BBC Wales News BBC Sian and Rob Channon have long been calling for changes at Swansea Bay’s maternity department, after their own son’s care left him disabled A mother who played a key part in pushing for change in a health board’s maternity care said she felt vindicated following the publication […]
BBC James Canton spent two years sitting beneath an 800-year-old oak tree near his home in Essex, watching acorns fatten and butterflies land on the massive knurled grey trunk. Sometimes he sat in the branches too. Canton, a lecturer at the University of Essex, recalls how it helped him feel a “sense of connection”. “We’re […]
Mike Waltz, former US national security adviser and US ambassador to the United Nations (UN) nominee for US President Donald Trump, during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, July 15, 2025. Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg/via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg/via Getty Images Former National Security Advisor Mike […]
Angie Brown BBC Scotland, Edinburgh and East reporter Charlie Miller Salons Charlie Miller died on Monday at the age of 80 Top Scottish hairdresser Charlie Miller – who cut the hair of the late Sir Sean Connery, Hollywood actor Leslie Nielsen, and fashion designer Donna Karan – has died at the age of 80. His […]
Tom Edwards BBC Hereford & Worcester Tanya Gupta BBC News, West Midlands BBC The charity offers counselling, exercise classes and training A health and wellbeing charity has said it is in desperate need of new premises after it was told to leave its current site. Simply Limitless offers counselling sessions to help support people’s mental […]
Defence Minister John Healey says about 4,500 people are in Britain or in transit under the secret programme. The United Kingdom set up a secret plan to resettle thousands of Afghan people in Britain after an official accidentally disclosed the personal details of more than 33,000 people, putting them at risk of reprisals from the […]
Mark Poynting and Justin Rowlatt BBC News Climate & Science Getty Images Reservoirs in the Midlands are showing lower levels than usual The East and West Midlands have officially entered drought, joining the North West and Yorkshire, after yet another hot and dry spell of weather. The Environment Agency announcement follows England’s driest start to […]
More than 120 firefighters are tackling a grass fire in Dagenham that temporarily forced some residents from their homes. The London Fire Brigade (LFB) said 25 fire engines and a wildfire response vehicle are at the blaze that covers around eight hectares (20 acres) of grass, shrubland and trees, as well as fences and garden […]