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Louis Rees-Zammit leaves NFL after 18 months to return to rugby union

After participating in the NFL’s International Player Pathway (IPP), Rees-Zammit was initially signed to the Kansas City Chiefs, but was cut after failing to impress during pre-season appearances in 2024. Rees-Zammit then joined the Jacksonville Jaguars, where he spent the entire 2024 season as part of the franchise’s practice squad. Despite being eligible for elevation […]

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Cornwall mum ‘could be alive’ if older driver rules changed

Amy Gladwell BBC South West Investigations Lauren Woodhead BBC England Data Unit Eady family Claire Eady believes her mother’s fatal crash could have been avoided Claire Eady believes that if the rules for older drivers were different her mum would still be here today. Last summer 79-year-old Geraldine Gibson died after pulling out into oncoming […]

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Mums’ support group ‘buzzing’ at award nomination

Support 2gether Ciara O’Goan and Una Leonard have experienced postnatal depression and anxiety first hand. A community group from Omagh has “saved lives” for hundreds of women, its members have said. Support 2gether offers support and education to mothers who are living with antenatal and postnatal depression and anxiety. A finalist in the BBC’s Make […]

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Is the system letting down people who were harmed by Covid vaccines?

Fergus Walsh Medical editor BBC There is nothing in life that is free of risk. That includes vaccines. But the evidence is compelling that the benefits of getting immunised with those vaccines recommended in the UK far outweigh the possibility of serious side effects. The level of benefit from Covid vaccines is well documented. And […]

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Covid inquiry told Treasury blocked request for 10,000 NHS beds

Covid inquiry Boris Johnson’s government blocked a request to fund another 10,000 hospital beds at the height of the Covid pandemic, the chief executive of NHS England has said. Amanda Pritchard told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry the decision, made by the Treasury in July 2020, had been “very disappointing”. Extra beds and staff would have […]

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What is in the proposed law?

Michelle Roberts Digital health editor, BBC News Getty Images MPs have voted in favour of proposals to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales. The bill will now face many more months of debate and scrutiny by MPs and peers, who could choose to amend it, with the approval of both Houses of Parliament needed […]

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Government to lead UK emergency pandemic exercise in autumn

Emergency service teams, local councils and government officials will take part in a full, multi-day pandemic preparedness exercise, to help the UK prepare for potential future threats. The test, which is likely to take place in the autumn, will involve thousands of people across different parts of the UK, minister Pat McFadden has announced. The […]

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‘It was over before I knew it’

Erica Donnelly, Jessica Tse, Jack Latham The BBC spoke to six people – including Erica, Jessica and Jack – who have had their first cervical screening in the last six months People not knowing about options to make their cervical screening easier and more comfortable is “costing lives”, a cancer charity warned last month. To […]

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