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Sheffield GP’s fears for patients over benefits changes

Lucy Ashton BBC News, South Yorkshire political reporter Lucy Ashton/BBC Sheffield GP Maria Read says benefit changes could prove “crippling” for many people The cost of living crisis was making people ill and there would be a “flood” of people needing support as benefit changes came into force, a Sheffield GP has warned. Dr Maria […]

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The pioneering child development study monitoring babies’ brains

Victoria Gill Science correspondent Kevin Church/BBC News Researchers are using specially designed games and brain-scanning ‘hats’ to work out how children develop key skills Two-year-old Henry is completely transfixed by the iPad in front of him. Every time a smiley face appears he taps the screen – and his tap transforms the face into a […]

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Why Beijing is not backing down to Trump on Tariffs

Stephen McDonell China correspondent Getty Images In response to why Beijing is not backing down to Donald Trump on tariffs, the answer is that it doesn’t have to. China’s leaders would say that they are not inclined to cave in to a bully – something its government has repeatedly labelled the Trump administration as – […]

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This Klassiker is one Bayern, Dortmund can’t afford to lose

Apr 10, 2025, 12:11 PM ET BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG, Germany — I’m writing this week’s column while speeding through the Baden-Württemberg countryside on the Deutsche Bahn, Germany’s national railway network. Green leaves are filling up the trees and there are discernible signs of spring blossom wherever you look. This is my favorite time in the German football […]

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A bitter price hike in US coffee shops

Sakshi Venkatraman and Imogen James BBC News, Washington DC BBC Jorge Prudencio says the price of his Colombian-imported coffee is rising The price for a cup of coffee in the US is going up as tariffs put the squeeze on local café and bakery owners. Some US businesses say the queues for a morning latte […]

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