The UK’s winter flu season has begun five weeks earlier than usual, health officials are warning. The UK Health Security Agency said cases were rising quickly among children and young people – and warned the virus would soon start to spread across older age groups. The organisation urged people eligible for the flu vaccine to […]
Zoe Conway and James Stewart BBC Bushra Rashid from Fishwick says that 2013 insulation work has damaged her health and her property Homeowners who say that botched insulation under government schemes left them living in mouldy conditions are calling for an investigation into the problem to be widened. One woman has told the BBC that […]
Jadzia Samuel,in Margate and Hsin-Yi Lo,South East BBC / Jadzia Samuel Eve Ross was diagnosed with stage two breast cancer when she was 25 Two Margate women who were diagnosed with breast cancer are urging people to understand the symptoms and have the courage to stand up for themselves if their concerns have been disregarded […]
Paul Kirby,Europe digital editor and Anna Holligan,Hague correspondent in Leiden EPA Rob Jetten, 38, led a highly polished campaign and outperformed his rivals in TV debates Rob Jetten’s centrist-liberal party D66 are in a neck-and-neck race with anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders in the Dutch election, according to latest vote projections. With more than 90% of […]
Getty Images Lizard Island is about 250km (155 miles) north of Cairns An 80-year-old Australian woman has been found dead on a Great Barrier Reef island after being left behind by the cruise ship she was travelling on. The woman had been hiking on Lizard Island, 250km (155 miles) north of Cairns, with fellow passengers […]
Alfred Lasteck,BBC Africa, Dar es Salaam and Basillioh Rukanga BBC The opposition has accused the government of undermining democracy, which it denies Police in Tanzania’s main city Dar es Salaam have fired tear gas to disperse opposition supporters protesting against the general election taking place in the East African state. The election is expected to […]
Daniel O’Donoghue & Laura O’NeillBBC North West Investigations Getty Illegal teeth-whitening treatments that can burn gums and destroy teeth are being handed over in car parks and on doorsteps, a BBC investigation has found. Some gels, containing more than 500 times the legal limit of bleaching agent for over-the-counter products, are sold blatantly on social […]
Google Torfaen Council responded to reports of customers feeling unwell after eating at the Cwrt Henllys Bar & Restaurant on 5 October There have been nineteen confirmed cases of food poisoning following reports of customers feeling unwell after eating a carvery at a pub. Torfaen Council investigated reports of customers feeling unwell after eating at […]
BBC Cervical screening was an intimidating prospect for Natalie following the attack Warning: This article contains details that some readers may find distressing For survivors of sexual violence, even routine medical procedures can feel anything but routine. Smear tests – designed to protect – can instead retraumatise. To change that, a clinic in east London, […]
Laura Hammond,East Midlands and Lizo Mzimba The Lost King The film told the story of the search for Richard III’s remains in 2012 A university academic has been awarded substantial damages after a court ruled the portrayal of him in a Steve Coogan film about the discovery of a Richard III’s remains did have a […]