Children paid a “huge price” to protect others during the Covid pandemic, Boris Johnson has told the inquiry looking at the impact on young people. The former prime minister repeated an apology made previously for things the government got wrong, but said he was proud of what teachers and schools did to cope with the […]
Getty Images Eight countries have been added to a UK Foreign Office list warning of the risks of methanol poisoning from counterfeit or tainted alcoholic drinks. Ecuador, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, Russia and Uganda are included in the updated travel guidance following incidents involving Britons in those countries. The advice previously covered Thailand, Laos […]
BBC The Daily Mirror asks “what did the palace know?” as it continues its reporting on Prince Andrew. It reports the allegation that the “prince tried to ‘dig dirt’ on his accuser”. Former Liberal Democrat MP Norman Baker is quoted as saying “there are questions that others in the Royal Family need to answer”. Elsewhere, […]
Uruguay has legalised euthanasia, becoming the first country in Latin America to pass a law that allows assisted suicide. The Dignified Death bill was passed in the senate on Wednesday, with 20 out of 31 legislators present voting in favour. The bill allows mentally sound adults in the terminal stage of an irreversible disease to […]
Available for over a year ‘There are real consequences to our physical and mental health’ Katty Kay speaks to Dr Vivek Murthy, former US Surgeon-General about the challenge posed by loneliness and isolation in the modern world. Dr. Murthy, the first person of Indian descent in the post, was appointed during the second Obama administration. […]
Japan has approved over-the-counter sales of an emergency contraceptive pill, its manufacturer says, allowing women in the country to take such medication without prescription for the first time. ASKA Pharmaceutical said wider access to the pill would “empower Japanese women in the area of reproductive health”. A date for it to go on sale has […]
BBC Freya Mandapalli, 19, is among many medical students who are choosing to study abroad A growing number of young people are choosing to study in Eastern Europe due to a strict cap on medical school places in the UK. Freya Mandapalli from Preston is one of them. The 19-year-old has healthcare in her blood. […]
A junior UK government minister has revealed she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Claire Hughes MP, who represents Bangor Aberconwy in north Wales for Labour, said she had surgery on Friday. Ms Hughes, 46, who was recently promoted to the Wales Office, was diagnosed at Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor, earlier this month after finding […]
Bruce Mouat’s rink secured their first Grand Slam victory of the curling season with a 5-2 victory over Matt Dunstone’s team in the final of the Tour Challenge in Nisku, Alberta. Team Dunstone won the first Grand Slam event of the season at last month’s Masters, beating Scotland’s Ross Whyte in the final, but were […]
Tony Bailie and Claire QuinnBBC News NI Samuel Guist Flooding on the Tullybrannigan Road in Newcastle, County Down, this morning. Sandbags are being used to protect properties in County Down and a hiker has been rescued from the Mourne Mountains after flooding caused by two days of heavy rainfall. Samuel Guist, who lives in the […]