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Nurses, pharmacists and bogus doctor caught breaking rules

Guy LynnBBC Investigations, London BBC A bogus doctor, a pharmacist and a nurse were all secretly filmed breaking the rules for cash Nurses and pharmacists have been putting patients at risk by supplying Botox without proper checks, a BBC undercover investigation has found. Researchers posing as beauticians secretly filmed a nurse trading prescriptions over WhatsApp, […]

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Staff photographed sleeping at ‘unsafe’ York eating disorder unit

Anna Collinson, Jo Adnitt & Hannah KarpelBBC News Investigations Supplied A worker photographed by a patient who said they were sleeping during a one-on-one observation Staff at a specialist eating disorder unit have been photographed sleeping when they should have been looking after patients who were at risk of harming themselves. There were multiple “unsafe” […]

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Campaigns aim to stop thousands of girls giving up on sport

Nicola GoodwinBBC Midlands Investigations BBC Sports groups in England are hoping to use the success of the England Women’s team to keep youngsters, like these in Worcester, playing their sport A million teenage girls are giving up sport because of deep-rooted negative attitudes – but could the England Women’s Rugby World Cup victory change that? […]

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How weight-loss injections are making obesity a wealth issue

Nick TriggleHealth correspondent BBC Three years ago, a fashion editor friend returned from Milan Fashion Week bursting with a story to tell. Most fashion editors stayed at the same hotel, she explained, and each bedroom had its own mini fridge. After checking out, en route to the airport, a stylist in her party cried out […]

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UK’s first rice crop ripe for picking after hot summer

Georgina RannardClimate and science correspondent Gwyndaf Hughes/BBC Nadine Mitschunas is the UK’s first rice grower Gwyndaf HughesClimate and science videographer In an ordinary field in a quiet part of east England, a unique experiment is taking root. “When I tell people what I’m doing here, they think I’m joking,” says Nadine Mitschunas, the UK’s first […]

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Oregon sues Trump administration over plans to deploy troops

Watch: Oregon governor says Trump does not have authority to deploy troops to Portland Newsportual Guard will be deployed to Portland, Oregon, for the next two months, following an order by US President Donald Trump. At least 200 National Guard members will be deployed to the city to “protect federal property” where protests are “occurring […]

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Nigeria’s jollof champion and record-breaking chef

AFP via Getty Images Nigerian celebrity chef and double Guinness World Record breaker Hilda Baci makes no secret about what drives her success. “[It’s] my love for money and the good things in life,” the 30-year-old says unabashedly, laughing on a call from Lagos. There is nothing bashful about Baci – who has changed the […]

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Samaritans facing volunteer exodus over proposed branch closures

Michael BuchananSocial affairs correspondent Samaritans Samaritans volunteer James Watkins says concerns over proposed branch closures are “falling on deaf ears” Hundreds of Samaritans volunteers say they will leave the suicide prevention charity if plans to close more than 100 branches are supported at a meeting this weekend. Some opponents of the changes fear an exodus […]

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