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 […]
Bedfordshire Police Albert Jarosz was jailed for four years and six months after an “appalling” driving display The father of a 25-year-old man killed after being hit on a pedestrian crossing by a speeding car has urged drivers to “pay more attention”. Viorel Cosma said his son Rodrigo-Vasile Cosma was “in the grave” because of […]
Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. Apple (NYSE: AAPL) has scored a major victory in the Greater China market, with the newly launched iPhone Air selling out within minutes of its pre-sales opening on Friday. The frantic demand, which […]
Scientists say seven skeletons found in a mass grave in Croatia were most likely Roman soldiers who lived 1,700 years ago. The male skeletons, all with various injuries, were found “completely preserved” during excavations in 2011 at the site of the Roman city of Mursa – modern-day Osijek – in Croatia’s far east, a new […]
Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. Ford (NYSE: F) has announced a massive recall impacting nearly 625,000 vehicles across the US. The recalls stem from two distinct safety issues, namely, a fault with rearview camera displays in Super Duty […]
A blood test for more than 50 types of cancer could help speed up diagnosis according to a new study. Results of a trial in north America show that the test was able to identify a wide range of cancers, of which three quarters don’t have any form of screening programme. More than half the […]
A landmark deal to cut global shipping emissions has been abandoned after Saudi Arabia and the US succeeded in ending the talks. More than 100 countries had gathered in London to approve a deal first agreed in April, which would have seen shipping become the world’s first industry to adopt internationally mandated targets to reduce […]