Nick TriggleHealth correspondent Getty Images This week’s five-day doctor strike in England will go ahead after British Medical Association members voted to continue with a planned walkout despite a new offer from the government. The strike by resident doctors, the new name for junior doctors, is due to start at 07:00 on Wednesday with ministers […]
Sir Cliff Richard has revealed he has been treated for prostate cancer. The 85-year-old singer said the cancer was discovered when he had a check-up for a recent tour, but that it had been caught early and had not spread. “I was going to Australia and to New Zealand and the promoter said, ‘Well we […]
Katy Prickett,Cambridgeshireand Danny Fullbrook Matthew Webb/BBC Structural engineers will assess the site before anybody can enter the car park again Vehicle owners are waiting to retrieve their cars after more than 30 firefighters tackled a large blaze in a hospital’s multi-storey car park. The fire service said it sent 12 crews to deal with a […]
AFP via Getty Images Iranian security forces have “violently arrested” Nobel Peace Prize winner and women’s rights activist Narges Mohammadi, her foundation has said. The Narges Foundation said Ms Mohammadi, 53, was detained in the eastern city of Mashhad, along with other activists. The Nobel Committee said it was “deeply concerned by today’s brutal arrest […]
A large fire broke out on a Turkish car ferry anchored at the Ukrainian port city of Odesa after it was hit in a strike on Friday. The company that operates the Cenk T confirmed the attack occurred at 16:00 local time (14:00 GMT) shortly after it docked at the Chornomorsk port. Ukraine’s President Volodymr […]
A Kenyan court has suspended the implementation of a “landmark” $2.5bn (£1.9bn) health aid deal signed with the US last week over data privacy concerns. It follows a case filed by a consumer rights lobby seeking to stop the alleged transfer and sharing of Kenyans’ personal data under the agreement. The interim ruling now bars […]
Nick TriggleHealth correspondent Getty Images NHS bosses have been dealing with the competing priorities of taming costs while trying to reduce backlogs Access to hospital treatments is being restricted in many areas of England as the NHS struggles to balance its books, the BBC has learnt. Regional health boards have ordered some hospitals to cut […]
Nick TriggleHealth correspondent Getty Images The number of patients in hospital in England with influenza has risen by more than 50% in the past week, with NHS bosses warning there is no sign of “super flu” peaking yet. In the week up to Sunday there were 2,660 flu cases a day on average in hospital […]
Mae Edward McCann yn dal i fynnu mai iddo ef yr oedd y planhigion a’r siocled, a hynny i’w helpu dygymod â’i lewcemia. “Felly fe gafoch chi eich carcharu am fod ag un bar o siocled yn eich meddiant a 40 planhigyn?” gofynnodd y barnwr Geraint Walters. “Faint o arian wnaethoch chi o’r fenter?” gofynnodd […]
Matt McGrathEnvironment correspondent Getty Images Victims of a deadly typhoon in the Philippines have filed a legal claim against oil and gas company Shell in the UK courts, seeking compensation for what they say is the company’s role in making the storm more severe. Around 400 people were killed and millions of homes hit when […]