Danny Mendoza says he feels like he is letting his father down since he was moved to a hospital 140 miles from his home A son has said he is being robbed of precious time with his father after he was placed in a mental health hospital nearly 140 miles from home. Bernard Mendoza, 83, […]
French forward Kylian Mbappe is battling illness on the eve of Club World Cup opener for Real Madrid against Al Hilal. Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe is a doubt for the club’s opening Club World Cup match against Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal after missing training on Tuesday due to illness. The club said Mbappe had been […]
MPs have voted to change abortion legislation to stop women in England and Wales being prosecuted for ending their pregnancy. The Labour MP for Gower, Tonia Antoniazzi, led the call to decriminalise the 1% of abortions that happen after 24 weeks, saying these were “desperate women” who need “compassion not criminalisation”. As an issue of […]
Getty Images More than 400 drivers at depots throughout Ayrshire have been on strike Stagecoach drivers in the West of Scotland are set to return to work on Wednesday after the bus operator tabled a new pay offer. More than 400 drivers at depots throughout Ayrshire have been on strike since 9 June, with action […]
Tomasz Schafernaker BBC weather presenter BBC Weather Watchers/Juniperbeddy Blue skies on the beach in Lowestoft, Suffolk Yellow heat health alerts have been issued for most of England with temperatures set to climb as high as 33C by the weekend. Yorkshire and The Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East England, the South East, the South West […]
The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. The high court is slated to issue opinions on high-profile cases in the coming weeks as its term ends. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. The high court is slated to issue opinions on high-profile cases in the coming […]
Washington, DC – A prominent Democratic senator has introduced a bill to require United States President Donald Trump to first seek authorisation from Congress before ordering military strikes against Iran. The measure, put forward by Virginia Senator Tim Kaine on Monday, came amid growing calls by pro-Israel groups for the US to join the Israeli […]
False evacuation alerts went out to millions of people during the Los Angeles wildfires earlier this year. However, people who speak a language other than English and Spanish may not have understood what was happening. Chris Delmas/AFP hide caption toggle caption Chris Delmas/AFP Two years ago, the Federal Communications Commission unanimously voted to require that […]
“Stuck”. That is the word most people who have spoken to the BBC use to describe life in Iran right now. After three days of Israeli attacks, “everyone is trying to escape” Tehran “one way or another,” one resident told BBC News Persian. On Sunday, long queues formed at petrol stations across the city. Many […]
BBC Jabez Petherick says hospice care made a big difference to him As a nurse who supports terminally ill patients to die in their own homes, Angelina Blair sees first hand the last few hours of people’s lives. “There are times where you put on a brave face, you smile, you give the care that’s […]