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How is your NHS hospital doing on waiting times?

Daniel Wainwright Data journalist, BBC Verify Getty Images Doctors and patient groups warn that the NHS in England is facing an uphill struggle on the government’s number one NHS priority – improving hospital waiting times. They are concerned about the lack of progress towards hitting the 18-week waiting time target, one of Labour’s key election […]

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‘We’ll be coming after you’

David Cowan Home Affairs Correspondent PA Media Jo Farrell is chief constable of Police Scotland Police Scotland is pursuing organised crime figures who are based abroad in connection with the central belt’s ongoing gangland feud. The force’s chief constable, Jo Farrell, has told BBC Scotland News officers are building intelligence to target the leaders of […]

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No phone signal on your train? There may be a fix

Mobile phone blackspots will be eliminated on several major railway lines and train tunnels by 2028, the body which runs Britain’s railway infrastructure has pledged. Network Rail, which is owned by the government, has signed a deal with two private telecoms firms in a move it claims will see 4G and 5G connectivity boosted on […]

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Womb lining test offers miscarriage hope to women

Philippa Roxby Health Reporter Charlie Beattie Charlie Beattie holds her nine-week-old baby in her arms after many years of miscarriages UK scientists say they have developed a test which can help identify women with an abnormal womb lining that increases their risk of miscarriage. They say their work could pave the way for new treatments […]

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Ticket touts employing workers to bulk-buy for concerts

Steffan Powell, Sian Vivian & Ben Summer BBC Wales Investigates Getty Images Tickets for Oasis’s reunion tour were being listed on resale websites for more than £6,000 – about 40 times the face value – when they went on sale in August Ticket touts are employing teams of workers to bulk-buy tickets for the UK’s […]

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India celebrates sending its first astronaut into space after 41 years

Axiom Space Axiom-4 lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida Jubilant Indians have been celebrating the successful launch of the Axiom-4 (Ax-4) mission which has taken off with a multi-country crew, including an Indian astronaut. Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who’s piloting the mission, has become only the second Indian to travel to space. […]

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Man calls for tougher drugs sentences after son’s death

Tom McGrath Tom McGrath’s 22-year-old son Matthew had been using cocaine for several years before he was found dead The father of a man who killed himself after becoming addicted to cocaine, is calling for automatic custodial sentences for those caught dealing the drug. In May the National Crime Agency made the largest seizure of […]

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