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Asha Patel BBC News, Nottingham BBC Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust oversees two main hospitals – Nottingham City Hospital (pictured) and the Queen’s Medical Centre The NHS is largely funded by public money paid for through taxes and national insurance. In February, one of the busiest and biggest NHS …

Josh Sandiford BBC News, West Midlands Family Ricardo Junior and Ameiya Del Brocco, 11 and 13, were pulled from water in Salou on Tuesday Tributes have been paid to two “bright and deeply loved” siblings who died after drowning off the east coast of Spain. Ameiya and Ricardo Junior Del …

Adrienne Murray Technology Reporter Reporting fromLongyearbyen, Norway Getty Images Norway’s Longyearbyen is the world’s northernmost town High above the Arctic Circle, the archipelago of Svalbard lies halfway between mainland Norway and the North Pole. Frozen, mountainous, and remote, it’s home to hundreds of polar bears and a couple of sparse …

Labour’s original plan to reform the welfare system was a hasty effort to try to make billions of pounds of cuts to a rapidly growing bill in order to help the chancellor meet her self-imposed rules on government borrowing. But this latest U-turn raises significant questions about just how stability …

Marianna Spring Social media investigations correspondent BBC/Getty Images Gabriel and Sebastian Shemirani watched with concern as their mother Kate rose to notoriety during the pandemic, eventually getting struck off as a nurse for promoting misinformation about Covid-19. Then, their sister Paloma was diagnosed with cancer. Doctors told her she had …

Ben Chu and Tom Edgington BBC Verify Getty Images The government has confirmed details of its scaled-back plan to reform health and disability benefits, following pressure from Labour MPs. Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall said changes to Pip (Personal Independence Payment) would only apply to new claimants. She also …

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, …

Ruth Clegg Health and wellbeing reporter, BBC News Getty Images Emma is doing something she swore she would never do. In an attempt to have some control over her children’s vaping habits, she’s resorted to buying them the vapes herself. She’s not proud of it, but says it feels like …

Like all young players thrust into the limelight, White admitted Hampton was a “little immature” when they first played together at Birmingham. “Her emotions would take hold of her a lot, which they would do for any 16-year-old, and it was about dealing with the ups and downs. “You won’t …

Jenny Rees Health correspondent, BBC Wales BBC The charity has four bases with specialist crews using both cars and helicopters to respond to calls, but a review found unmet need in parts of Wales Hundreds of patients were missed by the Wales Air Ambulance over the past two years because …

Karl Mercer BBC London Political Editor Heathrow Airport An artist’s impression showing three runways at Heathrow Airport Heathrow Airport has revealed details of its plan to expand and modernise the airport at a cost of £49bn. Thomas Woldbye, CEO of Heathrow Airport, said expansion was “urgent” as the airport was …

Support 2gether Ciara O’Goan and Una Leonard have experienced postnatal depression and anxiety first hand. A community group from Omagh has “saved lives” for hundreds of women, its members have said. Support 2gether offers support and education to mothers who are living with antenatal and postnatal depression and anxiety. A …

CNET’s key takeaways  This  solar-rechargeable power station is also a backpack that can carry my camping essentials. I was able to charge my laptop six to nine times, my phone 18 times and my drone five times in one charge cycle.  The Bluetti Handfree 2 backpack costs $599 at full …

Kelly Ng BBC News, Singapore PUB A group of seven Indian workers used a rope to hoist a woman to safety after her car fell into a sinkhole When a 3m (10ft) deep sinkhole on a busy Singapore road swallowed a black Mazda on Saturday, a group of workers at …

Frankie Allan BBC Scotland News Brooke Reid Freya Skene died in a tragic accident in July 2020 Freya Skene was seven years old when she died after getting into difficulty in the water at Dunkeld in July 2020. Her mother, Brooke Reid, was in the water with her and managed …

Getty Images It can be hard to get a good night’s sleep when the weather is hot. Here are some simple tips which could help. 1. No napping Hot weather can make us feel a bit lethargic during the day. That is because we are using more energy to regulate …

BBC Listen to Jim read this article There’s a saying that Robert F Kennedy Jr is very fond of. He used it on the day he was confirmed as US health secretary. “A healthy person has a thousand dreams, a sick person only has one,” he said as he stood …

Suzanne Bearne Business reporter Dr Bronner’s US soap firm Dr Bronner’s has walked away from the global B Corp accreditation scheme Earlier this year natural soap company Dr Bronner’s decided that enough was enough. It announced that it was quitting B Corp, the global certification scheme that honours companies for …