Vanessa Clarke Education reporter Vanessa Clarke / BBC Children with a lazy eye are being increasingly missed for treatment, experts say, in areas where early screenings are not available in schools. Some councils are unable to offer the service due to capacity or budget constraints, according to the Local Government Association (LGA), which is calling...
Kevin Keane BBC Scotland’s environment correspondent BBC Landfill sites can be used for biodegradable municipal waste in Scotland until 31st December Up to 100 truckloads of Scotland’s waste each day will be moved to England once a landfill ban comes in at the end of the year, the BBC’s Disclosure has been told. The Scottish...
Vanessa Clarke Education reporter Getty Images Play experts want to ban “no ball games” signs and protect playtime during school breaks, to reduce the time children spend on screens. They are being forced “indoors on to digital devices”, according to the Raising the Nation Play Commission, whose year-long inquiry calls for an end to “anti-play...
Emily Atkinson and Neha Gohil BBC News Getty Images Trump’s first travel ban triggered protests across the US in 2017 US President Donald Trump has issued a sweeping new travel ban for people from 12 countries, revisiting a hallmark policy of his first term in office. There are some key differences, however. The original travel...
Football experts Nedum Onuoha, Julien Laurens and Nicky Bandini pick their top players of the 2024-25 Champions League season before Saturday’s final between Paris St-Germain and Inter Milan. READ MORE: ‘The league of farmers?’ How PSG and Inter defied the odds Read full article at source...
A manuscript – once considered an unofficial copy of Magna Carta – is now believed to be a genuine version and ”one of the world’s most valuable documents”, according to UK academics. Harvard Law School paid $27.50 (then about £7) for it in 1946 and for years it has remained tucked away in its library,...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on May 14 that the number of drug overdose deaths in the United States dropped by nearly 27 percent in 2024. The number represents a significant decrease after more than a decade of steeply climbing drug-related fatality rates that billions of dollars in federal spending on...
Roughly 500,000 Palestinians are experiencing “catastrophic” hunger levels, the latest food insecurity report finds. The Gaza Strip is at a “critical risk” of famine, with the entire population projected to face crisis levels of hunger as a result of Israel’s total humanitarian aid blockade, UN-backed food researchers have found in their latest assessment. As of...
Getty Who will follow in the footsteps of Loreen and Nemo as the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest? The Eurovision Song Contest was watched by around 163 million people last year – meaning there are potentially 163 million different opinions on what makes a perfect entrant. Do you go for a soulful ballad, guaranteed...
The group of 20 human rights experts signed the statement demanding an end to the “unlawful” deportations. A group of UN human rights experts has condemned the Trump administration’s disappearance of hundreds of men to El Salvador as a violation of both domestic and international law, urging both countries’ governments to return the men to...
Male health workers should be allowed to perform breast screening examinations to help relieve staff shortages, say experts. X-rays called mammograms are offered to women between the age of 50 and 71 every three years to check for signs of cancer, but can currently only be performed by female staff. The Society of Radiographers (SoR)...
Military planners have been called in to help tackle mounting piles of rubbish on Birmingham’s streets following a month-long strike by refuse workers. Unite union members have been on an all-out strike since 11 March is a row over pay, leading to thousands of tonnes of uncollected rubbish and the city council declaring a major...
Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News Colossal Biosciences Three of the wolf puppies have been named Romulus, Remus and Khaleesi There is a magnificent, snow-white wolf on the cover of Time Magazine today – accompanied by a headline announcing the return of the dire wolf. This now extinct species is possibly most famous for its...
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This story was originally published by The 19th. Republican state legislators unveiled a new effort on Friday to derail the health care network that has helped people in Texas continue accessing abortion years after the Lone Star State banned the procedure. The 43-page bill targets tech companies that allow patients to order abortion pills online...