BBC Two children have been taken to hospital with serious injuries after a tree fell in a park. Essex Police said they were called to Chalkwell Park in Southend-on-Sea shortly before 15:00 BST on Saturday. This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please visit the source link below...
Reuters Carrie Johnson, wife of former prime minister Boris Johnson, gave birth to her fourth child in May Carrie Johnson has warned mums who breastfeed to make sure they eat and drink enough in the summer heat, after telling her social media followers that she was admitted to hospital for severe dehydration. The wife of...
Spain midfielder Aitana Bonmati is being treated in hospital for viral meningitis. The 27-year-old, who has won the Ballon d’Or for the past two years, missed the 3-1 friendly win over Japan in Leganes, Spain, on Friday. Euro 2025 in Switzerland starts on Wednesday and Spain play Portugal in their opening Group B game in...
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...
“Another appalling attack” on a hospital in Sudan has seen more than 40 people killed, many of them children and medics, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. “We cannot say this louder,” wrote Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on X on Tuesday, “attacks on health must stop everywhere!” Al-Mujlad Hospital was struck on...
A woman has been taken to hospital after a crash on the bridge between Devon and Cornwall. The single-vehicle crash happened near to the toll booths on the Plymouth side of the Tamar Bridge shortly before 10:00 BST, Devon and Cornwall Police said. The force said a woman had been taken to hospital as a...
Lucy Williamson Middle East correspondent Reporting fromReporting from Beersheba AFP The Soroka hospital in Beersheba was hit by an Iranian strike on Thursday, although Iran denies targeting it Black smoke was still billowing from the middle of the Soroka Medical Center when we arrived, several hours after Iran’s attack on the building. Pieces of twisted...
Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappe is in hospital with gastroenteritis after missing their Club World Cup opener against Al-Hilal. Real drew 1-1 with the Saudi side in Philadelphia on Wednesday, with the club saying Mbappe was missing through illness. But they said on Thursday that he has “acute gastroenteritis” and is in hospital for “various...
The BBC’s Lucy Williamson is outside Soroka Hospital in Beersheba, in the south of the country, as emergency workers assess the scene. Read full article at source...
A hospital in the Israeli town of Beersheba has been hit by an Iranian missile on the seventh day of the conflict between the two countries. Iran said the strike had targeted a military site close to the hospital, not the facility itself. At least 89 people were injured in the overnight attacks – which...
A motorcycle rider has been taken to hospital following a collision with a deer in Plymouth. Devon and Cornwall Police said officers were called to the crash on the westbound side of the A38 near Manadon, at about 20:50 BST on Tuesday. The force said the man suffered minor injuries but the deer, which had...
Getty Images Patients who film their own medical treatment for TikTok or Instagram could be putting themselves and NHS staff at risk, the Society of Radiographers (SoR) has warned. The trade union’s annual conference heard that more patients were videoing their procedures on mobile phones, often without asking permission. This could distract staff or make...
Australia batter Steve Smith has been taken to hospital for an X-ray on a compound dislocation of the little finger on his right hand, sustained on day three of the World Test Championship final. The 36-year-old suffered the injury when he dropped a catch off the bowling of left-arm quick Mitchell Starc while fielding in...
The backlog in routine hospital treatments in England has reached its lowest level for two years. Data for the end of April showed the waiting list dropped to 7.39 million, down from 7.42 million in March. But it is nine years since the NHS has met its target of 92% of patients being seen in...
The former Scunthorpe United, Sligo Rovers, Motherwell and Northern Ireland manager became Thistle’s first sporting director in April and oversaw the appointment of Mark Wilson, who had been interim co-head coach, as team boss. Speaking to the club website, Baraclough thanked the surgeons and staff at the Wellkin Hospital, Mauritius, “for their exceptional care” and...