A scheme to support GPs to provide care and advice to patients which avoids them joining long NHS hospital waiting lists is being expanded in England, the government says. GPs will work more closely with specialists to access expert advice quickly for patients with conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome, menopause symptoms and ear infections....
Every spring for the past six years, millions of people tune in to a round-the-clock livestream of moose on the move in northern Sweden. “The Great Moose Migration” tracks the animals as they swim across the Angerman River and make their annual journey toward greener, summer pastures. This year’s 24-hour programme from SVT Play, the...
Ellen Knight BBC Radio Shropshire BBC Reverend Pippa White is the curate for Fauls, Tilstock, and Whitchurch – and a rising star on TikTok Pippa White is 29 years old. Like many woman her age, she enjoys Taylor Swift’s music, plays rugby and makes TikTok videos in her spare time. The one difference? She is...
Workers have been told to hurry home, classes have been suspended and outdoor events have been cancelled as northern China braces for extreme winds this weekend. Millions have been urged to stay indoors, with some state media outlets warning that people weighing less than 50kg (110lbs) may be “easily blown away”. Winds reaching 150kph (93mph)...
Anna Meisel & Paul Kenyon BBC File On 4 Investigates Getty Images The Environment Agency (EA) has launched a comprehensive review into shipments of waste tyres from the UK to India. Last week, BBC File on 4 Investigates heard that millions of these tyres – sent for recycling – were actually being “cooked” in makeshift...
Universities could face multi-million-pound fines for breaches of freedom of speech rules, the Office for Students (OfS) said. The University of Sussex was fined £585,000 after the OfS said its equality policy – which includes rules to “positively represent trans people” – could prevent staff and students voicing opposing views. Sussex was investigated after Prof...
The Social Security benefits of millions of people in the United States are at risk as the Trump administration institutes drastic changes billed as “anti-fraud” measures, but which critics say are aimed at weakening the popular program and potentially laying the groundwork to privatize it. The Social Security Administration has already shuttered dozens of offices...
Anna Meisel and Paul Kenyon BBC File on 4 Investigates Getty The UK ends up with about 50 million waste tyres in need of recycling every year Millions of tyres being sent from the UK to India for recycling are actually being “cooked” in makeshift furnaces causing serious health problems and huge environmental damage, the...
The Social Security Administration will no longer allow phone verification, starting on March 31. On Tuesday, the Social Security Administration (SSA) introduced new measures aimed at curbing alleged fraud in the program — changes that will invariably make it harder for millions of Americans to apply for benefits or update their information, advocates for beneficiaries...
The sweeping U.S. cuts to foreign aid are potentially killing thousands of people a day due to factors like starvation and disease, a new report finds — after “shadow president” Elon Musk has claimed that “no one” has died to the supposed “brief pause” on aid funding that the administration is seemingly seeking to make...