Fergus Walsh Medical Editor BBC Mary Catchpole is the first person to benefit from a new treatment for a rare condition affecting her family A teenager from Norfolk has become the first patient in Europe to be given a newly licensed treatment which could potentially cure her life-threatening, inherited disorder. Mary Catchpole, 19, lost her...
Rayhan Demytrie BBC South Caucasus correspondent Getty Images Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan faces pivotal elections next year A bitter standoff between Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and the Armenian Apostolic Church has seen mass arrests, allegations of a coup plot, and an extraordinary offer by Armenia’s leader to reveal his private parts to prove he...
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...
EPA Retailer Co-op is to offer its members £10 off a minimum shop of £40 following disruption caused by a recent cyber attack. The grocery chain said it had not yet completely recovered from being targeted by hackers last month, which resulted in a significant amount of customer data being stolen. Although the offer appears...
A project offering support for foster families has been described as being like an “extended family”. Foster for Plymouth, a service run by the city council, said its mockingbird programme provided families with peer support, social activities and respite care in the form of sleepovers. Foster parent and project leader Lydia Oliver said she had...
The FBI has offered a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a man seen throwing rocks at ICE vehicles. In case you missed it Saturday, here’s the video. Felon that should be charged with attempted murder, hurls rocks at Border Patrol and unmarked Federal vehicles leaving Paramount California. pic.twitter.com/sXO5MvrU8p — Kevin Dalton...
Zelensky was asked to leave the White House in February after a public exchange with Trump in the Oval Office, in which the American told the Ukrainian to show more gratitude for the United States’ help in peace talks. Asked whether Trump would change his opinion on the war in his homeland, Usyk said: “I...
Ronaldo posted on social media that “the chapter is over” following Al-Nassr’s final league game of the season in May, leading to speculation he was set for a move. However, sources have told BBC Sport that the club are confident of extending Ronaldo’s deal. Speaking before Portugal’s Nations League final against Spain on Sunday (20:00...
Late-night party goers and night-owls in Exeter will now be able to take advantage of new trial night buses home. The services running out of Exeter are being launched by Stagecoach South West starting on Saturday 31 May. They are part of nine new Nightbus services across Exeter, Torbay, Plymouth and North Devon, thanks to...
This essay is an excerpt from No Cop City, No Cop World: Lessons from the Movement, edited by Kamau Franklin, Micah Herskind and Mariah Parker, Copyright © 2025. This text was originally published by Haymarket Books and has been reprinted here with permission. Community Movement Builders (CMB) was formed in 2015 as a mass-based Black...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is ready to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin “personally” in Istanbul on Thursday for talks over ending the war. His post came shortly after Donald Trump demanded Ukraine agree to Putin’s offer of direct talks between the two countries in Turkey. “There is no point in prolonging the killings....
The US government is offering migrants who are in the country illegally a sum worth $1,000 (£751) and paid travel if they decide to leave the US. “Self-deportation is the best, safest and most cost-effective way to leave the United States to avoid arrest,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in Monday’s announcement. Those who...
El Salvador’s president has offered to repatriate 252 Venezuelans deported by the US and imprisoned in his country – if Venezuela releases the same number of political prisoners. Nayib Bukele appealed directly to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a post on social media. He said many of the Venezuelan deportees had committed “rape and murder”,...
Despite the self-imposed chaos disrupting the federal government, public health watchdogs say the Trump administration’s strategy for axing pollution protections on behalf of its allies in wealthy industries is more sophisticated than what was seen during the president’s first term. Advocates for communities overburdened by industrial pollution and the impacts of climate change say years...
Alison Holt Social affairs editor Getty Images After years of argument and dispute about the meaning of gender, the watchword of Wednesday’s Supreme Court ruling has to be clarity. Equality law has been made clear with the unambiguous statement that the term “woman” refers to a biological woman and does not include biological men who...