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...
Hmmm. Earlier today, rumors swirled that Donald Trump told Benjamin Netanyahu that he wanted to end not just the war with Iran but all of the conflicts in the region. Nothing firm emerged yet from those rumors, but this video message from the Israeli PM certainly sounds as though Netanyahu may be looking for the...
A rare Arctic rescue button was sold at auction on Tuesday for £6,000, which was 10 times its pre-sale estimate. Auctioneer Brian Goodison-Blanks, of Bearnes, Hampton and Littlewood in Exeter, said only three other examples of this type of button were known to exist in the Smithsonian Institute and private collections. The Arctic rescue button...
Georgina Rannard Science correspondent Reporting fromNatural History Museum, London Gwyndaf Hughes/BBC News The full name of the new species is Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae dinosaur Gwyndaf Hughes Science videographer A labrador-sized dinosaur was wrongly categorised when it was found and is actually a new species, scientists have discovered. Its new name is Enigmacursor – meaning puzzling runner...
A British aircraft carrier has docked in Singapore on a rare Pacific deployment which will see it call on Australia, Japan, Korea and take part in several multinational exercises. HMS Prince of Wales’ visit comes weeks after two Chinese aircraft carriers concluded simultaneous drills in the region, in an unprecedented move prompting Japan’s protest. The...
A rare copy of the first complete translation of the Bible into Welsh, printed in 1588, will go on display in Wales for the first time. The book was translated in the year of the Spanish Armada – when Elizabeth I was monarch – by Bishop William Morgan as part of an effort to bring...
Amazon World Zoo Park The Pygmy Slow Loris can be found in the Twilight area of the Zoo A zoo is celebrating the birth of rare and endangered pygmy slow loris twins. The tiny mammals were born at Amazon World Zoo Park on the Isle of Wight, to parents Lapek and Ramina, a breeding pair...
Lewis Adams BBC News, Essex Rob Smith Fiona Hutchings was “amazed” to find the forester moth while doing a botany recording A wildlife enthusiast popped open the bubbly after finding an extremely rare moth last seen more than 50 years ago. Fiona Hutchings, 47, said jaws around her dropped when the “flash of green” that...
Amanda has spoken to one other parent whose daughter had the condition and died at the age of two Jack is one of only 16 children in the world with a life-limiting genetic condition that is so rare it doesn’t have a name. The 11-month-old has a mutation of the PPFIBP1 gene which means he...
Eve Watson BBC News, South West Dravet Syndrome UK Lucy Murphy’s family said it was a “miracle” she had been able to take part in a walking challenge A woman has completed a challenge to walk 5km a day during the month of May in order to raise funds and awareness of the rare condition...
In a world first, wildlife researchers have snapped and published a photo of one of the most endangered African animals – a rare and relatively unknown antelope called the Upemba Lechwe. Researchers carried out an aerial survey in the Kamalondo Depression, an area in southern Democratic Republic of Congo, which spotted just 10 of the...
What happened? Your guess is as good as mine. The Supreme Court isn’t explaining how it got to a 4-4 tie in OK Charter School Board v Drummond, except to remind everyone that Justice Amy Coney Barrett recused herself. The Supreme Court only offers an explanation of the effect of the 4-4 tie in its...
A Devon charity has been awarded a large grant to help protect and restore an ecologically important area of marshy grassland. The Shallowford Farm Trust on Dartmoor provides children from inner-city areas with the chance to experience life on East Shallowford Farm. The trust has secured a grant of £227,166 from the Heritage Lottery Fund...
EBU Céline Dion filmed a message to mark Eurovision returning to Switzerland for the first time since she won the 1988 contest Céline Dion made a rare appearance during the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest with a brief, pre-recorded message. The star won the contest for Switzerland in 1988, and it had been...
Baxter says he is “really looking forward to pre-season” as he tries to put the worst campaign in Exeter’s recent history behind him. Sunday’s victory was just Exeter’s fourth in the league this season – although as with the win over Saracens in January, it came against a side shorn of its international stars. Chiefs...