End-of-life care not ‘culturally competent’
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionHospice support for BAME familiesA study has been launched to try to...
Month: June 2019
Gadget Lab Podcast: The Biggest News From E3
This week was E3, the trade show where the biggest names in gaming debut their latest shiny products and software....
Soaring second home ownership hitting young people
Image copyright Corbis / Getty Images The number of British people who own a second home, buy-to-let or overseas property...
Hong Kong extradition row: Will it damage its star status?
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption People took to the streets this week in Hong Kong to protest against proposed...
Deadly Ebola outbreak ‘not global threat’
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe BBC's Anne Soy reports from the Uganda-DR Congo borderThe World Health...
Sussex Partnership NHS Trust fined for failing Lewes Prison inmate
Image copyright Family photo Image caption Jamie Osborne's mother Jackie Curtis said his death had torn her apart A mental...
Largest world stock of animal-killing virus destroyed by UK lab
Image copyright Pirbright Institute Image caption The rinderpest virus, shown here infecting a cell, is highly contagious in cattle Scientists...
Two more hospital patients die in sandwich listeria outbreak
Image copyright Getty Images Two more hospital patient deaths have been linked to an outbreak of listeria in pre-packed sandwiches...
Pope warns oil bosses of climate threat
Image copyright Reuters The Pope has told oil company bosses that climate change threatens the future of the "human family"....
Metal traders banned from workday boozing
Image copyright LME The days of long, booze-fuelled City lunches appear to be nearing an end as the London Metal...
What Is Ray Tracing? The Latest Gaming Buzzword Explained
Do you like games? Do you like jargon? Well then you’ll love ambient occlusion, morphological anti-aliasing, adaptive vertical synchronization, and...
Abortions high ‘shows need for contraception access’
Image copyright Getty Images There were more than 200,000 abortions in England and Wales last year - the highest number...
Contaminated blood: What caused the NHS scandal?
Image copyright PA The infection of up to 30,000 people with contaminated blood has been called the biggest treatment disaster...
Tattoo parlours pose infection risk, warn health experts
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Procedures which involving piercing the skin are an infection risk Shops offering tattoos and...
Grenfell Tower: Hundreds of buildings still have ‘unsafe’ cladding
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Seventy two people died in the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017 More than 200...
Bank Holiday change will ‘cost calendar maker £200,000’
Image caption "Bad May" written across one of the May 2020 pages to be replaced Changing the date of next...
‘Harmful’ gender stereotypes in adverts banned
Image copyright Getty Images A ban on adverts featuring "harmful gender stereotypes" or those which are likely to cause "serious...
Greenpeace rig protest brought to an end
Image caption A helicopter arriving at the rig The occupation of an oil rig by Greenpeace protesters has been brought...
