Batten disease girl given custom-made drug
Image copyright Boston Children's Hospital A girl with a deadly brain disease has been given a unique drug that was...
Month: October 2019
Kevin McAleenan: US Homeland Security chief steps down
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionTrump's border chief was hounded off stage - a legitimate protest or...
SNP MSP says election win ‘could be independence mandate’
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Alex Neil is a former health secretary in the Scottish government An SNP victory...
‘I’m proud my son is storing 1,000 bricks in my garden’
As Donna Heuerman looks out of her window every morning, she sees row upon row of bricks lined up in...
BYU to start black QB for first time in its history
3:58 PM ET For the first time in its nearly 100 years of participation in college football, BYU will start...
Transfer Talk: Man City, United to battle for Benfica’s Dias
7:24 PM ET Liam Wheeler The transfer windows in Europe's top leagues are closed, but it's never too late to...
The bag-designing man on Birmingham’s streets
A homeless man has sold more than 200 of his self-designed canvas shopping bags. Kev, 44, from Bloxwich, West Midlands,...
Tacko Fall: The tallest man in the NBA
The 7ft 5in Senegalese rookie only started playing basketball six years ago and is already breaking records.He's been signed by...
Why I went public about being raped, 67 years later
Prominent Ghanaian journalist, BBC columnist and former government minister Elizabeth Ohene recently wrote about her experience of being sexually abused...
Amazon fires: What’s the latest in Brazil?
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionIn 2018, the BBC visited Brazil's highly biodiverse Cerrado, which is being...
Canelo: No GGG 3; Derevyanchenko won fight
4:57 PM ET Middleweight world champion Canelo Alvarez is preparing for his move up to light heavyweight to challenge for...
Canelo: No GGG 3, especially after disputed win
4:57 PM ET Middleweight world champion Canelo Alvarez is preparing for his move up to light heavyweight to challenge for...
Dove Cameron: ‘Difficult being a young girl these days’
Dove Cameron, who stars in the latest Disney's Descendants film, describes the difficulty of balancing her own personality with people's...
Hammed Animashaun: ‘I was the only clown in the family’
Image copyright Marc Brenner Image caption Hammed Animashaun (front) in Barber Shop Chronicles - the performance he's "most proud of"...
England’s libraries and museums get share of £250m boost
Image copyright PA Media Image caption The National Railway Museum in York - currently home to Stephenson's Rocket - will...
Slow walking at 45 ‘a sign of faster ageing’
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Slow walkers have 'older' brains and bodies, the study found How fast people walk...
Royal National College for the Blind threatened by financial crisis
One of the country's most historic educational centres for young blind people is warning that financial pressures are threatening its...
John Downey: Double murder accused extradited to NI
Image caption John Downey was arrested on suspicion of the murder of two soldiers in 1972 A man wanted in...
