The funny, kind, 12-year-old who took a fatal overdose
Eleanor Lawrie and Michael Buchanan Social affairs, BBC news Rachel Halliwell When 12-year-old Semina Halliwell was lying in hospital, she asked the consultant if she was going to die. Semina…
Lava and smoke emerge from a snowy Mount Etna
Drone footage shows Europe’s tallest volcano spewing smoke and lava on a snow-capped Mount Etna. Lava and ash emissions have increased in the last few days, primarily from the summit…
Parents of freed Hamas hostages give details of ordeal
Orly Gilboa says her daughter Daniella was only properly fed in the months before release. Parents of four young female Israeli hostages freed from Hamas captivity in Gaza have told…
Three guilty of targeting family
Reuters Michael Schumacher has not been seen since he suffered serious brain injuries in a ski accident in 2013 Three men have been convicted by a German court of trying…
Trump’s call with Putin will force Ukraine and allies into tough choices
Jeremy Bowen International Editor Reporting fromKyiv, Ukraine Reuters America is under new management. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky is joining a growing list of US allies who are finding that the…
Clive Myrie finds corridors filled with patients at London hospital
The BBC has spent a day inside the Royal Free Hospital in north London to find out how the NHS is coping after intense, annual winter pressures. At the hospital,…
Trans doctor had the ‘right’ to use women’s room
BBC Esther Davidson led the initial stages of the investigation into Dr Beth Upton’s complaint A transgender doctor had the right to use a female changing room under a health…
Inside the Royal Free – what it tells us about the NHS
Nick Triggle, Hugh Pym, Chloe Hayward, Vicki Loader & Jim Reed BBC News BBC News The BBC has been reporting live from the Royal Free Hospital in London to illustrate…
Jeff Bezos space firm Blue Origin to cut a tenth of jobs
Blue Origin, the rocket company owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is reportedly laying off almost 1,400 employees, about 10% of its workforce. The job cuts signal a pivot for…
MPs call for crackdown on booing and jeering in Commons
Sam Francis Political reporter House of Commons/Reuters Parliament should crack down on booing and jeering in the House of Commons to make debates more accessible, a committee of MPs has…