Poorer maternity care may be one explanation. zulufoto/ Shutterstock Black women are four times more likely to die while pregnant or just after childbirth than white women, according to the latest figures published by Mbrrace – a national programme whichContinue Reading
vasekk/Shutterstock Fruit flies can be truly annoying when they are buzzing around your living room or landing in your wine. But we have much to thank these tiny nuisances for – they revolutionised biological and medical science. Flies and mosquitoesContinue Reading
R ishi Sunak will speak out about his pledge to end small boat Channel crossings and tackle the asylum backlog as he comes under pressure over Conservative migration pledges. In a speech in Kent on Monday, the Prime Minister will give anContinue Reading
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B oris Johnson will not be restricted over what he can tell the Covid Inquiry despite being warned that he could lose public funding for legal advice if he tries to “frustrate or undermine” the Government’s position, a senior ministerContinue Reading
A man who was wanted for trial in the Republic of Ireland in relation to an assault in Fermoy, County Cork, has been arrested by the Police Service of Northern Ireland. The 36-year-old was detained under an international warrant byContinue Reading
G MB union general secretary Gary Smith said Labour’s policies “are going to create a cliff edge with oil and gas extraction from the North Sea”. Speaking on Sky News on Sunday morning after shadow business secretary Jonathan Reynolds defendedContinue Reading
M ore than 2,600 NHS staff in Scotland have been forced to take time off due to long Covid, new figures show. Freedom of information requests by the Scottish Liberal Democrats revealed at least 2,603 doctors, nurses and midwives wereContinue Reading
H umza Yousaf has accused Scottish Labour of “hubris”, claiming they believe they have already won the next general election. Scotland’s First Minister kicked off a summer of campaigning in his Glasgow Pollok constituency on Saturday, saying the SNP wouldContinue Reading
B oris Johnson has been warned he could lose public funding for legal advice if he tries to “frustrate or undermine” the Government’s position on the Covid-19 inquiry. Cabinet Office lawyers told him that money would “cease to be available”Continue Reading
