Entries by BBC News

Trying to stay alive in a town of despair

How a team of former addicts are trying to stop others from becoming "deaths of despair" in Blackpool.

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What is the infected blood scandal?

Thousands were infected with HIV and hepatitis C in the worst treatment disaster in NHS history.

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Need an op? The hospitals with the worst waits

BBC News analysis reveals wide variation across England in waits for planned hospital treatment.

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Need an op? The hospitals with the worst waits

BBC News analysis reveals wide variation across England in waits for planned hospital treatment.

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Different measure to BMI may spot childhood obesity better, study says

Researchers who have studied thousands of children suggest a new measure could be more accurate.

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Vicky Pattison: Why I’d donate my frozen eggs

The reality TV star tells the BBC why she plans to donate any eggs she doesn't use.

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Reality TV star Vicky Pattison: Why I’d donate my frozen eggs

The reality TV star tells the BBC why she plans to donate any eggs she doesn't use.

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‘Man in the iron lung’ Paul Alexander dies at 78

Paul Alexander worked as a lawyer and lived for decades in a metal cylinder which breathed for him.

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‘Man in the iron lung’ Paul Alexander dies at 78

Paul Alexander worked as a lawyer and lived for decades in a metal cylinder which breathed for him.

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Drakeford likens Johnson to absent football manager during Covid

The outgoing first minister criticised the former prime minister's leadership during the pandemic.

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