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'I'm still haunted that he died alone': The last voices of the Covid inquiry

Fri, 03/06/2026 - 07:52
Bereaved families have the final say as the Covid inquiry completes three years of public hearings.
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'I'm still haunted that he died alone': The last voices of the Covid inquiry

Fri, 03/06/2026 - 07:52
Bereaved families have the final say as the Covid inquiry completes three years of public hearings.
Categories: World News

'Moment of reckoning' needed in social care, says Louise Casey

Thu, 03/05/2026 - 20:49
The chair of the independent commission on social care recommends introducing a full-time dementia tsar, and new fast-track passport system for people diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND).
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Covid inquiry chair defends £200m cost and four-year process on final day

Thu, 03/05/2026 - 20:04
Baroness Heather Hallett said completing the hearings in under four years was an achievement but critics have questioned its cost.
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Woman reveals pain of living with endometriosis

Thu, 03/05/2026 - 15:34
"People have horrendous periods and think they just have to live with it... [but] you don’t," she says.
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Woman reveals pain of living with endometriosis

Thu, 03/05/2026 - 15:34
"People have horrendous periods and think they just have to live with it... [but] you don’t," she says.
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Dentists return £900m for not seeing NHS patients

Thu, 03/05/2026 - 11:12
Sum represents £1 out of every £7 they have been given by NHS as dentists opt to chase private work.
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'My son can now enjoy life': Children with severe form of epilepsy helped by new drug

Thu, 03/05/2026 - 01:06
Families say the groundbreaking medicine is transforming the lives of children with Dravet syndrome.
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Pregnant women's brains shed grey matter to prime them for motherhood, study suggests

Wed, 03/04/2026 - 10:05
It is time to move beyond the “baby brain” cliche, say scientists who scanned dozens of women’s brains.
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