Clean energy's share of world's electricity reaches 40%, report says
More clean electricity was generated in 2024 but there was a rise in the amount of coal and gas burnt too.
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Inside Health
James Gallagher and the panel consider if an assisted death can guarantee a peaceful end.
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Fake: Russian Forces Attacked Restaurant with NATO Troops in Kryvyi Rih
On 4 April 2025, Russian forces launched a ballistic missile attack on a residential area in Kryvyi Rih. The missile, equipped with a cluster warhead, landed near a children’s playground, causing heavy civilian casualties. Twenty people were killed, nine of them children. Video footage from the restaurant, which was also damaged in the strike, clearly […]
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How a surgeon tried to avoid justice for years after stabbing colleague
Jonathan Peter Brooks tried to manipulate the forensic process, prison staff and the courts, a judge says.
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The English neighbourhood that claims to hold the secret to fixing the NHS
With public satisfaction in the NHS just 21%, one area has a plan to shake up its services that could reduce GP waiting lists, as well as unblock hospital beds - but can it really work nationwide?
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'A little miracle': First baby born in UK to woman with transplanted womb
Grace Davidson gave birth to a baby girl two years after her sister's womb was transplanted into her body.
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'My long Covid turned out to be terminal cancer'
Olivia Knowles noticed something "wasn't quite correct" while competing in an ironman competition.
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'My long Covid turned out to be terminal cancer'
Olivia Knowles noticed something "wasn't quite correct" while competing in an ironman competition.
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It's only early April and north India is bracing for extreme heat
India's weather department has issued a yellow alert for parts for northern India until Wednesday.
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Second child dies of measles as Texas outbreak worsens
Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr is reportedly headed to the state, which has recorded 480 cases.
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'The NHS can't tell me where my job will be'
Health bosses are accused of keeping resident doctors in the dark about their first position.
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New device gives female patients more dignity
A urinary bottle initially designed for men has been adapted to work for women in hospital.
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Wellbeing strategy aims to increase life expectancy
A public consultation on the project by Epsom and Ewell Borough Council will run until 16 May.
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Why men are so unhealthy - and what can be done
Men are more likely to die prematurely than women - and worse at seeking care when they need it.
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Why men are so unhealthy - and what can be done
Men are more likely to die prematurely than women - and worse at seeking care when they need it.
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Fake: Ukraine Seeks to Buy Uranium from Niger to Develop Nuclear Weapons
This claim, made by propagandists citing African media, is false – mainly because Defence Minister Rustem Umerov did not visit Niger in November 2023. Moreover, by the end of 2024, the French company Orano had lost control of uranium mining in Niger, and the country’s main uranium buyers are now Russia and China. Russian media […]
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Woman contacted by stranger on DNA site - and the truth about her birth unravelled
An NHS trust has paid compensation after a woman, now in her 70s, discovered she had been swapped at birth.
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Chance of asteroid hitting Moon increases slightly
Asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t hit Earth but now has a 3.8% chance of striking the Moon.
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Brazil to host Prince William's Earthshot Prize
The climate prize ceremony will come just before Brazil hosts the COP30 climate summit in November.
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'I could live 30 years but plan to die': How assisted dying law is dividing Canadians
BBC News reports on assisted dying in Canada, where some say it's now easier to choose to die than get support to live
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