Anna Collinson, Jo Adnitt & Hannah KarpelBBC News Investigations Supplied A worker photographed by a patient who said they were sleeping during a one-on-one observation Staff at a specialist eating disorder unit have been photographed sleeping when they should have been looking after patients who were at risk of harming themselves. There were multiple “unsafe”…
Joanne WrittleHealth correspondent, BBC West Midlands Family picture Thomas and Ewa Hender have two children, with the younger receiving the middle name Aubrey, in memory of his late brother A couple whose son was stillborn have criticised health bosses for taking a year and a half to release a report about stillbirth rates in the…
Nicola GoodwinBBC Midlands Investigations BBC Sports groups in England are hoping to use the success of the England Women’s team to keep youngsters, like these in Worcester, playing their sport A million teenage girls are giving up sport because of deep-rooted negative attitudes – but could the England Women’s Rugby World Cup victory change that?…
The Republican budget reconciliation package, signed into law on July 4th, will—for the first time—require some individuals enrolled in Medicaid to meet work requirements as a condition of eligibility. When implemented by January 2027 (or sooner at state option), adults enrolled through the Medicaid expansion and certain adults enrolled in Medicaid waiver programs in Wisconsin…
Published September 29, 2025 Louise Trotter’s debut at Bottega Veneta was the standout show at Milan Fashion Week. That’s according to Simon Longland, director of buying – fashion at Harrods. See fashion showBottega Veneta – Spring-Summer2026 – Womenswear – Italie – Milan – ©Launchmetrics/spotlight He said the “debut felt strong, assured, and already deeply in…
Nick TriggleHealth correspondent BBC Three years ago, a fashion editor friend returned from Milan Fashion Week bursting with a story to tell. Most fashion editors stayed at the same hotel, she explained, and each bedroom had its own mini fridge. After checking out, en route to the airport, a stylist in her party cried out…
Published September 29, 2025 Net-a-Porter founder Natalie Massenet and her ex-partner Erik Torstensson (co-founder of Frame) have ended a messy lawsuit in which damaging allegations had been made. Photo: Pixabay They told US publication Page Six that “the parties are pleased that all of the unfortunate litigation between them has been withdrawn”. Massenet had said…
When a woman becomes pregnant, the outcome of that pregnancy depends on many things — including a crucial event that happened while she was still growing inside her own mother’s womb. It depends on the quality of the egg cells that were already forming inside her fetal ovaries. The DNA-containing chromosomes in those cells must…
Physicists in Australia and Britain have reshaped quantum uncertainty to sidestep the restriction imposed by the famous Heisenberg uncertainty principle – a result that could underpin future ultra-precise sensor technology used in navigation, medicine and astronomy. The Heisenberg uncertainty principle, introduced in 1927, says that you can’t know certain pairs of properties – such as…
Published September 29, 2025 Debenhams Group has struck a key deal to drive its expansion plan with its brands having launched in the US via Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s and Nordstrom online. Karen Millen The company is taking its “most popular British fashion labels” to America, with Coast, Warehouse, Oasis, Nasty Gal (which was originally an American…
