Criticised Morecambe Bay NHS trust claimed £2m for ‘good care’ provision

Criticised Morecambe Bay NHS trust claimed £2m for ‘good care’ provision

Michael Buchanan Social affairs correspondent, BBC News PA Media Ida Lock died a week after she suffered serious brain injuries around the time of her delivery An NHS trust criticised over the avoidable death of a newborn baby was paid £2m for providing good maternity care, the BBC can reveal. A senior coroner ruled on … Read more

Margate: Visitors flock to visit free sauna at Walpole Bay

Margate: Visitors flock to visit free sauna at Walpole Bay

Cash Murphy BBC News, South East Ian Palmer/BBC The sauna has been permanently located at Walpole Bay in Margate since 2020 A free-to-use sauna in Kent has become a “real community hub” due to its accessibility, its manager has said. In 2014, the company People Care. Planet Care – formerly known as Haeckels – launched … Read more

Trump to open detention centre in Guantanamo Bay for ‘worst criminal aliens’

Trump to open detention centre in Guantanamo Bay for ‘worst criminal aliens’

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the Laken Riley Act into law, giving federal authorities broader power to deport immigrants in the US illegally who have been accused of crimes. He also announced at the ceremony that his administration planned to send the “worst criminal aliens” to a detention centre in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The … Read more

LAX/Low pressure area that has formed over Bay of Bengal on October 14 sets the stage for widespread rainfall over TN

LAX/Low pressure area that has formed over Bay of Bengal on October 14 sets the stage for widespread rainfall over TN

A low-pressure area that formed over the southeast Bay of Bengal during the early hours of Monday (October 14, 2024) would set the stage for widespread rainfall over north Tamil Nadu and herald the onset of the Northeast monsoon over the State. The Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai, has forecast heavy rainspells, set to begin over … Read more

Low pressure area over the Bay of Bengal moves northeast wards, likely to become a depression

Low pressure area over the Bay of Bengal moves northeast wards, likely to become a depression

According to the Regional Meteorological Centre, the low pressure area is likely to move northeastwards, intensify further and reach northeast & adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal by Friday, May 23 evening. File photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Low Pressure Area (LPA) over southwest and adjoining westcentral Bay of Bengal moved northeastwards and lies over westcentral … Read more

How India trains a silent army of public health workers to keep outbreaks at bay

How India trains a silent army of public health workers to keep outbreaks at bay

Have you ever wondered how a country or State collates data about a disease outbreak? Or how a nation calculates the number of persons who are infected or affected by a disease ? Or how an outbreak is prevented? A silent, diligent army of men and women works daily to collect information about diseases in … Read more

New weather system in the Bay of Bengal to impact north coastal belt this weekend

New weather system in the Bay of Bengal to impact north coastal belt this weekend

The check dam on Kudaganar river near Dindigul witnessed heavy flow on Wednesday thanks to the recent rain. | Photo Credit: G. Karthikeyan A low-pressure area that is likely to form over the Southeast Bay of Bengal by Thursday is expected to intensify into a depression around Saturday. This would increase the rainfall over Tamil … Read more

Covid: How to keep the virus at bay this Christmas

Covid: How to keep the virus at bay this Christmas

By David ShukmanBBC science editor image copyrightGetty Images Christmas is coming but how can you celebrate it without giving the unwelcome gift of coronavirus? Cosy rooms packed with people, chatting, laughing, even singing, and sharing food and drink for hours are the norm for the festive season. Unfortunately, almost everything that’s great for lifting our … Read more