How Dame Deborah James helped save a mum’s life

How Dame Deborah James helped save a mum’s life

A mother-of-three has shared how Deborah James helped save her life from bowel cancer. Lyndsey Ainscough, from Leigh in Greater Manchester, was diagnosed with stage 3 cancer after experiencing symptoms for a number of months. She told BBC Breakfast she sought medical attention after seeing bowel cancer campaigner Dame Deborah on TV. Mrs Ainscough was … Read more

How Michael Sheen helped to uncover a dark environmental secret

How Michael Sheen helped to uncover a dark environmental secret

2 hours ago By Rosie Mercer, BBC News Getty Images The actor Michael Sheen described what he discovered as “extraordinary” Michael Sheen was relaxing at his Los Angeles home when something caught his eye on Wikipedia. It was a single line about a man named Douglas Gowan, who had discovered dangerously high levels of a toxic chemical … Read more

Efficient management helped Kerala overcome fiscal pressures, says K.N. Balagopal

Efficient management helped Kerala overcome fiscal pressures, says K.N. Balagopal

Efficient financial management and a record increase in the State’s own revenues helped Kerala withstand fiscal pressures in the 2023-24 fiscal, Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal said on Saturday. Speaking to reporters here after visiting the treasury on Saturday, the last working day of the 2023-24 fiscal, Mr. Balagopal said the government had made payments to … Read more

A pioneering law that helped to open libraries across the State of Madras

A pioneering law that helped to open libraries across the State of Madras

The Connemara Public Library, established in 1860, became the first ever public library in 1896. After the Act came into force, it became the State Central Library on April 1, 1950.  | Photo Credit: R. RAGU The Anna Centenary Library (right), inaugurated by Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi on September 15, 2010, is also the State … Read more

Covid Inquiry: Brexit helped prepare government for pandemic, says Gove

Covid Inquiry: Brexit helped prepare government for pandemic, says Gove

“I would argue the skills acquired, honed and refined during EU exit prep helped us not only to have an organisational system better in dealing with process – but to have a cadre of people who’d been through an intense process that enhanced the ability to respond,” he told the inquiry. Source link