Elena BaileyHealth reporter Lottie Doyle Over the years, Lottie says she has found ways to try to better manage her misophonia Lottie is looking forward to spending time with her family this Christmas, but says one of the only ways she’ll manage to get through it is by wearing her earplugs – especially during Christmas … Read more
Adam Eleyand Michael Buchanan,Social affairs correspondent Family photo Chris and Ruth Stone-Houghton died at their Portsmouth home in September 2022 The children of a man who killed his wife in a psychotic episode, before taking his own life, have told the BBC they do not blame their father for what happened. Chris and Ruth Stone-Houghton … Read more
Around 40 students from Kakkat Government Higher Secondary School, Nileshwaram, were hospitalised due to suspected food poisoning after returning from an excursion to Wayanad on Saturday (November 22, 2025). The students, all from the upper primary section, were admitted to the Nileswaram Taluk Hospital and other private hospitals. Four teachers who accompanied them also sought … Read more
BBC Kaylie Bailey contracted botulism after being given illegal Botox An aesthetic beautician left one woman fighting for her life and several others seriously ill in hospital after injecting them with Toxpia, an illegal Botox-type anti-wrinkle treatment. As the BBC names the woman behind the jabs, two of her victims share their stories. The patch … Read more
Roisin Wilshaw Brian Rooney with his mother Isobel Benson – he collapsed at the doors of the Royal Victoria Hospital after being rushed there by his parents The mother of a Belfast man, who collapsed outside a hospital, said she was shocked when a 999 call handler told her he should take painkillers as they … Read more
As many as 31 students of Mahatma Jyothiba Phule Telangana BC Welfare Residential School and Junior College for girls at Sharmanagar in Karimnagar fell ill, allegedly after having dinner in their hostel mess on Monday night. They were admitted to the Government General Hospital in the town after they complained of vomiting and abdominal pain … Read more
BBC Nik Ward is disappointed the bill has passed and worries about its implications for vulnerable people Terminally ill people are a step closer to being able to choose when they die after MPs voted to support a proposed change to the law. The right to an assisted death will be granted to people with … Read more
Students of a government college, who fell sick due to suspected food poisoning after having dinner at their hostel, being brought to a hospital for treatment, in Latur, Maharashtra, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024. Nearly 50 female students were hospitalised for suspected food poisoning. | Photo Credit: PTI All 54 female students who were admitted … Read more
5 hours ago By Sophie Law, Charlotte Andrews & Marcus White, BBC News PA Media Hamish had neuroblastoma and was given three months to live A mother has admitted giving her terminally ill seven-year-old son a large dose of morphine to stop his suffering and “quietly end his life”. Antonya Cooper, from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, said her son … Read more
23 minutes ago Zhara Simpson,Ammar Ebrahim BBC Route one has been approved by Jersey’s States Assembly Jersey politicians have voted to approve plans to allow assisted dying for those with a terminal illness “causing unbearable suffering”. The States Assembly has been debating two routes through which people who have lived in Jersey for longer than … Read more