Supreme Court of India. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court on Monday (August 26, 2025) offered a grieving death row convict the facility to virtually participate in the 13th day rituals and prayers for his departed mother, rather than allow him to make the journey from a Surat jail to the “Naxalite” … Read more
Sophie Hutchinson Health correspondent Getty Images A former nurse has lost her High Court challenge against the registration of England’s first private gender clinic for teenagers. Susan Evans, and a mother who asked not to be named, had argued that the health regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) had “acted irrationally” in registering the Gender … Read more
Philippa Goymer BBC North East Investigations BBC Nicola Fairley was given anti-wrinkle injections containing fake Botox and ended up in hospital with botulism In recent weeks, 28 people in the north-east of England have been left with potentially fatal botulism after having anti-wrinkle injections believed to have been fake. Such reactions are usually so rare … Read more
A Tamil Nadu software engineer previously convicted and sentenced to death for the rape and murder of a six-year-old girl in 2017, was acquitted in a separate murder case involving his mother. The verdict was delivered on Tuesday by the Principal District Court in Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu. The accused, Dashwanth, was found guilty of rape … Read more
Ken Banks BBC Scotland, Aberdeen Getty Images The smoking during pregnancy study looked at data from 500,000 people The sons of women who smoke while pregnant experience more long-lasting side effects than their daughters, according to a new study. University of Aberdeen researchers looked at data from 500,000 people around the UK to assess genetic … Read more
A man accused in a murder case who came out of jail on parole killed a woman and her son at Pothundi near Nenmara in Palakkad district of Kerala on Monday (January 27, 2025). Chendamara, an accused undergoing trial for the murder of a woman named Sajita in 2019, hacked to death his neighbour Sudhakaran, … Read more
The latest promos of Bigg Boss 18 have hinted at a dramatic showdown between Chahat Pandey and Eisha Singh’s mothers. The former jokes about Eisha’s closeness with her good friend Shalin Bhanot and how fans believe they are dating. Eisha’s mother immediately cuts her off and reprimands her for tarnishing her daughter’s image. Before entering … Read more
BBC Jodee Seeley with her daughter Alana The mother of a young girl operated on by a disgraced surgeon at a famous London children’s hospital says she should never have been left in his care. Jodee Seeley told BBC Newsnight she was considering legal action after Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), whom she accuses of … Read more
Merope Mills Merope Mills began her campaign after an inquest found a change of care plan could have saved Martha’s life Almost one out of every eight phone calls made under the Martha’s Rule scheme has led to a potentially life-saving change of treatment, NHS England has revealed. The scheme allows rapidly deteriorating patients and … Read more
PA Media Donna Ockenden says the NHS failed to provide safe care for her daughter Phoebe when she was rushed to A&E A leading midwife who has led reviews into care failings in the NHS has criticised the health service for “failing” to give her daughter safe care. Donna Ockenden, from Sussex, says her daughter … Read more