Young people will be hit hardest by successive governments’ failure to focus on financial and societal challenges caused by an ageing population, a House of Lords report has suggested. They will need to plan and prepare to work longer and save more from a much earlier age, the economic affairs committee said. The report also … Read more
Alexander StevanovicEssex Fiona Graham Dr Fiona Graham says people use exercise weights, bottles of water under their arms and books to falsify their weight A GP says she has experienced patients putting “weights on their backs” to falsify readings in order to be prescribed weight-loss injections online. Fiona Graham, who runs a private clinic in … Read more
The Punjab Police on Sunday (December 7, 2025) registered an FIR in Amritsar against 16 people, including SGPC’s former chief secretary, in connection with the disappearance of 328 ‘saroops’ (sacred copies) of the Guru Granth Sahib in 2020. The FIR has been registered under sections 295 (injuring or defiling a place of worship or sacred … Read more
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Ruth CleggHealth and Wellbeing reporter BBC In my many years as a journalist, I never thought I would be asking someone how it feels to have trout sperm injected into their face. And yet, here I am. Abby is lying on a large, black padded chair at a small aesthetics clinic in south Manchester. She … Read more
Alison Holt,Social affairs editor, Ewan Somerville and Kate Whannel,Political reporter Getty Images Trans people could be asked about whether they should be accessing single-sex services based on their physical appearance or behaviour, according to proposed new guidance seen by the BBC. A code of practice, produced by the equalities watchdog and awaiting ministerial approval, says … Read more
Esme Stallard,Climate and science reporter, BBC News and Becky Dale and Wesley Stephenson,Senior data journalists, BBC Verify Getty Images Water companies have been ordered to tackle potentially harmful levels of so-called forever chemicals in drinking water sources for more than six million people, the BBC can reveal. Forever chemicals, or PFAS, are a group of … Read more
Congress MP and general secretary Jairam Ramesh. File | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar The Congress on Thursday (October 30, 2025) alleged that crimes against women have reached their peak under the “trouble-engine NDA government” in Bihar and asked what moral right does Prime Minister Narendra Modi have to seek votes from them in the … Read more
Ken BanksNorth east Scotland reporter, Stonehaven Hutchinson family Arlene and son Jack pictured with her late husband Mark Arlene Hutchinson’s husband, Mark, was only 52 when he died unexpectedly last year after suffering two strokes “out of the blue”. Like many couples they had never discussed organ donation but she knew it was what he … Read more
Ruth CleggHealth and wellbeing reporter @hotgirlenhancements The facelift is moving into new territory. A quick search on socials and my feed is inundated with posts from people in their late 20s, 30s, discussing different types of facelift – the mini, the ponytail, the deep plane. Gone are the days when facelifts were reserved for the … Read more