UK death rate ‘reaches record low’

UK death rate ‘reaches record low’

Christine Jeavans Data journalist, BBC Verify Getty Images Improvements in death rates largely reflect better health at older age groups The UK death rate reached a record low last year, according to exclusive analysis carried out for BBC News. Mortality experts looked at death certificates registered in 2024 and found that deaths per head of … Read more

Record £1.6m NHS baby deaths fine ‘follows empty promises’

Record £1.6m NHS baby deaths fine ‘follows empty promises’

Asha Patel BBC News, Nottingham BBC Sarah and Gary Andrews watched as Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust was prosecuted for the second time due to maternity failings The parents of a baby girl who died 23 minutes after being born under the care of an NHS trust have slammed the organisation for “empty promises” … Read more

Nara Devaansh sets world record in chess category

Nara Devaansh sets world record in chess category

IT Minister Nara Lokesh’s nine-year-old son Devaansh has reportedly set a world record in the category of ‘Fastest Checkmate Solver – 175 Puzzles’. The World Book of Records issued a certificate to that effect dated December 21. According to a press release, it was a record-making event that featured Devaansh tackling a sequence of progressively challenging … Read more

BRS asks how Congress achieved record paddy production without completing any project

BRS asks how Congress achieved record paddy production without completing any project

T. Harish Rao. File | Photo Credit: MOHD ARIF HYDERABAD The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has ridiculed the claims of Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy that it is the credit of the Congress Government to achieve the record production of paddy this Kharif season without completing any pending or new irrigation project since December last … Read more

2024’s record ocean heat revved up Atlantic hurricane wind speeds: study

2024’s record ocean heat revved up Atlantic hurricane wind speeds: study

The remaining of a destroyed house are seen in Port St Lucie, Florida, after a tornado hit the area and caused severe damage as Hurricane Milton swept through Florida on October 11, 2024. Nearly 2.5 million households and businesses were still without power, and some areas in the path cut through the Sunshine State by … Read more