Inquiry hears Essex mental health trusts ‘try to stop’ coroner reports

Inquiry hears Essex mental health trusts ‘try to stop’ coroner reports

Stuart Woodward BBC News, Essex Reporting fromLampard Inquiry Jamie Niblock/BBC Deborah Coles said the behaviour of some NHS trusts at inquests was “reprehensible” Health trusts have repeatedly tried to prevent coroners from issuing Prevention of Future Death reports in order to protect their reputations, an inquiry has heard. Deborah Coles, director of the charity Inquest, … Read more

Reports on $21 million USAID fund to India ‘deeply troubling’: MEA

Reports on  million USAID fund to India ‘deeply troubling’: MEA

MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal. File | Photo Credit: ANI India on Friday (February 21, 2025) said that the reports about USAID’s alleged $21 million funding ‘for voter turnout’ in India is “deeply troubling” and has led to concerns regarding foreign interference in India’s internal affairs. Addressing a press briefing, the Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson … Read more

Patients of disgraced surgeon call reports a ‘whitewash’

Patients of disgraced surgeon call reports a ‘whitewash’

BBC Images Families of children operated on by a disgraced surgeon have labelled independent reports into their care as a “whitewash” and a “final insult”. Yaser Jabbar, a former surgeon at London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), carried out procedures including leg lengthening and straightening. He also operated on children with complicated disorders. But some … Read more

Autopsy reports of three more victims of Jiribam killings show multiple bullet wounds, brutal injuries

Autopsy reports of three more victims of Jiribam killings show multiple bullet wounds, brutal injuries

State and Central forces during an operation following the heinous attack on civilians some days back, in Jiribam, Manipur. | Photo Credit: PTI The autopsy reports of the remaining three victims of the Jiribam killings showed brutal injuries, multiple bullet wounds and severe trauma, officials said on Wednesday. The post-mortem reports of two women and … Read more

GP staff tell of death threats after hundreds of reports of abuse

GP staff tell of death threats after hundreds of reports of abuse

BBC Nurse consultant Jennifer Loke says she is not frightened by death threats, but abuse has taken its toll Staff at a GP surgery were left in tears and forced to call police after incidents in which angry patients threatened them and acted violently. Nurse consultant Dr Jennifer Loke, who works at the practice in … Read more

Corruption charges: YSRCP rebuts media reports against party chief Jagan Mohan Reddy

Corruption charges: YSRCP rebuts media reports against party chief Jagan Mohan Reddy

Perni Venkataramaiah (Nani) argued that Jagan Mohan Reddy agreed to buy power at a cheaper rate than CM Naidu from the SECI. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) leader Perni Venkataramaiah (Nani) has said a misinformation campaign is going on against party president and former Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy with regard … Read more

Kremlin shoots down reports of Trump-Putin call: Pure fiction

Kremlin shoots down reports of Trump-Putin call: Pure fiction

The Kremlin on Monday denied reports that US President-elect Donald Trump had spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin in recent days, and said Putin had no concrete plans yet to speak to Trump. The Washington Post first reported that the call had taken place, citing unidentified sources, and said that Trump had told Putin that … Read more

News reports of SFIO questioning Kerala CM’s daughter Veena Vijayan, in Chennai roils Kerala politics

News reports of SFIO questioning Kerala CM’s daughter Veena Vijayan, in Chennai roils Kerala politics

Veena Vijayan. File image. | Photo Credit: TH A headline-hogging report that the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) in Chennai had recorded the statement of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s daughter and owner of a now-dormant IT consultancy last week, Veena Vijayan, dominated television chyrons and elicited sharp reactions from either side of the political aisle … Read more