Perth pitch to have good pace, bounce: Curator warns India ahead of first Test

Perth pitch to have good pace, bounce: Curator warns India ahead of first Test

India’s highly anticipated tour of Australia kicks off with the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at Optus Stadium in Perth, where the tourists are expected to face a challenging surface offering pace and bounce, just like the iconic WACA grounds. Optus Stadium’s head curator, Isaac McDonald, revealed that his team has prepared the pitch … Read more

Assisted dying could lead to coercion, warns Wes Streeting

Assisted dying could lead to coercion, warns Wes Streeting

Getty Images MPs are due to vote on a bill next month that could make the process legal in England and Wales The health secretary has said he is worried that legalising assisted dying could risk ill people feeling “guilt-tripped” into ending their own lives. It emerged last week that Wes Streeting had privately told … Read more

Jagga Reddy warns BRS leaders against social media trolling

Jagga Reddy warns BRS leaders against social media trolling

TPCC working president T. Jagga Reddy addressing a press conference at Gandhi Bhavan in Hyderabad on October 26, 2024. TPCC working president T. Jagga Reddy has once again lashed out at the opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leaders, including K.T. Rama Rao and T. Harish Rao, alleging that its social media wing is engaging in … Read more

Families ‘left in lurch’ on child autism diagnoses, report warns

Families ‘left in lurch’ on child autism diagnoses, report warns

Hundreds of thousands of children with suspected neurodevelopmental conditions in England, including autism and ADHD, face unacceptably long waits to be diagnosed, the Children’s Commissioner has warned. Dame Rachel de Souza’s report into the issue said the system has failed to keep up with rising demand, leaving families “in the lurch” and expected to cope … Read more

US warns Iran of ‘severe consequences’ after it launches missiles into Israel

US warns Iran of ‘severe consequences’ after it launches missiles into Israel

The United States warned Iran that it would face severe consequences for its ballistic missile attack on Israel on Tuesday, saying the barrage marked a significant escalation but appeared to have been thwarted. President Joe Biden expressed solid US support for Israel and described Iran’s attack as ineffective. He said there was a discussion under … Read more

Met office warns of low flash flood risk in 5 districts of Himachal, 40 roads closed

Met office warns of low flash flood risk in 5 districts of Himachal, 40 roads closed

Damaged road after massive landslide at Baluganj due to Monsoon rainfall, in Shimla, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI As rains forced closure of 40 roads in Himachal Pradesh, the local Met office on Friday (September 6, 2024) warned of low flash flood risk in five districts of the state. The local meteorological … Read more

Woman with cancer warns of rare breast implant risk

Woman with cancer warns of rare breast implant risk

Susan Axelby A woman who developed a rare type of cancer linked to her breast implants has warned that girls with similar implants could be “walking around like timebombs”. Susan Axelby, 68, was recently paid £57,000 by Allergan Limited after she fell ill with breast-implant associated anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL). It is thought to be … Read more

NHS warns of continued short supply of blood in England

NHS warns of continued short supply of blood in England

BBC England’s blood donor service has warned blood stocks are still in short supply as it launches a fresh appeal for donors. Supplies of blood have improved since an “amber alert” in July but there is still a risk that the care of hospital patients could be impacted, officials said. The number of people booking … Read more

CrowdStrike outage: NHS warns of GP disruption next week

CrowdStrike outage: NHS warns of GP disruption next week

Disruption to GPs caused by a global IT outage may continue into the coming week, NHS England has said. A spokesman for the health service told the BBC that digital systems for GPs and pharmacies had been restored “in most areas” – but that surgeries would have to work through a backlog of appointments. Practices … Read more