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The foods restricted in Welsh shops as ban approved
Plans to restrict a list of foods classed as unhealthy in shops are approved by 25 votes to 24.
Baby slings unsafe for hands-free feeding, charities warn
Parenting charities, including the NCT, have updated their advice saying slings and carriers are unsafe for feeding.
Who are the millions of Britons not working?
About a quarter of the working age population - those aged 16 to 64 - do not currently have a job.
What are the Pip and universal credit changes and who is affected?
The government has set out more details about its proposed cuts to disability benefits.
Fertility patients sold unproven add-ons, HFEA says
Despite little proof add-ons help, many IVF clinics offer them, the UK's fertility regulator warns.
What is assisted dying and how could the law change?
MPs backed a proposal to let terminally ill people in England and Wales choose to end their life.
What is assisted dying and how could the law change?
MPs backed a proposal to let terminally ill people in England and Wales choose to end their life.
Baby deaths trust claimed £2m 'good care' payments
An NHS trust criticised over a baby's death claimed money for providing good care, the BBC can reveal.
Government concerns over assisted dying timeline
The Labour MP bringing the bill says she is "disappointed" to be proposing pushing the implementation deadline to 2029.
First place in British Isles approves right to die
The Assisted Dying Bill 2023 passes through Tynwald's branches and can be sent for Royal Assent.
Assisted dying law could take four years to implement
A proposed change to the assisted dying bill could push back the introduction of the law by two years.
Care of 800 patients reviewed amid surgeon concerns
The child specialist surgeon also carried out emergency procedures on adults, says NHS trust.
UK draws up new disease-threat watch list
Some are viruses with global pandemic potential - like Covid - others infectious illnesses with no treatments.
Doctors and charities call for gonorrhoea vaccine roll-out
The JCVI recommended the use of the MenB vaccine in November 2023 but has not been used in NHS clinics
First case of bird flu in sheep found on UK farm
The UK's chief veterinary officer confirms the case was discovered on a farm in Yorkshire.
DNA testing site 23andMe files for bankruptcy protection
The company said that it will now attempt to sell itself under the supervision of a court.
Scans in shopping centres and AI - can ideas like these help save the NHS?
Government says more NHS funds in England will go to social care as we look at how it can deliver change.
'It's unforgivable': The problem at the heart of the NHS's maternity care failures
An inquest into the death of Ida Lock has shone light on repeat mistakes - and wider failures in certain hospitals across England
'It's unforgivable': The problem at the heart of the NHS's maternity care failures
An inquest into the death of Ida Lock has shone light on repeat mistakes - and wider failures in certain hospitals across England
My baby's premature birth was humbling, says Beatrice
The royal describes "months of sheer worry" she experienced over the birth of her second child.
Newborn's death 'due to gross failures of midwives'
The coroner at newborn baby Ida Lock's inquest highlights eight opportunities that were missed.
'Chubby filter' pulled from TikTok after user backlash
Critics say the AI tool - which made people look overweight - was a form of body-shaming.
Repeated failures in reading scans costing lives, ombudsman says
The most common issues include clinicians not spotting abnormalities, and scans being delayed.
Probe into claims people allowed in to watch hospital surgeries
It is not clear how the individuals gained access to the operating theatres or who gave permission.
'The discrimination I face on public transport is inhumane'
A report by parliament's cross-party-transport select committee says accessibility failings are "systematic" across all modes of transport.
Public data should not conflate sex and gender, review says
Author of government-ordered review says biological sex and gender have become distinct and should be recorded separately.
What nine months in space does to the human body
Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are back on Earth - but what has nine months in space done to them?
What nine months in space does to the human body
Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are back on Earth - but what has nine months in space done to them?
Hancock criticises 'wholly naive' Covid inquiry
The former health secretary was giving evidence about medical equipment deals during the pandemic.
Hancock criticises 'wholly naive' Covid inquiry
The former health secretary was giving evidence about medical equipment deals during the pandemic.
Three deaths linked to listeria detected in NHS desserts
Listeriosis listed as cause of death in one NHS patient and two other deaths being investigated.
'Covid memories are in a box deep within my brain'
A critical care nurse says many colleagues moved departments because of PTSD after the pandemic.
Having autism has worked to my advantage in football - Bronze
Chelsea and England defender Lucy Bronze opens up for the first time about her autism and ADHD diagnoses to raise awareness and help others.
Chris Mason: Uncertainty over benefits changes could go on for some time yet
It could be some time before people know how they may be affected by the government's benefits overhaul.
Benefits crackdown unveiled with aim to save £5bn a year by 2030
Measures include restricting eligibility for disability payments and cutting benefits for health conditions.
At-a-glance: Key changes to benefits in welfare shake-up
How Personal Independence Payments (Pip) and other health-related benefits could change under government plans.
Precautions could have stopped baby deaths - inquiry
Leo Lamont, Ellie McCormick and Mira-Belle Bosch died within hours of their births in two Lanarkshire hospitals.
Some claimants to lose out under benefits overhaul
Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall will set out reforms to the benefits system on Tuesday afternoon.
Pharmacies prepare to cut opening hours in funding protest
Pharmacies are being advised to "work to rule" unless a funding agreement can be reached with government.
Benefits reform will ensure fairness, minister says, as opponents criticise expected cuts
Proposals to change benefits rules to be unveiled on Tuesday have provoked unease among Labour MPs.
Ex-hospital bosses call for inquiry to be suspended
The inquiry's chair says she has had similar requests from Letby's legal team and Tory MP David Davis.
Labour's plan for benefits throws up a bigger dilemma
The debate has sparked a wider dilemma about the broader purpose of welfare
Poorest children missing more school and further behind after Covid
Those from the lowest income families are now up to 19 months behind peers by the age of 16.
Health secretary admits 'risk of disruption' in NHS overhaul
The health secretary defends scrapping NHS England but admits the reform will bring challenges.
NHS England chair warns the buck now stops with ministers
Will the abolition of NHS England work? Senior NHS England leader Richard Meddings has given the first response from the organisation itself
NHS England chair warns the buck now stops with ministers
Will the abolition of NHS England work? Senior NHS England leader Richard Meddings has given the first response from the organisation itself
How our noisy world is seriously damaging our health
The BBC's James Gallagher investigates the invisible killer all around us.
Few may mourn NHS England's demise, but what comes next is uncertain
The decision to scrap the organisation could offer a new chance to examine how patients are dealt with.
Men denied life-extending prostate cancer drug
NHS England says it cannot afford to offer abiraterone, which is available in Scotland and Wales.
Manslaughter probe at Letby hospital expanded
Cheshire Police expands its investigation into what happened at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
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