91 m. ago BBC Breakfast's Naga Munchetty pauses live show to announce 'breaking news'

BBC Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty was forced to pause Thursday's live show as she broke the news that NHS England's medical director, Professor Sir Stephen Powis, is set to stand down

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1 hour ago Labour MPs and peers urge banks to view UK defence investments as ethical

An open letter called for financial institutions to ‘rethink’ environment, social and governance requirements that often exclude defence investment.

Economics

1 hour ago NHS medical director becomes second health chief to quit in a week

Professor Sir Stephen Powis, who was a familiar face of the No 10 pandemic press conferences, to stand down a week after shock resignation of Amanda Pritchard

Science

1 hour ago Department of Education braced amid reports of imminent Trump order to close it – US politics live

Trump order to Linda McMahon expected to claim that department has failed ‘children, teachers and families’, ABC News reportsThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has said that Republicans cannot meet their own budget target to pass Donald Trump’s legislative priorities without imposing cuts on Medicare or Medicaid.The House Republican budget blueprint envisions the House Energy and Commerce Committee will cut spending by $880bn, however, when its spending on Medicare and Medicaid are excluded from its spend, it only has $581bn of expenditure with which to make the savings.This letter from CBO confirms what we’ve been saying all along: the math doesn’t work without devastating Medicaid cuts. Republicans know their spin is a lie, and the truth is they have no problem taking health care away from millions of Americans so that the rich can get richer. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Daughter is sued by mother who she gifted one of her kidneys in bitter dispute over who owns £800k house and £340k divorce payment

FA and Premier League sports medicine specialist Dr Sonia Bains, 38, and her lawyer sister Sharn Bains, 29, are being sued by Camilla Bains after the mother divorced her husband in 2019.

Economics

2 h. ago FA doctor is sued by her own mother in bitter £1million court battle following divorce

FA and Premier League sports medicine specialist Dr Sonia Bains, 38, and her lawyer sister Sharn Bains, 29, are being sued by Camilla Bains after the mother divorced her husband in 2019.

Economics

2 h. ago Doctor who donated kidney to ailing mother now in £1m family legal fight

Sports medicine specialist Dr Sonia Bains, 38, and her lawyer sister Sharn Bains, 29, are being sued by their mother

Society

2 h. ago Republicans want corporate oligarchy. We need economic democracy | Rashida Tlaib and Michael A McCarthy

The GOP budget seeks vast cuts to Medicaid, food assistance and more. Instead, let’s build an economy for everyoneAmerican families are exhausted. They deserve a government that chooses them over billionaire donors. The Republican budget plan that passed the House last week calls for $4.5tn in tax giveaways for the ultra-rich and corporations. It will be paid for with enormous cuts to Medicaid, food assistance and other federal programs that serve our families and the working class. These are the folks Elon Musk refers to as the “parasite class”.The agenda of the billionaire president and the richest man in the world is crystal clear: making the rich richer while working families struggle. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Bank of England boss warns UK faces 'substantial' risk from Trump's trade war

Governor Andrew Bailey said there is a 'major shift going on in the US' which the Bank would have to 'take very seriously'

Events

3 h. ago Alive by Gabriel Weston review – a revelatory study of the body

A doctor draws on science, history, art and her own experiences to help us see human anatomy anewUntil the early 17th century, scientists believed that the heart operated a bit like a lamp, warming blood that had been produced by the liver. In 1616, when the English physician William Harvey corrected this misconception and explained how the heart works, the audience at the Royal College of Physicians booed him. Why did it take so long for scientists to understand the heart’s real function? One possibility is that until the invention of mechanical pumps in the late 16th century, doctors lacked the metaphorical language to describe what the heart does.“The truth of the body is as much about storytelling as it is about anatomy,” the writer and surgeon Gabriel Weston argues in Alive, an unusual and gripping book that she describes as an “ecumenical exploration” of her subject. An English graduate, in her early 20s Weston enrolled in a pioneering medical degree programme designed to enco...

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6 h. ago Weatherwatch: hurricanes will hit harder over next decade, study finds

Researchers say number of tropical cyclones over Atlantic could more than double compared with 1970sHurricanes are going to hit harder and stronger over the next decade, a study has found, and adapting to this new normal will require significant investment in infrastructure and emergency planning.Dr Paul-Arthur Monerie, from the University of Reading, and colleagues used new climate-prediction software developed by the Met Office to forecast future hurricane and tropical cyclone activity. A specialised algorithm allowed the researchers to track individual storms within the simulation, providing far greater forecasting precision than previous models. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago ROBERT TOMBS: How today's rapacious tech barons recall the private company so overmighty it even had TWICE as many soldiers as the British Army

The most dazzling oligarch in the world, 260 years ago, was probably Clive Of India, the spectacularly daring but grasping English governor of Bengal.

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12 h. ago Scrubbing up well! Britain has more women doctors than men for the first time in more than 165 years, figures reveal

For the first time in the history of the General Medical Council's official UK-wide register, female doctors outnumber their male counterparts in both the workplace and medical school.

Politics

12 h. ago Ultrasound now needed for pill abortions in Wyoming after lawmakers override veto

Women planning pill abortions in Wyoming will need to get an ultrasound after lawmakers overrode the governor's veto of the new measure

Politics

12 h. ago Female doctors in Britain outnumber men for the first time in 'significant milestone'

General Medical Council announces women with a licence to practice have overtaken men in number, following a generational shift toward female doctors since the 1970s

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12 h. ago Doctors' plea for ban on 'Victorian punishment' still used on children in England

Medics have made an emotional plea to politicians to ban the punishment

Society

12 h. ago First NHS patients ‘in a generation’ get plasma from UK donors

Donations are used to create plasma-derived medicines to treat conditions such as immune deficiencies, bleeding disorders and severe burns.

Science

14 h. ago Firing squad could become Idaho’s main execution method if governor signs bill

State senate passes bill as its sponsor suggests shooting someone is more effective and humane than other methodsDeath by firing squad could become Idaho’s primary method of execution under a bill headed to the governor’s desk this week.The Idaho senate passed the bill on Wednesday, and it will take effect next year if it is signed by the state’s governor, Brad Little. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Nurse embroiled in employment tribunal over a trans doctor using female changing rooms accuses second medic of victimisation and harassment

The nurse embroiled in an employment tribunal over a trans doctor using female changing rooms is accusing a second NHS Fife doctor of victimisation and harassment.

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16 h. ago Federal judge blocks drastic funding cuts to medical research

A federal judge is preventing the Trump administration from drastically cutting medical research funding

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