1 hour ago About sharing By Michelle Roberts Digital health editor Women should be offered talking therapy instead of, or as well as, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for problematic menopause symptoms, new draft guidance for the NHS says. The advice – the first update in almost a decade – says cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) can…
2 hours ago About sharing Erik, a 26-year-old musician, says he swam a river to escape into Moldova By Oana Marocico and Kelvin Brown BBC Eye Investigations Nearly 20,000 men have fled Ukraine since the beginning of the war to avoid being drafted, the BBC has discovered. Some have swum dangerous rivers to leave the…
1 hour ago About sharing Ms Ventura says she met the rapper in 2005 By Max Matza BBC News Rap artist Sean “Diddy” Combs has been accused of rape and sex trafficking by a female singer. In a lawsuit seen by the BBC, ex-girlfriend Casandra Ventura said she was trapped for a decade in a…
The dancer is “absolutely gutted” as her hopes of a Strictly appearance are ended by the injury.
Shawn Seesahai, 19, died when he was fatally stabbed in Wolverhampton on Monday evening.
6 minutes ago About sharing By Becky Morton Political reporter The PM’s current Rwanda plan will mean no asylum seekers are flown there before the next election, former Home Secretary Suella Braverman has said. Writing in the Telegraph, she said “tinkering with a failed plan” would not achieve the government’s aims. The Supreme Court ruled…
2 hours ago About sharing Israeli soldiers entered Al-Shifa Hospital in the early hours of Wednesday The director of the Gaza Strip’s main hospital raided by Israeli soldiers says the facility has now run out of oxygen and water, and patients “are screaming from thirst”. Muhammad Abu Salmiya said the conditions were “tragic” in Al-Shifa,…
The Prince of Wales was put on the spot when a boy asked him how much was in his bank account.
Politics / November 16, 2023 Goodbye, Joe Manchin—We Won’t Miss You The departure of the pro–fossil fuel, pro–Big Pharma senator from West Virginia is not the tragedy many Democrats think it is. Elie Mystal Ad Policy Senator Joe Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia, speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in Washington, D.C.,…
Activism / November 16, 2023 Why These Teachers Unions Are Demanding a Cease-Fire A flurry of state and local teachers unions have passed cease-fire resolutions, but few national unions have followed. Sarah Lazare Ad Policy Students, teachers, and pro-Palestinian allies march through Midtown Manhattan during a Student Walkout protest calling for a cease-fire between Israel…