Summarize this content to 100 words At their best, documentaries illuminate the world around us and can even result in policy changes, unjustly-imprisoned people being freed, and help spark political movements. With a heated presidential election around the corner, we revisited political documentaries from decades gone by, winnowing down a large group of contenders to a select group of 10. Some were so provocative their studio or TV backers avoided
Summarize this content to 1000 words Kirthana BalachandranKirthana Balachandran was diagnosed when she was three months old and is now studying to be a doctorThe first therapy that uses gene-editing is to be offered on the NHS in a “revolutionary breakthrough” for patients.It will be used as a potential cure for the blood disorder beta thalassaemia.Stem cells which make blood will be extracted, reprogrammed to correct the condition and returned
Summarize this content to 1000 words BBCAttracting teachers to rural areas such as Aberdeenshire is said to be an issueParent councils from all of Aberdeenshire's secondary schools have called for Scottish government action to boost teacher number.Leaders of the 17 parent councils said some subjects were not able to be taught and described the issue as "crucial".Claire Rennie, the chairwoman of Fraserburgh Academy Parent Council, said teachers were exhausted and
Summarize this content to 1000 words Getty ImagesSix new regional centres created to support under 18s struggling with their gender identity will open over the next two years, NHS England has confirmed.They will join two existing clinics, as part of an overhaul of gender services for children and young people.The emphasis will be on providing a more holistic approach, with a particular focus on supporting mental health and those with
Summarize this content to 100 words PHILADELPHIA — Vice President Kamala Harris’ debut appearance with her running mate and his runner-up here Tuesday night neatly illustrated the reasoning behind her choice. Contrary to the wish-casting of the left and the sinister claims of the right, Harris didn’t select Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota because she is beholden to her party’s base or, more absurdly, uneasy with a Jewish vice president.
Summarize this content to 100 words Apparently Kamala Harris wasn’t looking for “a 49-year-old balding gay Jew from Boulder, Colorado,” to be her running mate. That was Colorado Gov. Jared Polis’ self-deprecating description of himself — a comment that went viral — when asked about his prospects in the veepstakes. It was classic Polis, the first openly gay person elected governor of a state, and the latest example of how
Summarize this content to 1000 words BBCArtificial intelligence is being used to carry out administrative tasks to help reduce pressure on NHS staffAt a time when there are more than seven million patients on the NHS waiting list in England and around 100,000 staff vacancies, artificial intelligence could revolutionise the health service by improving patient care and freeing up staff time.Its uses are varied - from spotting risk factors in
Summarize this content to 1000 words BBC/Alan WebberSophie, 15, aims to break into the male-dominated wheelwright tradeA teenage girl is hoping to enter the male-dominated ranks of the wheelwrights - specialist craft workers who make wooden wheels.The trade was originally established to look after chariots, carts and gun carriages, but now the main focus is on veteran cars.Sophie, 15, is helping wheelwright Daniel Garner at his workshop on the Revesby
Summarize this content to 1000 words Leaders from NIEHS and ten other federal agencies (see first sidebar) discussed innovative strategies to tackle emerging challenges related to hazardous waste cleanup as part of Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable (FRTR) webinars, held May 19 and May 26. Suk explained that one of the biggest challenges for remediation technologies is overcoming the valley of death, a metaphor used to describe a gap in funding
Summarize this content to 1000 words Keir Starmer: 'We are able to cope with this disorder'The prime minister has said those caught being involved in riots across England and Northern Ireland can expect to be rapidly processed through the courts.After chairing his second emergency co-ordination meeting with police chiefs in as many days Sir Keir Starmer emerged to say he was now expecting “substantive sentencing” of rioters within days.James Nelson,
