Summarize this content to 1000 words 2 days agoBy Rumeana Jahangir, Michaela Howard & Judith Moritz, BBC NewsCheshire PoliceLucy Letby had already been convicted of the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of six othersFormer nurse Lucy Letby has been sentenced to another whole life term for trying to kill a premature baby girl.The 34-year-old is already in jail for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others at
Summarize this content to 1000 words In September 2023, Simon Boas was diagnosed with throat cancer. Aged just 46, he was told the disease was terminal, and that it would ultimately take his life. Over the following year, he knitted together his reflections on life into a book - A Beginner's Guide to Dying. The book is set to hit the shelves in October. It will be a posthumous publication.In
Summarize this content to 1000 words 1 hour agoBy Judith Moritz and Jonathan Coffey, BBC NewsBBCWhen former nurse Lucy Letby was convicted of murdering babies last year, news channels rolled on the story, and her mugshot was splashed across front pages and websites around the world. The scale of Letby’s crimes, the extreme vulnerability of her victims, and unanswered questions about the nurse all combined to stoke interest in the case.But this
Summarize this content to 1000 words 44 minutes agoBy Beth Rose and Kate Lamble, Access All and More or LessGetty ImagesThere are 16 million disabled people in the UK – almost a quarter of the population – but many say they have felt “invisible” during this election campaign.The BBC podcast, Access All, asked the main parties about their policies on disability, social care and mental health, and Radio 4’s More or Less
Summarize this content to 1000 words The boss of the world's most valuable pharmaceutical company has told the BBC that the UK's planning system puts companies off investing in the country.Dave Ricks, chief executive of the obesity drug manufacturer Eli Lilly, said he had considered building a factory in the UK in the last decade, but chose another country instead.He warned current planning processes were an "impediment" to building factories
Summarize this content to 1000 words 1 hour agoBy Aurelia Foster, Health reporter, BBC NewsGetty ImagesThere has been a small rise in the number of Covid cases in EnglandThere is some talk of a "summer Covid wave" at the moment. We all seem to know someone who has had it lately, or a friend who has been off sick. But have cases really gone up and are there any new variants we
Summarize this content to 1000 words Getty ImagesThere was a lot to chew on in the party manifestos on health and the NHS, with promises to cut waiting lists, modernise hospitals and create more GP and dentist appointments.But plans around prevention were in short supply on these political menus - as were proposals about how to help us stay healthier.With a developing obesity and diabetes crisis, as well as increasing
Summarize this content to 1000 words Getty ImagesUltraviolet (UV) radiation is emitted by the Sun and penetrates the Earth's atmosphere.Some UV radiation is essential for our wellbeing, and the sun's rays provide warmth and light. But balance is key - UV exposure can also cause dangerous skin damage. Is UV dangerous?We need to control our exposure, says Prof Dorothy Bennett, from St George's, University of London.UV is beneficial because it
Summarize this content to 1000 words 10 hours agoBy Karl Mercer, Political correspondent, BBC London BBCStreatham GP Lucy Goodeve-Docker said the situation had been "incredibly tricky"Doctors' surgeries in London have continued to struggle with the impact of a cyber attack that knocked out pathology services across the area.Synnovis, an agency which manages labs for NHS trusts and GPs in south-east London, was the victim of a hack on 3 June.It has led
Summarize this content to 1000 words 23 hours agoBy Philippa Roxby, Health reporterReutersMpox, formerly called monkeypox, is a viral infection and can be deadlyA new strain of the mpox virus spreading quickly along the eastern border of Democratic Republic of Congo is "incredibly worrying", say health officials monitoring its spread.The virus, which can cause lesions across the whole body, is making some people very ill and can be deadly.The current outbreak has
