[ad_1] Alison HoltSocial affairs editor andJames MelleySenior Social Affairs ProducerBBCIn the early days of the pandemic, care home staff donned full personal protective equipmentThe Covid inquiry will start examining the impact of the pandemic on care services for elderly and disabled people on Monday. Bereaved families say they have been waiting for this moment for years, describing the way Covid swept through care homes as one of the clearest and
[ad_1] Ruth CleggHealth and wellbeing reporter, BBC NewsGetty ImagesEmma is doing something she swore she would never do.In an attempt to have some control over her children's vaping habits, she's resorted to buying them the vapes herself.She's not proud of it, but says it feels like the only way to keep her two teenagers safe and reduce the high levels of nicotine they were consuming."It went against every bone in
[ad_1] Henry ZeffmanChief Political Correspondent andLeela PadmanabhanBBC NewsBBCBy the time polls closed at 10pm on 4 July 2024, the Labour Party knew they were likely to return to government - even if they could not quite bring themselves to believe it.For Sir Keir Starmer, reminiscing 10 months later in an interview with me, it was an "incredible moment". Instantly, he said, he was "conscious of the sense of responsibility". And
[ad_1] MaryLou CostaTechnology Reporter, Vilnius, LithuaniaEnergesmanFly larvae are excellent at converting food waste into proteinMost people are inclined to shoo flies away from food, and the thought of maggots in your bins is enough to make anyone's stomach turn.But a handful of city councils have embraced maggots - more formally known as fly larvae - and their taste for rotting food.In Vilnius, capital of the Baltic state of Lithuania, fly
[ad_1] Daniel WainwrightData journalist, BBC Verify andNick TriggleHealth correspondentGetty ImagesDoctors and patient groups warn that the NHS in England is facing an uphill struggle on the government's number one NHS priority – improving hospital waiting times.They are concerned about the lack of progress towards hitting the 18-week waiting time target, one of Labour's key election pledges. It has not been met since 2015.Since the election, the proportion of patients waiting
[ad_1] Pallab GhoshScience Correspondent andGwyndaf HughesScience VideographerHow the researchers hope to create human DNAWork has begun on a controversial project to create the building blocks of human life from scratch, in what is believed to be a world first.The research has been taboo until now because of concerns it could lead to designer babies or unforeseen changes for future generations.But now the World's largest medical charity, the Wellcome Trust, has
[ad_1] Emer MoreauBusiness reporter, BBC NewsSyreeta SandhuSyreeta Sandhu has spent £15,000 on IVFIVF patients are being warned over unregulated "concierge clinics" after a popular one went bust leaving scores of clients without treatment or refunds.As the number of privately funded IVF cycles has risen, online concierge companies have emerged, acting as "middlemen" between patients, donors and doctors.The fertility watchdog has said that as these clinics do not provide IVF treatment
[ad_1] Pallab GhoshScience correspondentBBCInside an anonymous building in Oxford, Riley Jackson is frying a steak. The perfectly red fillet cut sizzles in the pan, its juices releasing a meaty aroma. But this is no ordinary steak. It was grown in the lab next door.What's strangest of all is just how real it looks. The texture, when cut, is indistinguishable from the real thing."That's our goal," says Ms Jackson of Ivy
[ad_1] Ben MorrisTechnology of Business EditorSupercellIlkka Paananen wants new kinds of "game experiences"For someone pushing his company to break new ground, Ilkka Paananen appears relaxed.Not wearing shoes, like everyone else in the office - it's a Finnish thing I'm told - he tells me the mobile gaming industry needs shaking up."We need to take bigger risks," says Mr Paananen the chief executive of Finland's Supercell - a giant in the
[ad_1] Rebecca Morelle, Alison Francis and Victoria GillBBC News Science Team Getty Images / Maxar Technologies.Iran's Natanz nuclear site has been a target of Israel's airstrikesUS warplanes have bombed three nuclear sites in Iran, the same places Israeli planes had targeted in its ongoing war with Iran.One of the targets was Fordo, a uranium enrichment plant hidden in a remote mountainside that is vital to Iran's nuclear ambitions.Key nuclear facilities
