3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (505+ words) A disabled teenager left queuing for hours in an airport says people with additional needs are disproportionately affected during major travel disruption. Josephine Rogers, 19, from Newport, said the special assistance she needed at Schipol Airport in Amsterdam was not available…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (584+ words) Dame Esther Rantzen has said she is now "too physically fragile" to travel to Switzerland to end her life at an assisted suicide clinic. The veteran broadcaster, 86, said she would have to fly to the country, where the practice is…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (15+ words) BBC Pest controller finds huge cockroach infestation...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (389+ words) A private hospital's failure to provide preventative medication contributed to the death of Lady Joan Branson, an inquest has concluded. The 80-year-old, who was married to Sir Richard Branson, died on 24 November last year after suffering a cardiac arrest at…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (712+ words) Hundreds of thousands of cockroaches were found in a shared home in an infestation described as the worst the pest controller had seen in 38 years. Gareth Davies, who said the scene had looked like one from a "Stephen King film…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (504+ words) The vast majority of owners say stigma around pet loss makes them downplay their grief to family and friends, a new survey reveals. More than 70% of the 4,000 people who took part in the RSPCA's research believe pet grief is not…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (717+ words) Sudan's fragile health system is on the brink of collapse as global funding cuts have led to the closure of healthcare facilities across the country, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has warned. Dozens of organisations were unable to find alternative funding…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (166+ words) After a record 250 consecutive days at sea, the USS Abraham Lincoln finally docked in Thailand last week. Half of the 5,000 crew members are under 24 years old and they’ve been on board since December, as part of the US-Israel war with…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (325+ words) An NHS trust says it has become the first in Europe to join a trial examining if a new drug can delay or prevent the onset of Alzheimer's. Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is offering the drug Trontinemab…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (790+ words) A blanket of toxic haze is enveloping parts of Indonesia and spreading into Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines, as weeks-long wildfires continue to burn. Millions of people across large swathes of South East Asia have been exposed to the smog,…...