Common vaginal 'imbalance' may be an STI

BBC - Thu, 03/06/2025 - 11:25
An overgrowth of bacteria in the vagina, known as BV, may be spread by sex, researchers say.

Common vaginal 'imbalance' may be an STI

BBC - Thu, 03/06/2025 - 11:25
An overgrowth of bacteria in the vagina, known as BV, may be spread by sex, researchers say.

What is stamp duty and how is it changing?

BBC - Thu, 03/06/2025 - 10:23
Home buyers in England and Northern Ireland will pay more stamp duty in April when thresholds rise.

Home buyers race to beat stamp duty rise

BBC - Thu, 03/06/2025 - 08:34
Thresholds will change on 1 April, leaving buyers a few weeks to complete or pay more in stamp duty.

Patients may be moved over repairs at mental health unit

BBC - Thu, 03/06/2025 - 06:19
BBC News NI understands rot and black mould have been found in large areas of the building which opened in 2019.

Final council tax levels to be set amid record rises

BBC - Thu, 03/06/2025 - 06:11
East Dunbartonshire, Falkirk, Highland and Inverclyde are the last of Scotland's 32 councils to set budgets

The Papers: 'Trump turns off Ukraine missiles' and 'serial spiking rapist'

BBC - Thu, 03/06/2025 - 06:09
The US decision to stop sharing intelligence with Ukraine, and a serial rapist's conviction, make Thursday's papers.

'I look at hundreds of child sex abuse images every week to stop them'

BBC - Thu, 03/06/2025 - 06:07
Mabel works for a firm that trawls the internet looking to remove the worst indecent images.

'I look at hundreds of child sex abuse images every week to stop them'

BBC - Thu, 03/06/2025 - 06:07
Mabel works for a firm that trawls the internet looking to remove the worst indecent images.

London Eye at 25: The wheel that nearly wasn't

BBC - Thu, 03/06/2025 - 05:52
Julia Barfield shares how her vision for the London Eye became a reality as it marks 25 years.

'The wrestling stereotype is changing – I'm the proof'

BBC - Thu, 03/06/2025 - 05:50
A 5ft champion is proving that you do not need to be a giant to become big in the wrestling world.

NZ fires envoy to UK who questioned Trump's grasp of history

BBC - Thu, 03/06/2025 - 04:52
Phil Goff asked if Trump "understands history" as he contrasted him with Sir Winston Churchill.

Work coaches to focus on long-term unemployed

BBC - Thu, 03/06/2025 - 04:44
Ministers hope the plans will help reduce the rapidly rising cost of health and disability benefits.

Justice secretary rejects sentencing changes after 'two-tier' claims

BBC - Thu, 03/06/2025 - 03:59
Proposed reforms issued by the independent Sentencing Council were labelled biased by the Conservatives.

Councils fear shake-up won't improve finances, survey says

BBC - Thu, 03/06/2025 - 01:26
There is low support for local government reorganisation among council leaders, a survey suggests.

Scientists discover new part of the immune system

BBC - Thu, 03/06/2025 - 01:19
New part of the immune system - hidden inside our bodies - could be used to make new antibiotics.

Doctors back total ban on smacking children in England

BBC - Thu, 03/06/2025 - 01:15
Smacking is legal in some cases in England and Northern Ireland, but is banned in Scotland and Wales.

Doctors back total ban on smacking children in England

BBC - Thu, 03/06/2025 - 01:15
Smacking is legal in some cases in England and Northern Ireland, but is banned in Scotland and Wales.

The NHS is spending a fortune giving people a death they don't want

BBC - Thu, 03/06/2025 - 00:07
The UK was once ranked the best country for end-of-life care - but, say experts, that has all changed

Home buyers race to beat stamp duty rise

BBC - Thu, 03/06/2025 - 00:02
Thresholds will change on 1 April, leaving buyers a few weeks to complete or pay more in stamp duty.