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Your rights to a face-to-face GP appointment if you aren't offered one
NHS guidelines state that GP surgeries in England must offer face-to-face appointments if requested
Bill Cassidy’s vaccine advocacy is putting his Senate future in peril as contends with MAHA
2026 ElectionBill Cassidy contends with MAHA in Washington and LouisianaThe Louisiana senator’s primary Saturday has been defined by conflict with Trump, including disagreements over the new health-focused members of his coalition.Listen to this article with a free account00:0000:00Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., speaks with reporters at the U.S. Capitol in September.Kent Nishimura / Getty ImagesShareAdd NBC News to GoogleMay 14, 2026, 5:00 AM EDTBy Brennan Leach and Melanie ZanonaSen. Bill Cassidy’s...
Major development in norovirus-hit cruise ship after Ambassador cruise passengers put in lockdown
A major new update has been issued surrounding the cruise ship Ambition, which was forced into lockdown off the coast of Bordeaux yesterday after a major norovirus outbreak
Trump-Xi Summit: Xi Warns Trump Of ‘Clashes’ If Taiwan Issue Mishandled | Daybreak Europe 05/14/2026
Bloomberg Daybreak Europe is your essential morning viewing to stay ahead. Live from London, we set the agenda for your day, catching you up with overnight markets news from the US and Asia. And we'll tell you what matters for investors in Europe, giving you insight before trading begins. Chinese President Xi Jinping pressed US President Donald Trump on the issue of Taiwan and warned of a potential conflict if mismanaged, in blunt remarks that punctured an otherwise cordial start to the first v...
Hampstead Heath ponds to permit trans swimmers and upgrade facilities for women's privacy
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French authorities lift lockdown on norovirus-hit cruise ship
Asymptomatic people allowed off ship from Wednesday afternoon but those infected ordered to remain in isolationA norovirus-hit cruise ship carrying mainly passengers from the UK and Ireland has had a French lockdown order lifted.All 1,701 people onboard Ambition were prevented from disembarking for more than 24 hours after it docked in Bordeaux on Tuesday, as one person died and dozens became ill with a vomiting virus. Continue reading...
Passengers allowed to leave norovirus-hit cruise ship
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Mum and dad died suddenly, weeks apart, leaving daughters devastated
Friends and family have raised £36,000
World Cup games face significant risk of 'serious heat illness' says international research group
Fans and players at this summer’s World Cup in North America face a significant risk of “serious heat illness” because of high temperatures and humidity, according to a new study by international research group World Weather Attribution (WWA).After six games at last summer’s Club World Cup were disrupted by heat and storms, FIFA has responded to criticism of its extreme-weather policies by introducing mandatory, three-minute “cooling breaks” for this tournament, which starts in Mexico City on Ju...
'Someone was sick in front of me... another threw up on the deck': Passengers describe grim scenes on board norovirus-hit cruise ship packed with Brits as it remains stranded off Bordeaux
'Someone was sick in front of me... another threw up on the deck': Passengers describe grim scenes on board norovirus-hit cruise ship packed with Brits as it remains stranded off BordeauxBy ELIANA SILVER, SENIOR FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 07:47, 14 May 2026 | Updated: 07:48, 14 May 2026 e-mail View comments
Dr Amir Khan's cancer warning as he says don't ignore bloating
Symptoms of this disease are "easily" dismissed, he warned
Rayner ‘cleared by HMRC over tax affairs’ amid uncertainty over Starmer’s future
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'I was given a choice - keep my legs or keep my life' - the sepsis patient who lived
'I was given a choice - keep my legs or keep my life' - the sepsis patient who lived37 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleLouise CullenAgriculture and environment correspondent, BBC News NIBBCMarshall lost fingers and part of his legs but is keen to spread awarenessFarmer Marshall Wylie thought nothing of it when he cut his arm, sorting wood in August 2023. And he thought even less of it when he felt ill over the next 48 hours. But the following week, he said he clinically died due to...
102 chemicals used on UK veg including some linked to cancer
Produce tested included onions, leeks, carrots, parsnips, potatoes, peas, swede, turnips and strawberries
I nearly died after buying skinny jab from friend of friend
'I nearly died after buying skinny jab from friend of friend'45 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleGill DummiganNorth West health correspondentPA/Andrew MatthewsSome black market weight loss jabs contain windscreen wash, a campaign group has saidA woman who nearly died after injecting herself with a weight loss drug she had bought from a "friend of a friend" is warning others of the potential dangers of unregulated jabs.Chloe*, from Liverpool, ended up in intensive care and was off wo...
Becoming a mum left me incontinent - we need to talk about birth injuries
Becoming a mum left me incontinent - we need to talk about birth injuries60 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleJenny ReesWales health correspondentGeeta NayarAt this stage of her pregnancy, Geeta had no idea that her her heritage meant she was at much greater risk of a severe birth injurySeventeen years after the birth of her daughter, Geeta Nayar is still living with bowel incontinence. She suffered a third-degree tear during a forceps delivery and her first episode of incontinence s...
I built my own prosthetic leg for swimming
I built my own prosthetic leg for swimming3 days agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleSarah BawdenAlex Young hopes to do a triathlon with his home-made prosthesesA former engineer who underwent a life-saving amputation has built his own prosthetic limb for swimming.Alex Young, 46, from Blandford, Dorset, developed osteomyelitis - a potentially deadly bone infection that caused him severe pain. He opted to have his leg removed below the knee in August 2025.He previously built a running prosthesi...
After hantavirus, now norovirus? How a gut bug forced a France cruise ship into lockdown
French authorities have eased restrictions on the cruise ship Ambition after confirming a viral gastrointestinal outbreak, not hantavirus, sickened dozens. Around 80 passengers and crew experienced symptoms, with no severe cases reported. A passenger's death was attributed to a heart attack, unrelated to the illness. The ship, carrying over 1,700 people, was temporarily restricted as a precaution.
Australians from hantavirus cruise ship to fly out of Netherlands in full PPE after plane and crew secured
Health minister Mark Butler says six passengers who have tested negative for hantavirus will land in Western Australia on FridayFour Australian citizens who were aboard the MV Hondius, the cruise ship at the centre of the hantavirus outbreak, will soon be home after the government secured a suitable aircraft and crew for the journey.The health minister, Mark Butler, said the citizens, along with a permanent resident and a New Zealand citizen, were due to take off from the Netherlands on Thursday...
Dan Burn interview: I rang mam and said, ‘I don’t want to feel like this any more. When does it stop?’
Fulham were playing Huddersfield Town and, for Dan Burn, things were coming to a head in more ways than one. The ball, specifically, was arcing towards his skull, and he was doing his job, leaping to clear it, but he landed hard. All this time later, it is obvious the injury he suffered was a simple concussion, but it was not obvious then, not to him, not with his mind fizzing and deceptive and colonised by doubt.Advertisement