Fears of hidden HIV epidemic in eastern Ukraine as war takes its toll
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A drug addict in a warzone, Andriy had both survival and euphoria on his mind in the early days of the Russian…
More than 150 incidents of police body-camera misuse – report
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Police officers in England and Wales have been reportedly switching off their body cameras while using force, and deleting and sharing footage on WhatsApp. Read…
‘I had to drink my own urine to survive’: Africans tell of being forced into the desert at Tunisia border
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Migrants from sub-Saharan Africa have spoken of their horror at being forcibly returned to remote desert regions where some have died of…
Police officers are ‘switching off body-worn cameras and deleting footage’, investigation finds
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Police officers in England and Wales are switching off their body-worn cameras and deleting and sharing footage on WhatsApp, a BBC investigation found. Read…
The 15-year-old schoolgirl stabbed to death in Croydon becomes the 16th teenager to be murdered in London this year - more than in the whole of 2022
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Reading Time: < 1 minute More teenagers have been murdered in London this year than for the whole of 2022. Read More
Australian man, who faked his own kidnapping, forced to pay for wasting police time
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Reading Time: < 1 minute An Australian man who faked his own kidnapping to cheat on his girlfriend has been ordered to pay compensation to the police for the…
Pregnant women forced to wait up to five days to be induced because of maternity staff shortages
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Expectant mothers are having induction of labour delayed by up to five days because of short staffing in maternity units, an investigation…
Parents warned to watch for scarlet fever after 28,500 cases - symptoms you need to know
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Parents have been told of crucial scarlet fever symptoms they must watch out for with 28,500 cases already reported this year. Read More
56,000 Pakistan schools shut over eye virus outbreak
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Reading Time: < 1 minute More than 56,000 Pakistan schools will shut for the rest of the week in a bid to curb a mass outbreak of…
Iceland boss retracts HIV needle staff attack claim
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The boss of Iceland has been forced to apologise and retract a claim that three staff contracted HIV as a result of…