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What’s happening in Sudan and why? – BBC News

What’s happening in Sudan and why? – BBC News

The BBC’s Analysis Editor Ros Atkins explains why fighting has broken out in Sudan, and how it connects back to the country’s tumultuous recent history. Please subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog #Sudan #BBCNews source

How the police and gangs hunt LGBT people in Egypt – BBC Africa

How the police and gangs hunt LGBT people in Egypt – BBC Africa

A BBC News investigation has revealed how violent criminal gangs are finding, abusing and extorting people from the LGBT community they meet online in Egypt. Using masking technology to hide the identities of the people he meets, Ahmed Shihab-Eldin navigates the complex online and real-life world of people who identify as queer and who have […]

Coronavirus and mental health: BBC News Review

Coronavirus and mental health: BBC News Review

Learn vocabulary to talk about the news. This week we discuss mental health and the Coronavirus. More than eight million people in the UK suffer from anxiety disorders. But the current concerns over the spread of the coronavirus and the restrictions on daily life have left many more people feeling under pressure. Anxiety UK estimates […]

Women’s lives at risk from lack of maternal mental health support – BBC Newsnight

Women’s lives at risk from lack of maternal mental health support – BBC Newsnight

Pregnancy and the early months of motherhood can be a time of great vulnerability for women. Almost one in five women experience a mental health condition during pregnancy or the first year of their child’s life. In 2016 the UK government pledged a revolution in mental health services, including almost £300 million to provide specialist […]

Jennie Gow: BBC F1 broadcaster tells of stroke recovery

Jennie Gow: BBC F1 broadcaster tells of stroke recovery

Dr Thomas Pain, who was one of the consultants at Frimley Park Hospital, later explained the stroke was caused by a blood clot that came from the carotid artery in the neck, a tear in the blood vessel due to coughing and a viral infection that she had at the time. Source link

Panorama – Care Home Abuse

Panorama – Care Home Abuse

Panorama reveals the appalling treatment of an elderly care home resident with dementia, captured on film after her concerned daughter hid a secret camera. A short snippett showing just one example of the shocking abuse this elderly woman suffered. The care worker recieved an 18 month jail sentence. source

Queen Elizabeth II under medical supervision. UK, Current Affairs, Breaking News

Queen Elizabeth II under medical supervision. UK, Current Affairs, Breaking News

The Queen is under medical supervision at Balmoral after doctors became concerned for her health, Buckingham Palace has said. All the Queen’s children are gathering at, or are travelling to, her Scottish estate near Aberdeen. “Following further evaluation this morning, the Queen’s doctors are concerned for Her Majesty’s health and have recommended she remain under […]