Prostate cancer screening test ‘in sight’
Getty Images MRI scans can safely reduce the numbers of men needing an invasive biopsy A large new trial is testing whether MRI scans could be an effective way to screen men for prostate cancer, in a similar way to mammograms offered to women to check for breast cancer. In this article for the BBC, […]
Karen Carney: Women’s football in England could be a ‘billion pound industry’ in next 10 years
While the 12-club WSL is fully professional that does not extend to English women’s football’s second tier. A significant drop in broadcast fees and FA central funding means that turnovers can be as high as around £7m in the WSL but as low as £150,000 in the Women’s Championship, where player wages can be below […]
Who is in Boris Johnson’s new cabinet?
BBC Prime Minister Boris Johnson has carried out a reshuffle of ministers in cabinet positions, two months after winning the general election. There was speculation ahead of the reshuffle about how diverse the new Cabinet would be, particularly considering women and people from ethnic minority backgrounds. Who’s in what job? Here’s a guide to the […]
LK Bennett on brink of collapse
Getty Images The Duchess of Cambridge is an LK Bennett fan High-end fashion chain LK Bennett has lined up an administrator for the business as it desperately seeks funding to stay afloat. EY will oversee the insolvency if no new investment can be found, according to Sky which first reported the story. The firm, which […]
12 of the best TV shows to watch this November
FX (Credit: FX) Caryn James picks out the biggest offerings – from the final series of The Crown and a new season of Fargo to a Squid Game reality show and new Doctor Who specials. Netflix (Credit: Netflix) 1. All the Light We Cannot See This adaptation of Anthony Doerr’s 2014 bestselling novel about Marie-Laure, […]
Scottish election 2021: SNP policies explained
Getty Images 1. Indyref2, if there’s a pro-independence majority at Holyrood The constitutional position in the SNP manifesto is a simple and by now very familiar one – the party wants to have a new referendum on independence in the first half of the next Holyrood term, if a majority of MSPs back the idea. […]
Carlaw drops Tory leadership rival Ballantyne in reshuffle
Getty Images Jackson Carlaw comfortably defeated Michelle Ballantyne in the Scottish Tory leadership contest Jackson Carlaw has dropped his former leadership rival Michelle Ballantyne from his Scottish Conservative front bench team at Holyrood. Mr Carlaw was announced as Ruth Davidson’s replacement as party leader on Friday, defeating Ms Ballantyne. He has now set out a […]
Elizabeth Holmes has gone to prison. Will she ever pay victims too?
Watch: Holmes walks into Texas prison After several failed attempts to delay her time behind bars, Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has reported to federal prison. The disgraced entrepreneur was sentenced to over 11 years in prison and ordered to pay $452m (£365m) with her former business partner Sunny Balwani to dozens of high-profile investors they […]
India v England: Hosts win women’s one-day international series
England’s women were thrashed by India, who sealed a series victory with a seven-wicket win in the second one-day international in Mumbai. The tourists slumped to 44-4 and 95-7, only recovering to 161 through a last-wicket stand of 42 between Nat Sciver (85) and Alex Hartley. India were barely troubled in the chase, Smriti Mandhana’s […]
Facebook donation gives museum a boost
PA A donation from Facebook has helped save some jobs at the Bletchley Park wartime coding centre in Milton Keynes. During World War Two, Bletchley Park saw key advances in the development of computing, with Alan Turing and other leading scientists and mathematicians seeking faster ways of decoding German messages. The social media giant is […]