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Calls to change newborn health checks amid concerns over focus on babies' skin colour

Current health scores used by the NHS for newborns were devised in the 1950s for white, European babies, with experts worried it could be missing signs of illness in infants of ethnic minority groups

Daily Mirror · Jul 12, 2023

Mysterious flowers appear on a gravestone of woman 'who haunts village' every year

A ghost of a young woman called Betsey is said to roam a Cornish village with flowers mysteriously appearing on her gravestone each year on the anniversary of her death

Daily Mirror · Jul 12, 2023

Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet may reunite with their royal relatives within months

The Duke and Duchess of Sussexes' two children don't have much of a relationship with the Royal Family as they were brought up in the US but one special occasion is set to bring them all back together.

Daily Record · Jul 12, 2023

Answering the Call: The untold history of Caribbean nurses at Bristol’s Glenside Hospital

Many of the nurses training and working at the hospital were from the Caribbean who had ‘Answered the Call’ of the British Government after the Second World War

Bristol Post · Jul 12, 2023

‘Miscarriage? Take sick leave’: global health organisations are failing their female staff

Damning report also finds sexual and reproductive rights under threat from a ‘global backslide’ and opposition to gender equality

The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2023

Adult social care workforce growing but challenges remain, says report

Filled posts, which are roles with a person working in them, rose by around 1% while the vacancy rate decreased to 9.9%, Skills for Care said.

The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2023

Mid and East Antrim reviewing public health burial policy amid rise in 'paupers funerals'

The council provides a section within cemeteries for burying those without next of kin and without the means to pay for their own burial

Belfast Live · Jul 11, 2023

Beloved Cambuslang stalwart to celebrate his 100th birthday

Thomas O'Brien has lived in Cambuslang virtually all his life and is set to celebrate his centenary celebration this weekend.

Daily Record · Jul 11, 2023

Nottinghamshire Police to begin sharing information with Ockenden Review

It comes after the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England and the trust have agreed to change the review from ‘opt-in’ to ‘opt-out’

Nottingham Post · Jul 11, 2023

Demographic transition and change in women’s lives

Obtaining the much hoped for demographic dividend cannot be done without fully harnessing the gender dividend

The Hindu · Jul 11, 2023