Stop – the crazy world
Image copyright Getty Images Some struggling families are being pushed into homelessness by failures in the very system designed to keep a roof over their heads, a watchdog says.The Local Government Ombudsman found some local authorities in England were miscalculating housing benefit payments and then curtailing rights of appeal.It upheld eight out of 10 of…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Exercising for 30 minutes a day and eating well are part of a healthy lifestyle Women can gain 10 and men seven years of life free of cancer, heart problems and type-2 diabetes from a healthy lifestyle, a study in the BMJ suggests.They must exercise regularly, drink in moderation…
El-Molo are Kenya’s smallest ethnic group with around 560 people.Although their numbers have recovered slightly in recent years, the people who live on the Komote Island of Lake Turkana fear their language could become extinct. Video Journalist: Yadeta Berhanu for BBC Afaan Oromoo
Women across Europe have taken to the streets over the past year to demand their governments do more to protect them from sexual violence.Their anger was fuelled by two high-profile Spanish cases, which have forced countries to question how they prosecute rape.A minority of countries in Europe base their legal definition of rape on a…
Image caption Paula Thomas was diagnosed with Trimethylaminuria in 2011 and has suffered verbal abuse and harassment as a result A woman who has a syndrome that causes her to smell of rotten fish said it was like “living with a death sentence”.Paula Thomas, 45, from Bristol, has Trimethylaminuria (TMAU), which prevents the body from…
Image copyright ITV/New Pictures Image caption White House Farm as depicted in the television show of the same name The former brother-in-law of murderer Jeremy Bamber is hoping that a TV dramatisation of the killings 35 years ago would help “draw a line under it”.Colin Caffell’s ex-wife Sheila and their twin sons were shot by…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Bieber said he hoped the right treatment would help him recover Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber has revealed he has been diagnosed with Lyme disease.”It’s been a rough couple years,” the 25-year-old wrote on Instagram, adding that he was also suffering from a chronic viral infection.The star said he…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionAndrea Halliley is one of thousands of people on waiting lists for gender identity clinicsMore than 13,500 transgender and non-binary adults are on waiting lists for NHS gender identity clinics in England.Some people have had to wait three years for their first appointment at a clinic, BBC…
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