A popular UK beach has been evacuated after a suspected bomb was found, with the public now being urged to avoid the area. Bomb disposal experts were called to Lyme Regis beach in Dorset at around 1pm on Thursday afternoon. Emergency services rushed to the scene and swiftly shut down the area, with crowds of … Read more
Using paramedics in GP surgeries does not save money, a new review suggests. Paramedics have worked in GP practices for many years but their number has increased in recent years to help overstretched family doctors. Experts from the the University of Bristol and University of the West of England camped data from 34 GP surgeries … Read more
A new “personalised” online tool that predicts the most effective medication for individual patients with type 2 diabetes could benefit millions of people with the condition, researchers have suggested. It comes as a study found that fewer than one in five people with the condition in England are on the best medication for them to … Read more
The number of people in hospital with flu in England continues to rise, with staff reporting they are under the same pressure as at the height of the Covid pandemic, the NHS medical director has said. Data from NHS England shows there were an average of 5,408 flu patients in beds in England each day … Read more
A software engineer has completed his year-long challenge of doing 300 press-ups every day in memory of his mother who had multiple sclerosis (MS), raising more than £10,000 for charity. Alex Welford, 25, from Bristol, set a goal to complete 100,000 press-ups across the year to raise money for the MS Society, a charity focusing … Read more