Gay Iranians facing sex change call
6 November 2014 Last updated at 06:38 GMT Iran is one of a handful of countries where homosexual acts are punishable by death. Clerics do, however, accept the idea that a person may be trapped in a...
View ArticleEbola outbreak: UK centre opens in Sierra Leone
5 November 2014 Last updated at 15:07 GMT A British-run facility to treat people with Ebola has officially opened in Sierra Leone. The 92-bed site in Kerry Town is being run jointly by the Department...
View Article'Quadriplegic' fraudster jailed for four and a half years
7 November 2014 Last updated at 13:34 GMT A fraudster who tried to evade justice by claiming to be quadriplegic has been jailed for four-and-a-half years after conning his neighbour out of more than...
View ArticleKailash Satyarthi: 'I'm passionate about needy children'
7 November 2014 Last updated at 17:23 GMT Kailash Satyarthi won this year's Nobel Peace Prize for his work fighting child slavery and exploitation in India. At the Bal Ashram home for rescued children...
View ArticleCar research centre opens at University of Warwick
6 November 2014 Last updated at 21:01 GMT An automotive research centre has been officially opened at the University of Warwick. The Advanced Propulsion Centre has been joint funded by the government...
View ArticleFamilies react after kidney transplant death inquests
5 December 2014 Last updated at 12:31 GMT The families of two transplant patients who were given infected kidneys and later died have spoken to the BBC following the inquests into the deaths. Robert...
View ArticleSchool meal kills at least 22 children in India's Bihar state
17 July 2013 Last updated at 09:58 BST At least 22 children have died and dozens more have fallen sick after eating a tainted school meal in India's eastern state of Bihar. The poisoning occurred at a...
View ArticleLife-saving liquid: Inside the world's biggest blood bank
13 November 2014 Last updated at 09:55 GMT Shops across Britain have begun to stock up for Christmas, but they are not the only ones worried about supplies. The NHS Blood and Transplant centre in...
View ArticleFamily Court to provide 'more security' for children
22 April 2014 Last updated at 10:41 BST Changes to the family justice system will provide children with "more security", justice minister Simon Hughes has said. Mr Hughes told the Today programme that...
View ArticleFriend of Alan Henning 'overwhelmed' by donations
12 October 2014 Last updated at 18:47 BST A friend of Alan Henning says she is "overwhelmed" by support for a fund set up in his memory. Dr Shameela Islam-Zulfiqar described Mr Henning as a man with "a...
View ArticleCall to ban car hands-free phones
18 November 2013 Last updated at 08:25 GMT Road safety campaigners are calling for the use of hands-free phones in vehicles to be banned. The charity Brake said research has found the devices could...
View ArticleLuke Jenkins: Family's 'questions' over heart defect care
21 November 2013 Last updated at 19:01 GMT A boy born with a congenital heart defect who died after heart surgery in Bristol suffered brain damage caused by cardiac arrest, an inquest has heard. Luke...
View ArticleEdwin Poots announces "improved" children's ambulance service
20 March 2014 Last updated at 13:42 GMT Health Minister Edwin Poots has announced the expansion of specialist transport services for sick children. The expansion of NISTAR (Northern Ireland Specialist...
View ArticleCystic fibrosis charity calls for lung donation change
10 March 2014 Last updated at 11:41 GMT A charity has called for a national allocation system to boost the number of successful UK lung transplants. The Cystic Fibrosis Trust said it was a "scandal"...
View ArticleMan's leg kept alive on his arm during cancer operation
1 March 2014 Last updated at 07:30 GMT Surgeons in Newcastle have removed a man's tumour and repaired the site of the operation using leg muscles and tissue they had attached to his arm to keep alive....
View ArticleFamily 'in limbo' over surgery delay
The family of a child awaiting heart surgery have said they have been left "in limbo" without a decision on the future of the service in Belfast. The health minister had been expected to make an...
View ArticleAlan Shearer praises Bobby Robson influence
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Former England and Newcastle United striker Alan Shearer praises the influence Sir Bobby Robson had on his football career. Before the...
View ArticleFly-through of new sick kids hospital
7 May 2014 Last updated at 10:40 BST Work will begin on the new Royal Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Clinical Neurosciences in Edinburgh in late 2014. NHS Lothian has released an...
View ArticleAnt and Dec feared for careers after phone voting scandal
29 December 2013 Last updated at 15:53 GMT TV presenters Ant and Dec tell Desert Island Discs' Kirsty Young they feared for their careers after the 2007 phone voting scandal. ITV was fined more than...
View ArticleCouple find love on King's College Hospital liver ward
22 August 2014 Last updated at 21:13 BST Two liver transplant patients have said their lives have changed unrecognisably after they found love on the transplant ward. Shelley Flowers, from Folkestone...
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