A way for eye patients to assess their own sight has been introduced at a hospital after a test was developed during the Covid pandemic. The system, created by Cambridge University Hospitals’ consultant paediatric ophthalmologist, Dr Louise Allen, is now being used at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in the city and is a first for the UK….
Lancashire is to receive £38.8m to help get more people back into work in the county. It is one of four areas to be given a share of £100m of government funding as part of the Connect to Work programme, with Lancashire the only place in the North West. The scheme aims to help those…
A mental health trust has made “some improvements” to a few of its services, inspectors said. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) carried out an inspection at Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) between November and December. The CQC visited nine wards across the trust to see if progress had been made after some its…
They look like an ordinary pair of glasses – but these are tech-packed specs. On a Zoom call, Niko Eiden, chief executive and co-founder of Finnish eyewear firm IXI, holds up the frames with lenses containing liquid crystals, meaning their vision-correcting properties can change on the fly. This one pair could correct the vision of…
Riola Xhemaili’s stoppage-time goal created history as Switzerland reached the quarter-finals of the European Championship for the first time at the expense of Finland. With five minutes remaining and the hosts’ spot at Euro 2025 in danger, the ball was drilled towards the back post where substitute Xhemaili tapped home to send her country through….
After a frustrating final season at West Ham, new Tottenham signing Mohammed Kudus is looking to rediscover the glittering form that made him one of European football’s hottest properties just two summers ago. The Ghanaian completed his £55m move to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on a long-term contract on Thursday. BBC Sport looks at why new boss…
As trilogies go, Friday’s third instalment of the Katie Taylor v Amanda Serrano rivalry at New York’s Madison Square Garden doesn’t add up, but still makes all the sense in the world. Ordinarily, a third meeting in boxing is to break the tie, but, despite undisputed light-welterweight champion Taylor holding a 2-0 advantage from previous…
Wimbledon mixed doubles champion Sem Verbeek says his “heart is bleeding” over a change in format at the US Open that means he and partner Katerina Siniakova will be unable to play there together. The duo beat Britain’s Joe Salisbury and Brazilian partner Luisa Stefani 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-3) in the final on Centre Court…
The prospect of watching 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic take on world number one Jannik Sinner for a place in the Wimbledon final is a mouth-watering one, but fitness concerns remain before Friday’s match. Djokovic, 38, fell awkwardly late on in his quarter-final against Flavio Cobolli, but picked himself up to wrap up victory and progress….
Prices for all-inclusive family package holidays in some of the most popular desinations have soared over the past year. But there are ways of saving money if you want to escape abroad. Here are six tips to help keep costs down. 1. Book early for July and August The price you pay for your accommodation depends…
