Scotland's only gender identity clinic for under-18s has paused the prescription of puberty blockers to young people. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) - which controls the Sandyford clinic in Glasgow - said it made the decision following a landmark review of gender services for under-18s in England and Wales. …...Read More

The fingerprints of climate change are all around us. The deluge in Dubai, our own sodden spring, and the planet's warmest January, February and March on record. It has already been a year of extremes - and we are only three months in. Please use Chrome browser for a more …...Read More

A fatal accident inquiry is to be held into the death of a pedestrian who was hit by an Edinburgh tram on his way home from work. Bus driver Carlos Hernan Correa Palacio, 53, died after he was struck at a crossing in the Saughton area of the capital on …...Read More

Smoking among younger middle-class women has jumped more than 25% in the last decade, according to new research. By contrast, smoking rates fell among working-class women. Using data from the Smoking Toolkit Study, an ongoing monthly survey of adults in England, researchers from University College London (UCL) looked at the …...Read More

A woman who rang 999 more than 2,000 times in three years has been jailed. Sonia Nixon, 56, from Harrow, north London, used 17 different mobile numbers to ring the emergency line between 2021 and 2023. According to the Metropolitan Police, this only made her the fifth worst caller in …...Read More

The government has missed a long-standing target to reduce the number of people with autism and learning disabilities detained in hospitals. Some 2,045 people with autism or learning disabilities are currently detained in psychiatric facilities in England, many of them sectioned under the Mental Health Act. People with a learning …...Read More

Prince Harry has officially listed the US as his primary residence, according to documents filed in the UK. The change was revealed in a filing for sustainable tourism charity Travalyst, which was founded by Harry, recording the duke under his full name - Prince Henry Charles Albert David Duke of …...Read More

Samantha Davis, the wife of Star Wars and Harry Potter actor Warwick Davis, has died aged 53. Samantha co-founded the dwarfism charity Little People UK and featured in the final Harry Potter film, alongside Warwick. Warwick announced the news in a statement shared to the BBC, revealing she had died …...Read More

The AAP has yet to taste electoral success in Haryana (Representational) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday said it will contest all 90 assembly seats in Haryana, where people want "badlav" (change) and are looking at it with great hope. The AAP said it will announce party national convenor …...Read More

The group also threatened to kill him, Mr Patel said in his complaint (Representational) The principal of a government school was thrashed by a group of people when he went to survey a madrasa in Ahmedabad on Saturday, police said. The police have arrested two men after a case was …...Read More