The country’s top doctor has urged everyone who is entitled to a Covid jab to come forward as new figures showed the NHS vaccination programme racked up record numbers of jabs last week.
NHS national medical director Professor Stephen Powis called on anyone who qualifies for a jab but has not yet received...
Health professionals from Leeds will be joined by a local Imam for a Facebook Live session, this will be about the importance of having the COVID-19 vaccine when invited during Ramadan.
The session will take place on Thursday 25 March, from 6-7pm on NHS Leeds Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG) Facebook page www.facebook.com/nhsleeds
A massive fire swept through three IOM-managed sites yesterday displacing roughly 45,000 Rohingya refugees and causing catastrophic damage in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, the world’s largest refugee camp.
More than 10,000 shelters were damaged in the fire and the International Organization for Migration (IOM)’s largest health centre in the camp was destroyed. The loss of...
Children and families worldwide are devastated daily by brain tumour diagnoses, with around 50 children diagnosed with brain and other central nervous system tumours each year in Yorkshire alone.
During Brain Tumour Awareness Month this March, Yorkshire children’s cancer charity Candlelighters aims to raise awareness of brain tumours...
A man who posted messages on social media urging others to commit acts of terrorism in Bangladesh has been jailed, following an investigation by the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command.
Munna Hamza, 50, of south London was sentenced to a total of three years’ imprisonment at Woolwich Crown Court on Friday, 19 March after being...
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The council is making £2.5m available to fund free three-year taxi and private hire licence renewals for drivers, delivering a timely boost to a trade that has...
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The Yorkshire County Cricket Club has appointed Mahboob Hussain as its new Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Manager.
The announcement comes following a legal claim made last year by former under-15 and under-19 England cricket captain, Azeem Rafiq, who says he faced expressly racist “dressing room banter”, where non-white players were often addressed as “Paki”.
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India's women will play their first test match since 2014 when they take on England in a one-off game later this year, India's cricket board (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah said.
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The independent NHS Race and Health Observatory is urging black and minority ethnic communities to complete this years’ national census survey to help capture information on the overall health conditions of ethnic minority households across England.
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