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My baby’s premature birth was humbling, says Beatrice

The royal describes “months of sheer worry” she experienced over the birth of her second child.

Newborn’s death ‘due to gross failures of midwives’

The coroner at newborn baby Ida Lock’s inquest highlights eight opportunities that were missed.

Repeated failures in reading scans costing lives, ombudsman says

The most common issues include clinicians not spotting abnormalities, and scans being delayed.

‘Chubby filter’ pulled from TikTok after user backlash

Critics say the AI tool – which made people look overweight – was a form of body-shaming.

Probe into claims people allowed in to watch hospital surgeries

It is not clear how the individuals gained access to the operating theatres or who gave permission.

Public data should not conflate sex and gender, review says

Author of government-ordered review says biological sex and gender have become distinct and should be recorded separately.

‘The discrimination I face on public transport is inhumane’

A report by parliament’s cross-party-transport select committee says accessibility failings are “systematic” across all modes of transport.

What nine months in space does to the human body

Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are back on Earth – but what has nine months in space done to them?

What nine months in space does to the human body

Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are back on Earth – but what has nine months in space done to them?

Hancock criticises ‘wholly naive’ Covid inquiry

The former health secretary was giving evidence about medical equipment deals during the pandemic.