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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.

Hancock criticises ‘wholly naive’ Covid inquiry

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

Hancock criticises ‘wholly naive’ Covid inquiry

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

Hancock criticises ‘wholly naive’ Covid inquiry

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

Three deaths linked to listeria detected in NHS desserts

Listeriosis listed as cause of death in one NHS patient and two other deaths being investigated.

‘Covid memories are in a box deep within my brain’

A critical care nurse says many colleagues moved departments because of PTSD after the pandemic.