'Endometriosis spreads like my cancer, so why are waits so long?'

‘Endometriosis spreads like my cancer, so why are waits so long?’

Cardiff endometriosis patient wants condition treated more urgently Lara Stevens says endometriosis is like the cancer she had as a child, with the potential to spread and damage multiple organs – but feels it is not treated with the required urgency. “The endometriosis could be growing and I wouldn’t know where it is and what…

How anger, red wine and spa breaks fuelled new series

How anger, red wine and spa breaks fuelled new series

Red hair. Pink fur coat. White helmet. Green tartan trousers. Huffing and puffing uphill on a rickety old bike towards the job centre. Not quite as graceful as ET on two wheels but that first scene introducing the titular character in Sophie Willan’s sitcom Alma’s Not Normal created an instant connection with a new audience….

As the Middle East fighting spreads, potential peace is forgotten

As the Middle East fighting spreads, potential peace is forgotten

BBC A year ago, the images were searing. With Israel still reeling from the worst terrorist attack in its history and Gaza already under devastating bombardment, it felt like a turning point. The Israel-Palestine conflict, largely absent from our screens for years, had exploded back into view. It seemed to take almost everyone by surprise….

Neil Foden may have abused pupils for over 40 years in Gwynedd

Neil Foden may have abused pupils for over 40 years in Gwynedd

BBC Neil Foden’s offending may have started decades earlier than first thought A paedophile head teacher may have abused pupils for more than 40 years, with four times as many victims than previously thought. Neil Foden was jailed for 17 years for sexually abusing four children in north Wales between 2019 and 2023. But a…

Does China now have a permanent military base in Cambodia?

Does China now have a permanent military base in Cambodia?

Getty Images Cambodian navy personnel patrol Ream naval base, which sits on the Gulf of Thailand Two grey shapes, visible from satellites for most of this year at Cambodia’s Ream naval base, seem to confirm growing fears in Washington: that China is expanding its military footprint, beyond the three disputed islands in the South China…

‘My family and my sight were shattered by Israeli raid in Gaza’

‘My family and my sight were shattered by Israeli raid in Gaza’

BBC Malak’s father was killed in February, before baby Rahma was born Suddenly, Malak stops speaking, leans forward a fraction and kisses the baby sitting on her lap. Her sister Rahma is fair-haired and has blue eyes. There is a 13-year age difference between them. But to Malak – who lost her father in an…