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5 hours agoKatie Razzall, Larissa Kennelly and Darin Graham,BBC NewsBBCIn 2020, Danish antiquities dealer Dr Ittai Gradel began to suspect an eBay seller he had been buying from was a thief who was stealing from the British Museum.More than two years later, the museum would announce that thousands of objects were missing, stolen or damaged from its collection. It had finally believed Dr Gradel – but why had it taken so long for it to do so?The first clue“The gems that fascinate me are nothing so boring as diamonds,” says Dr Gradel from his attic study, lined with display cabinets…

Merope MillsAn initiative allowing rapidly deteriorating patients and their families to seek a second opinion will play a role in “changing the culture of the NHS”, Merope Mills has said.Ms Mills began her campaign for “Martha’s rule” after her daughter Martha, 13, died of sepsis in 2021.Speaking on BBC R4’s Today programme, Ms Mills said it was “encouraging” to see 143 NHS hospitals sign up to the scheme.The rule change will challenge a “culture of deference” towards doctors in some hospitals, Ms Mills said.Martha’s rule will allow patients and families to seek an urgent review if their condition, or the…

A Birmingham university has launched a new scholarship with Grammy-nominated singer Joan Armatrading.The performer and songwriter grew up in the city and began her career at a young age before going on to achieve international success and awards.BIMM Music Institute Birmingham said it was “exciting” to launch the The Joan Armatrading Scholarship from September.Supporting the scholarship was important, she said, because young people needed to be involved with music to keep it alive.The course will provide full three-year tuition fees for a candidate who is from a low household income, or a group that is under-represented in higher education, the…

ReutersA view of the damaged neonatal intensive care unit where several babies diedA hospital in Indian capital Delhi where seven babies died in a fire was operating without a valid licence, police said.The fire occurred on Saturday, leading to the arrests of the hospital owner and the doctor on duty.An investigation has found that the hospital also did not have fire extinguishers or an emergency exit.The tragedy took place hours after a fire broke out in a gaming arcade in Gujarat state’s Rajkot city, killing 27 people.Fires often break out in residential and commercial buildings in India due to a…

13 minutes agoDanny Fullbrook,BBC News, BedfordshireWatch: Coldplay pay tribute to Luton in new song, OrangeColdplay thrilled fans with a special song called Orange dedicated to Luton Town Football Club during its set at Radio 1’s Big Weekend.The group, fronted by Chris Martin, headlined the festival at Stockwood Park, in Luton.There had been a campaign by local football fans for the group to change the lyrics of its song Yellow to Orange. Instead Martin performed an ode to the town. It referenced The Hatters playing in orange, while the team’s rivals Watford wear yellow.Chris Martin dedicated a song to Luton Town…

Desperate villagers are digging through rocks and mud to rescue survivors and retrieve bodies as Papua New Guinea grapples with a landslide the UN fears has buried at least 670 people.The collapse of a mountain side early Friday morning wiped out a bustling village in Enga province, with the damage extending for close to a kilometre, observers report.Less than a dozen bodies have been recovered so far with efforts hindered by rubble 10m (32ft) deep in some places and a lack of adequate equipment.Local media reported one couple being pulled alive from under rocks. They had survived as their home…

The boss of Singapore Airlines, Goh Choon Pong, has thanked the carrier’s staff for their hard work in the aftermath of a severe turbulence incident in which a British man died and tens more people were injured.”The last five days have been immensely challenging for everyone at Singapore Airlines,” Mr Goh wrote in a memo seen by the BBC.The message comes after flight SQ321 from London to Singapore diverted to Bangkok, Thailand after an incident over the Indian Ocean on 21 May.The Boeing B777-ER was flown back to Singapore on Sunday.”Our agility, dedication, and team spirit were evident during this…

1 hour agoKatie Razzall, Darin Graham and Larissa Kennelly,BBC NewsBBCThe FBI is investigating the sale to US buyers of what are suspected to be hundreds of treasures from the British Museum.The BBC understands the US law enforcement agency has also assisted with the return of 268 items, which the museum claims belong to it, that were sold to a collector in Washington DC.The British Museum announced last year that ancient gems, jewellery and other items from its collection, were missing, stolen or damaged.One buyer, based in New Orleans, told the BBC an FBI agent had emailed him asking for information…

At dawn on Friday 12 April, Israeli teenager Benjamin Achimeir walked out from his settler outpost in the occupied West Bank, with a flock of sheep, and disappeared. Achimeir, 14, had been living and working on a tiny farm outpost near his family’s settlement, Malachei HaShalom – one of nearly 150 Israeli settlements in the West Bank regarded as illegal under international law.The young teenager was murdered that morning out on the pasture, according to Israeli police, but it would be 24 hours before his body was found. When the flock of sheep returned to the farm without him, a…

Chris Martin’s Coldplay shared a new song called Orange in tribute to Luton where the band were headlining BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend.Local fans had hoped that the lyrics to Coldplay’s hit single, Yellow, would be changed to the word orange to reflect the colour of the local football club’s kit.Some of the lyrics in the new song referenced Luton Town’s relegation from the Premier League this season, with Chris Martin singing: “It’s hard to be a football fan here in Luton town. Sometimes you do the best you can but you find you’re going down.” Source link