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Huge hospital overspend to be unveiled By Nick Triggle Health correspondent 20 May 2016 From the section Health An unprecedented overspend by hospitals and other NHS trusts is expected to be announced later by health bosses. The figures for England from the regulator NHS Improvement cover the 2015-16 year, which finished in March. By December - the three-quarter mark - hospital, ambulance and mental health trusts were already £2.2bn in the…

Superbugs will 'kill every three seconds' By James Gallagher Health editor, BBC News website 19 May 2016 From the section Health Image copyright Thinkstock Superbugs will kill someone every three seconds by 2050 unless the world acts now, a hugely influential report says. The global review sets out a plan for preventing medicine "being cast back into the dark ages" that requires billions of dolla…

Superbugs will 'kill every three seconds' By James Gallagher Health editor, BBC News website 19 May 2016 From the section Health Image copyright Thinkstock Superbugs will kill someone every three seconds by 2050 unless the world acts now, a hugely influential report says. The global review sets out a plan for preventing medicine "being cast back into the dark ages" that requires billions of dolla…

Chibok girls: 'First kidnapped girl rescued' in Nigeria 18 May 2016 From the section Africa One of the missing Chibok girls has been found in Nigeria, activists say, the first to be rescued since their capture two years ago. The 276 girls were taken from their secondary school in north-east Nigeria by Boko Haram militants in April 2014. Activists confirmed to the BBC that Amina Ali Nkek was found by a vigilante group on Tuesday in the Sambisa Forest, close to the border with Cameroon. She was reportedly identified by a civilian fighter who recognised her. The fighter belonged to the Civilian Join…

US election: Trump 'has regrets' but 'had to fight campaign this way' 18 May 2016 From the section US Election 2016 Media captionDonald Trump: "It's a modern day form of fighting back"Presumptive US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has admitted he "has regrets" about his US election campaign but said he would not have been successful otherwise. He was speaking to Fox News presenter Megyn Kelly, with whom he has had a feud since a TV debate last August. When pressed about why he re-tweeted "bim…

'Hidden army' of carers in their 80s, says Age UK 18 May 2016 From the section Health Image copyright Thinkstock The number of people in their 80s or older who are relied on as carers has rocketed in the last seven years, according to a charity. Age UK says one in seven of the "oldest old" - an estimated 417,000 people in all - now provides some sort of unpaid care to family or friends. Over half of these clock up more than …

US election: Donald Trump open to talks with North Korea 18 May 2016 From the section US Election 2016 Image copyright Reuters Image caption Whitehall diplomats may welcome Mr Trump before the November election Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he is willing to meet the North Korean leader to discuss Pyongyang's nuclear programme. "I would …

Heseltine: Boris Johnson losing his judgement over EU 17 May 2016 From the section EU Referendum Media captionHeseltine: Johnson is showing strainLord Heseltine has said he would be "very surprised" if Boris Johnson became prime minister after his "preposterous, obscene" remarks during the European Union referendum campaign. The ex-deputy prime minister, who is campaigning for Remain, said he feared Mr Johnson's "judgement is going". It marked a further escalation of a war of words between Tories over the E…

Donald Tusk says only alternative to EU is 'chaos' 17 May 2016 From the section EU Referendum Image copyright EPA The president of the European Council has said the only alternative to the EU is "political chaos" and labelled Boris Johnson's recent comments "absurd". Donald Tusk said he was speaking out to defend his "vision of Europe". He said he could not "remain silent" after Mr Johnson compared the EU's aims with Hitler's…

BBC unveils shake-up of online services including recipes website 17 May 2016 From the section Entertainment & Arts comments The BBC has announced that a number of websites, including BBC Food and Newsbeat, are to close as part of plans to save £15m. The online News Magazine will also close but "long-form journalism" will continue under a current affairs banner. Local news indexes for more than 40 geographical areas around the country will close. The BBC's T…

Canada wildfire: Oil workers urged to leave Fort McMurray camps 17 May 2016 From the section US & Canada Image copyright EPA Image caption The wildfires have devastated parts of Fort McMurray Around 12,000 people have been urged to leave Canada's oil sands camps near the fire-hit town of Fort McMurray as a resurgent wildfire heads towards them. A regiona…

Hong Kong security tightened ahead of top Chinese visit 17 May 2016 From the section China Image copyright AFP Image caption Pavement stones have been reinforced with glue to prevent protesters using them as projectiles Hong Kong has launched one if its largest security operations in years, as a high-ranking Chinese politician is set to arrive in the city. Z…

'Train NHS staff' to plug doctor gaps, bosses say By Nick Triggle Health correspondent 17 May 2016 From the section Health Image copyright Science Photo Library Nurses, paramedics and pharmacists should be trained to fill in for doctors and help the NHS in England cope with demand, bosses say. Management body NHS Employers has given the plan the green light after advisers said there were a range o…

The Stretford End and Sir Alex Ferguson Stand were evacuated before the game was abandonedManchester United's final-day match against Bournemouth has been called off because of a suspect package. Two stands - the Sir Alex Ferguson Stand and the Stretford End - were evacuated before the home game against Bournemouth and sniffer dogs brought in to search the stands. Kick-off, due at 15:00 BST, was delayed and shortly afterwards the match was abandoned on police advice. Security personnel are supervising fans exiting the stadium. Manchester United v Bournemouth abandonedAn "operation red code" alert was heard over the tannoy at 14:40 BST and the players who were warmi…