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EU leaders call for global bank tax
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy renew calls for a global bank tax. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Air India workers call off strike
The ailing airline has about 30,000 employees Air India workers have called off a two-day strike that left tens of thousands of passengers stranded after an Indian court asked them to return to work. The strike was called in protest at an alleged gag on staff speaking about the air disaster in Mangalore. More than 100... »
Call to discuss dying days care
Doctors are being urged to help terminally ill patients discuss dying well in advance of their final days. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
NHS whistle-blowing action call
The NHS is still not doing enough to encourage a culture of whistle-blowing, a study suggests. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Call from mum ‘as good as a hug’
A mother’s voice on the phone can soothe a child as much as a hug, a study has found. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Maoists call off strike in Nepal
The Maoist party in Nepal ends a general strike after six days, but continue to call on the government to stand down. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Artists call for Panahi release
Hollywood film-makers including Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese have called on the Iranian government to release director Jafar Panahi. A petition also signed by Robert De Niro, Robert Redford and Francis Ford Coppola, denounced the arrest of Panahi on 1 March. "We… stand in solidarity with a fellow film-maker", the petition read. Panahi, known for... »
Call for bowel cancer screening
A five-minute, one-off screening test could prevent thousands of people dying from bowel cancer every year, a study published in the Lancet suggests. There are now calls for the test to be rolled out across the UK after results from 200,000 people aged 55-64 found it cut deaths by 43% over 10 years. Cancer Research... »
Ready to rumble – alarm call helps elephants flee bees
Elephants produce a rumbling alarm call that warns of the threat of approaching bees, scientists have found. The researchers also discovered that the elephants retreated when a recording of the call was played – even when there were no bees nearby. The study was led by Lucy King of the University of Oxford and the... »
Call to cut child heart op units
Several children’s heart surgery units across England should be closed with operations done by fewer, specialised centres, according to an expert review. It was launched after the 1990s Bristol heart babies scandal when children having heart surgery died needlessly. The BBC has learned that all paediatric heart centres in England are being assessed to decide... »
Karadzic trial to call witnesses
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic may face prosecution witnesses for the first time at The Hague – if he attends the resumption of his trial. The first witness will be Ahmet Zulic, who was a prisoner in a Serb detention camp in north-western Bosnia. Mr Karadzic, who has been conducting his own defence, is... »
Call for cancer leaflet apology
Labour has been asked to apologise after sending leaflets to thousands of women warning them Tory polices on cancer could endanger their lives. Cards saying the Tories would scrap a Labour guarantee for suspected breast cancer patients to see a specialist within two weeks, were sent to 250,000. Shadow Health Secretary Andrew Lansley said he... »
Child brain cancer diagnosis call
UK doctors are to get new guidelines on diagnosing brain tumours in children, in order to tackle delays in treatment. Specialists have produced a set of recommendations for GPs and hospitals on when to consider a brain tumour and what tests are needed. Diagnosis now takes three times longer for UK children than those in... »
More frequent chlamydia test call
Women should be tested for chlamydia every time they have a new sexual partner to cut their chances of pelvic disease, UK researchers say. A study of 2,500 students found that annual screening is not enough to prevent cases of pelvic inflammatory disease, which can cause infertility. In those who were found to have chlamydia,... »
Brown to call election for 6 May
Gordon Brown will announce on Tuesday morning that the general election will, as expected, be held on 6 May, BBC political editor Nick Robinson says. The prime minister will go to Buckingham Palace to ask the Queen to dissolve Parliament. On returning from the Palace he will formally confirm the date and make a speech... »
Herbal therapists regulation call
The government has announced plans to force all providers of unlicensed herbal medicines to register with a regulator. It comes after several public consultations on how best to police the industry. The Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC), will ensure practitioners are properly trained and operating a safe business. But some have said the proposals... »
Call to clean up cash Isa market
A watchdog wants an Office of Fair Trading investigation into the use of temporary headline interest rates to attract savers to cash Isas. Tax-free Individual Savings Accounts (Isas) were introduced in the UK 11 years ago to encourage people to save. The average interest rate stands at 0.41%, Consumer Focus said, with many banks and... »
Call for rules on letting agents
Letting agents should be regulated to protect both tenants and landlords, the Property Ombudsman has said. In his latest annual report, Ombudsman Christopher Hamer said disputes with letting agents rose from 28% to 49% of his workload last year. He predicted that problems over lettings would make up two thirds of his workload this year.... »
UN call for new DR Congo strategy
The head of the UN mission in DR Congo says new measures are needed to stop massacres by the Lord’s Resistance Army. »
Call for more over-50s on BBC One
A leading provider of housing and care for the elderly has accused the BBC of not having enough older people in its programmes, compared to rival ITV. The Anchor Trust has commissioned an "older faces audit" that claims only 20% of presenters and actors on BBC One are aged over 50. This compares to 27%... »
Call for better therapy treatment
By Maddy SavageBBC News Some 65% of doctors say they can "rarely" offer psychological therapy to depression sufferers within two months of referral, a study suggests. The Royal College of GPs survey of 590 UK doctors also found 15% said access to psychological services was only "usually" possible in that timeframe. The survey is part of... »
Plas Madoc public inquiry call
Claims the assembly government knew of financial mismanagement at a regeneration scheme but failed to act have led to calls for a public inquiry. The Plas Madoc Communities First scheme in Wrexham had "fundamental weaknesses of management", an audit report said. The report said the assembly government had been alerted to problems in 2003. The... »
Call for children’s fitness tests
Fitness tests should be introduced for children in secondary schools to help make people more active, the chief medical officer for England says. Sir Liam Donaldson said routine ‘bleep tests’ could help reverse the declining fitness levels of children. In his annual report, he said inactivity was rife – research shows the majority of people... »
Call for better rape victim care
Every rape victim should have a specialist adviser to support them after an attack, a major review in England and Wales has recommended. The review’s author, Baroness Stern, said that police and prosecutors should give greater priority to the victim. She said that the debate over rape was too focused on convictions, rather than the... »