Two new foreign language films open Jan. 7 at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center.
Amid the raucous revelry of Carnival week, a widower named Marcelo (Wagner Moura) arrives in 1977 in Recife, Brazil, a city…
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‘I was denied smear test four times because of wheelchair access’
Dharshana Sridhar, campaigns manager at the Spinal Injuries Association, said: “The system is not made for women’s health to start with and then it’s even worse for women with disabilities.
“And then some of the barriers are actually entirely…
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‘I was denied smear test four times because of wheelchair access’
Isobel Fry,North Westand
Lauren Hirst,North West
BBCEmily Salter has called for more accessible and inclusive healthcare services for disabled women A woman who uses a wheelchair said she had “given up” trying to have a cervical screening after…
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Spennymoor parents walk daily for son’s arthritis awareness
Becki said she had been “quite lucky” with her condition and received “good care”, and her symptoms had not stopped her from doing the things she wanted to.
“But it does cause pain and discomfort,” she said, adding: “It was something I really…
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Offerton Roman factory ‘hidden in plain sight’ on River Wear
The excavation was led by Gary Bankhead, president of the Vedra Hylton Community Association and honorary fellow of Durham University’s Department of Archaeology.
He said the whetstone production site was the largest in Britain, “without a shadow of a doubt”.
“It’s probably the largest number of whetstones found in the entire north-west of Europe,” he said, “so it’s a significant location, hidden in plain site.”
Bankhead said the team had also uncovered several other objects from different periods which suggested Offerton was abandoned after the Romans left but later re-established as a settlement.
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Documentary on Kenmure Street protests to open Glasgow Film Festival
It will receive its gala UK premiere on 25 February at the Glasgow Film Theatre, launching the 22nd edition of the film festival.
Bustos Sierra, who previously directed the documentary Nae Pasaran, about how a boycott by East Kilbride Rolls Royce…
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NHS urges people to help ease winter pressure during busiest week
NHS services are asking for public support for what is expected to be the busiest week of the year.
The NHS in Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire has said the pressures of extreme cold weather and a bad flu season will make the…
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Documentary on Kenmure Street protests to open Glasgow Film Festival
A documentary about a Glasgow protest that successfully stopped two Sikh men being taken away by immigration officers will open the city’s film festival next month.
Everybody To Kenmure Street is centred on the events of 13 May 2021, when a Home…
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NHS urges people to help ease winter pressure during busiest week
Emma ElgeeWest of England
PA MediaNHS services are expecting the first week of January to be their busiest of the year NHS services are asking for public support for what is expected to be the busiest week of the year.
The NHS in Bath and North…
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Lewis Carroll display to tour libraries in Woking and Guildford
An exhibition about the author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland will tour six libraries in 2026.
The display features letters and other records from the personal life of the Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, who wrote under the pen name Lewis…
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