Month: August 2017

Traumatic complications mean one in 15 women fitted with the most common type of mesh support will require surgery to extract it, figures suggestThousands of women have undergone surgery to have vaginal mesh implants removed during the past decade, according to NHS records that reveal the scale of traumatic complications Read more…

Broadcaster condemns Tehran’s block on Iranian employees’ financial transactions after re-election of Hassan Rouhani The BBC has criticised Iran for imposing an asset freeze on staff at its London-based Persian-service, the latest crackdown against the corporation’s Iranian employees. Tehran’s judicial authorities have issued a court order listing more than 150 Read more…

Thirty years of bad policy have encouraged house hoarding, avarice and the massive accumulation of wealth – to the detriment of the rest of societyAnother housing scam has been uncovered. Up to 13,000 landlords, almost half of a total of 27,000 in the London borough of Newham alone have failed Read more…

The Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world, including wildfires near Athens and protests in New York Continue reading… Via: Confederate statue toppling and a rare white elk: today's unmissable photos