Michael Cowan

1 week ago | bbc.com | Chloe Harcombe |Michael Cowan

Over 60s group marks VE Day with tank pushChloe Harcombe & Michael CowanBBC News, West of EnglandBBCThe group walked the length of Weston-super-Mare promenade to celebrate VE Day and raise money for charitySocial club members in their 70s have completed a tank push to commemorate VE Day. The 60+ Social Singles group in Weston-super-Mare, in Somerset, walked the length of the promenade with cardboard tanks mounted on shopping trolleys.

Apr 13, 2024 | spectator.com.au | Michael Cowan

I went down to our local Centrelink office the other day, the second such visit in a few months. It is a three-hour round trip but we had been instructed that it was better to go there in person. My wife and I are in our seventies and my wife, God bless her, works part-time as an interpreter and translator.

Mar 20, 2024 | yahoo.com | Michael Cowan |Hollie Cole

Transgender patients facing a years-long wait for NHS gender care are being handed a "death sentence", says the mum of a trans woman who took her own life. Data obtained by Newsnight and analysed by the BBC found it would take 10 years to clear the backlog of people waiting for first appointments in gender care. The mother of Alice Litman, who killed herself while waiting for treatment, called for urgent changes to NHS care. NHS England said it planned to launch a review into adult gender services.

Mar 20, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | Michael Cowan |Hollie Cole

Transgender patients facing a years-long wait for NHS gender care are being handed a "death sentence", says the mum of a trans woman who took her own life. Data obtained by Newsnight and analysed by the BBC found it would take 10 years to clear the backlog of people waiting for first appointments in gender care. The mother of Alice Litman, who killed herself while waiting for treatment, called for urgent changes to NHS care. NHS England said it planned to launch a review into adult gender services.

Nov 8, 2023 | bbc.co.uk | Sima Kotecha |Michael Cowan

Both antisemitic and islamophobic abuse is rising at universities, experts tell the BBC.