Philippa Roxby

BBC News health and science journalist. Also sports nut, mum, dog lover...

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“Oh my god… I have no words.”

Listen to the emotional moment this year’s laureate Maria Corina Machado finds out she has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Kristian Berg Harpviken, Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, shared the news with her directly before it was announced to the world.

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'My peanut allergy nearly killed me - now I eat them every day for breakfast' https://t.co/7zyvf8CWOc

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'A little miracle': First baby born in UK to woman with transplanted womb https://t.co/SGXyGRrcbV

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Amazing photos of the HMS Prince of Wales on the Clyde this morning
📸 HMS Prince of Wales
Credit Greenock Telegraph

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@gju How do you know it’s not a glass of non-dairy milk?

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I sure hope someone was recording that…🤣

[BBC Radio 4 Today @BBCr4today]

Female athletes at the Paris Olympics and Paralympics faced misogyny on social media ‘bigger than we’ve ever seen before’.

Dame Katherine Grainger, who's about to become the first female chair of the British Olympic Association, talks to #R4Today guest editor Dame @LauraKenny31.

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Dame @LauraKenny31 is Britain's most successful female Olympian and our #R4Today guest editor.

She has two young boys but also had a miscarriage and an ectopic pregnancy, and has always wondered if the physical toll of elite sport damaged her fertility.

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Best sports photos of 2024: Photographers explain stories behind images - BBC Sport https://t.co/q7wrMjMiPm

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Not saying the last night of Paul McCartney’s tour was decent but he just bought Ringo Starr on for a medley of Beatles hits as an encore.

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Almost one out of every eight phone calls made under the Martha's Rule scheme has led to a potentially life-saving change of treatment, NHS England has revealed.

Merope Mills, whose daughter Martha died from sepsis in 2021, tells #R4Today it's clear the policy can 'save lives'.

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if looking for a podcast that delivers informed discussion of EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE: #insidehealth on @BBCRadio4 has been getting on with it for YEARS and COI I often feature BUT i have no supplements/health tech/private clinic services to sell! https://t.co/iCdkKIs5jo

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Breathtaking. The first images of the restored interior of Notre Dame cathedral

It took just five years, as Macron promised it would

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‘Pregnant’ for 15 months: Inside the 'miracle' fertility scam https://t.co/H6TRew3twJ

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Atlas of cells transforms understanding of human body https://t.co/vArROpioEf

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We’re starting to hear from all the big NHS bosses as this part of #covdinquiry enters its final stretch. This week the top doctor in NHSE gets emotional about a life-saving email. Plus nurses speak about the impact of visiting restrictions and long covid. https://t.co/B3C18n9CNe

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