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Philippa Roxby

@PhilippaPr

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

Joined May 2011
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@NobelPrize10 Oct 2025
“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. #NobelPrize #NobelPeacePrize
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'My peanut allergy nearly killed me - now I eat them every day for breakfast' bbc.com/news/articles/cvgpvz…
'My peanut allergy nearly killed me - now I eat them every day'

'My peanut allergy nearly killed me - now I eat them every day'

Just a few years ago, Chris Brookes-Smith could have died from eating peanuts - but taking part in a clinical trial has changed his life.

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'A little miracle': First baby born in UK to woman with transplanted womb bbc.com/news/articles/c78jd5…
First baby born in UK to woman with transplanted womb

First baby born in UK to woman with transplanted womb

Grace Davidson gave birth to a baby girl two years after her sister's womb was transplanted into her body.

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Assisted dying: California man invites BBC to witness his death

Assisted dying: California man invites BBC to witness his death

Wayne Hawkins believes terminally ill people should be able to die when they choose, but others in the state disagree.

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Chris Bolton@CcibChris9 Mar 2025
Amazing photos of the HMS Prince of Wales on the Clyde this morning 📸 HMS Prince of Wales Credit Greenock Telegraph
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Assisted dying debate: The UK’s real problem with palliative care

Assisted dying debate: The UK’s real problem with palliative care

The UK was once ranked the best country for end-of-life care - but, say experts, that has all changed

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Mental health: Children should be more resilient, say experts

Mental health: Children should be more resilient, say experts

The surge in mental health referrals among young people has prompted debate among experts about the cause - and the most effective solution

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I sure hope someone was recording that…🤣 teapaw.org/HumansNoContext/status…
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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. bbc.in/40cUv6y
Laura Kenny: Can elite sport damage women's fertility?

Laura Kenny: Can elite sport damage women's fertility?

The Olympic medallist had a miscarriage and an ectopic pregnancy. Did sport affect her ability to conceive?

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Dan Roan@danroan29 Dec 2024
Best sports photos of 2024: Photographers explain stories behind images - BBC Sport bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cvg…
Best sports photos of 2024: Photographers explain stories behind images

Best sports photos of 2024: Photographers explain stories behind images

The world's second tallest man, a Taylor Swift kiss and Cristiano Ronaldo's tears - the best sports photos of 2024, in the words of the photographers who took them.

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Jim Reed@jim_reed19 Dec 2024
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! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…

Inside Health

Health & Fitness Podcast · Monthly · Series that demystifies health issues, separating fact from fiction and bringing clarity to conflicting health advice.

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Sophie Pedder@PedderSophie29 Nov 2024
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 bbc.com/news/articles/c78dyr…
Nigeria's fertility scam: ‘Pregnant’ for 15 months

Nigeria's fertility scam: ‘Pregnant’ for 15 months

Women in Nigeria desperate to conceive are drawn into a disturbing scam involving trafficked babies.

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Atlas of cells transforms understanding of human body bbc.com/news/articles/c23829…

Human Cell Atlas project transforms understanding of human body

Scientists are mapping out the 37 trillion cells of the human body and changing what we thought we knew

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Jim Reed@jim_reed9 Nov 2024
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. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0k3b5…

The Covid Inquiry Podcast - 36. 'Clapped One Minute, Disposable The Next' - BBC Sounds

The Covid Inquiry examines how the NHS responded to the pandemic. Jim Reed reports.

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Angry crowds throw mud at Spain's King Felipe VI in flood-hit Paiporta town as fresh weather...

Angry crowds throw mud at Spain's King Felipe VI in flood-hit Paiporta town as fresh weather...

Spain's national weather agency anticipates that up to 90mm of rain could fall in one hour in parts of south eastern Spain.

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Sugar in first 1,000 days linked to poor health later bbc.com/news/articles/c93qly…
Sugar in first 1,000 days linked to poor health later

Sugar in first 1,000 days linked to poor health later

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