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Radio 4,16 Jan 2026,30 mins

NHS trust breached nurses’ dignity in transgender changing room case

Six O'Clock News

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An employment tribunal has ruled that an NHS trust violated the dignity of a group of nurses by allowing a transgender woman to use female changing facilities at Darlington Memorial Hospital. The Chief Constable of West Midlands Police has announced his immediate retirement amid intense pressure over the handling of the Maccabi Tel Aviv match against Aston Villa. A new life-extending drug for prostate cancer is to be made available on the NHS in England. And customers across the East Midlands are complaining about the quality of a manufacturer’s pork pies.

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