Maternity services for obese women are revealed as incompetent and inadequate, and in addition are believed to render mothers-to-be at risk, experts warn.
 
NHS maternity units are reported to be struggling to meet with the unceasingly surging number of obese pregnant women.
 
Moreover, very few possess all the specialist equipment required to deal with complex deliveries or emergencies, a report has claimed.
 

In the budget that will be presented on Wednesday, it is expected that Alistair Darling will make a call to the MPs regarding slicing the deficit to half by 2013-2014 and will state that Plans to slash the annual level of Government borrowing are invariable. It is also expected that the budget will offer detailed proposal for tax on banks to blanket cost of current bailouts.

Results of two opinion polls released on Sunday show that the most likely outcome of the forthcoming British election is a hung parliament. People think that no party will win an overall majority in the upcoming elections, the survey suggests.
According to an ICM poll carried out for the News of the World, the Conservatives went down three points to 38%, ahead of Prime Minister Gordon Brown's ruling Labour Party, which went up one point to 32%.

UK reality TV star Jade Goody's doctor in a TV special to air on Sunday (GMT) claimed that her death occurred after being let down by "incompetent and negligent" National Health Service (NHS) staff.

Dr. Ann Coxon condemned medics who allegedly examined Jade when her tumor was the size of a Tangerine, however, missed it, The Sunday reported.

In addition, they are accused that they failed to realize her symptoms - which Dr. Coxon said were "glaringly obvious" as pointed to cervical cancer.

Even though 78 per cent of the school-going children in the UK agree that computer hacking someone’s account is wrong, yet more than 25 per cent of them have tried to hack others’ accounts, a survey revealed.

An online poll conducted by the Cumbria Constabulary and Tufin Technologies found that 27 per cent children tried to hack other people's Facebook accounts, while 18 per cent targeted e-mail accounts of their friends.

The survey questioned 1,000 children in London and 150 in the northern English county of Cumbria.

The number of kingfishers in Britain appears to have been hit hard by the harshest winter since 1960s, conservationists warn.

Low temperature and frozen water bodies have affected several species.

The British Waterways, which looks after British canals and rivers, said that a number of water birds including kingfishers and herons could have starved to death because of their inability to break through ice on ponds to obtain food.

The British developed game “Batman: Arkham Asylum” has bagged the best game title at the Bafta 2010 awards.

Batman: Arkham Asylum outshone its nearest rival Uncharted 2: Among Thieves to win the award. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves had the most number of nominations.

In addition, Batman: Arkham Asylum grabbed the best gameplay.

Awards for best action and story went to Uncharted 2. In total, Uncharted 2 took away four awards.

Internet service provider Virgin Media has announced that it would demonstrate its superfast 200Mbps broadband service at the Ideal Home Show in London from Saturday.

At the Ideal Home Show, visitors will be able to become acquainted with some of the ways the superfast connection can be used at homes.

Speaking about the new service, Virgin Media said, “Ultrafast broadband like our 200Mbps service will enable a whole household to enjoy cutting-edge entertainment, not just via computers, but through an array of gadgets all over the home.”

Google’s controversial Street View service came under fire yesterday after it included detailed pictures of the SAS headquarters.

The entrance to the SAS headquarters had never before appeared on maps for security reasons. But, Street View service showed the 180-degree view of SAS headquarters’ boundary.

Experts say that these images could be used for terrorist attacks.

Google has promised that its Street View service would not show faces and licence plates.

Sky has confirmed that it would launch its much-anticipated 3D service on April 3, with a massive Premier League showdown.

Satellite TV provider Sky will screen Manchester United’s clash with Chelsea on the day of launch of the 3D service.

Commenting on the topic, a spokesperson for Sky said, "It's fitting that one of the biggest games of the season will be the launch pad for our pioneering service."

Web browser Opera announced on Thursday that downloads of its browser jumped to more than double after Microsoft Corp. provided its users with a choice of Web software.

From March 1, Microsoft started offering its customers a choice of 12 browsers to settle European Commission antitrust charges. Earlier the software giant had been compelling its customers to install its own Internet Explorer browser as a default.

The future of the UK’s Royal Institution is still uncertain as a special general meeting has been announced to vote on a proposal to replace the entire board of trustees.

The crisis emerged in January this year when Royal Institution’s former director Susan Greenfield was ousted.

Susan Greenfield has started a legal action against the move, claiming she was a victim of sexual discrimination. The legal proceedings could cost the Royal institution as much as £500,000 in damages.

Five has announced that it would launch HD channel on Sky this summer, just a few days after the UK broadcasting regulator Ofcom declared that Five would not be able to appear on Freeview HD until 2012.

Five HD has become the 42nd channel to join Sky's HD array. Sky will start showing Five HD in July this year. It has plans to show popular American programs such as CSI.

Earlier, Ofcom rejected channel Five’s request to allow it to launch an HD channel on Freeview this year because it could not manage to fulfill 'key criteria' to keep its slot.

National Science & Engineering Week that is running until March 21 emphasizing the importance of science, engineering and technology.

The programme, which consists of more than 3,000 events, is going on across the United Kingdom. Being attended by both the general public as well as professionals is proving very useful in making public aware of the importance of science & technology.

It is covering diverse locations, from shopping centres to schools.

The UK broadcasting regulator Ofcom has rejected channel Five’s request to allow it to launch an HD channel on Freeview this year as it could not fulfill 'key criteria' to keep its slot.

Ofcom said that it would not be reserving an HD slot for Channel Five as it could not provide the regulator with a launch date and other important information.

The slot has now been handed over to the BBC which already possesses an HD channel on Freeview.