An innovative treatment that reprogrammes immune cells to recognise and kill cancer has been shown to be effective on patients with certain tumours in a pioneering trial. CAR T-cell therapy is usually ...

Piper, 42, starred as the companion to the ninth Doctor in 2005, playing Rose Tyler alongside Christopher Eccleston’s Time Lord.

Hamas is seeking amendments to the latest US ceasefire proposal for Gaza, a senior official with the group has said, but US envoy Steve Witkoff called the response “totally unacceptable”.

France has agreed to change its rules so police can prevent people in the water from getting on to boats, but this has not yet come into effect.

Piper won the award for Most Popular Actress at the National Television Awards in 2005 and 2006 for her role as Doctor Who’s companion Rose Tyler.