Ben Morrin

Eid Mubarak to everyone celebrating around the world. ✨

A couple of years ago my life was saved by a very special man. His name is Hanny Anwar. He’s a surgeon at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. He removed the cancer from the base of my spine. Along with a lot of bone. But he did so much more than that. Surgeons have a reputation for being cocky, arrogant and cursed with poor people skills. Hanny isn't like that. As well as being exceptionally gifted, he's also a very thoughtful and spiritual man. Once he'd diagnosed my cancer as chordoma, he explained to me that it has a very high recurrence rate. On average, there's a 60% chance that chordomas return. I was trying to get my head around this. That I was going to put myself through brutal surgery with a long recovery, losing bladder bowel and sexual function... to emerge with the odds against me. Hanny said something to me that I'll never forget. He reassured me that if the cancer did return that it could be treated with radiotherapy or further surgery. He told me that the hospital treats patients with recurrent cancer that live for decades. 'So if it comes back, it's not necessarily a death sentence?', I asked. 'No more than life is', he replied. Wow. It was such a great answer, I burst out laughing. In that moment I knew that I completely trusted him. I felt immensely privileged to be his patient. Along with his colleague who also operated on me, John Afolayan, he is currently trekking ONE HUNDRED KILOMETRES across THE SAHARA DESERT. It will take them five days. Yes, they're insane. But they’re doing it to raise money for the @thernohcharity.    All the money raised goes back into NHS services at the hospital to help more patients in the future. The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital is our only national orthopaedic hospital. It treats patients from all over the country, including injured service personnel and people like me who suffer from rare bone cancer. Anything you can give will make a massive difference. Surely they deserve it. Thank you. justgiving.com/campaign/rnohs…

"We only coped... because of the extraordinary efforts of our front-line teams." Dr Kevin Fong, former NHS England national clinical advisor, speaks to @BBCSimonJack about the need to invest in front-line workers following the Covid Inquiry.

'Only the superhuman efforts of staff pulled the NHS back from the brink during the pandemic.' Sara Gorton from UNISON on the Covid Inquiry report into the NHS response to the pandemic.

A word about Ipswich today. All their media staff were great to deal with. Manager was top quality. All very impressive and likeable people involved at club. Team got the win and going very well. Fans- very good away following #soccersaturday #IpswichTown #itfc

More than 180 people waiting for their first urology appointment were seen in a single day on Saturday 28 February, as staff worked through a busy weekend clinic to help bring down waiting times. Read more on our website: bhrhospitals.nhs.uk/news/urology-t…

Today marks the national Covid-19 Day of Reflection. Every one of us was impacted. My thoughts are with people who experienced loss and still carry the effects of the pandemic. We also honour the dedication of our NHS staff, key workers and volunteers who helped us through.

NHS gets a fair amount of stick so just wanted to recount a personal experience of @NHSEngland in #hessle & #hull in the last few days ....it was very impressive. #NHS

A proud moment for Hermann Hreiðarsson 🇮🇸 His daughter, Ída Marín Hermannsdóttir, is on the pitch winning her third cap for Iceland today 👏

Around 7.30pm last night, Leif was last man off the pitch after helping tidy up the warm up balls. A bit under a couple of hours later, and just a few metres away from there, this touch set up Azor to send us all home happy. I bloody love Leif Davis #ITFC

A new fast‑track passport for people diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) is at the heart of proposed health and social care reforms unveiled today at the 2026 Nuffield Trust Summit. Read more. 🔗mndassociation.org/media/latest-n…

Stop what you are doing and watch this strike from Azor Matusiwa! 🤩

Mehmetime! #itfc #upthetractorboys

Clinical from Sindre Walle Egeli 🇳🇴😮‍💨 @IpswichTown #EFL | #SkyBetChampionship

What a team ❤️ Ready for the Closing Ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics ❄️ #TeamGB | #MilanoCortina2026

ZOE ATKIN OUR SKIING STAR ✨ A fifth Olympic medal for Team GB ❄️🇬🇧 #TeamGB | #MilanoCortina2026

The volunteers have invented a new Winter Olympic sport at #MilanoCortina2026 👀 The rules are currently unclear. ❄️

Kirsty Muir, you played your part in one of the best freeski big air finals of all time. We are so proud. ❤️ #TeamGB | #MilanoCortina2026

Improvisation at its very best 😮 Japan's Ikuma Horishima crossed the finish line backwards in the men's dual moguls 🔙🤯

Team GB has done it again! 🥇🇬🇧 Incredible scenes as Great Britain scoops up ANOHER gold medal! 👏