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Healing with a wag and a nuzzle, meet the dogs brightening hospital days, in photos14:14 Facility dogs are bringing moments of comfort and joy to children’s hospitals, offering far more than a friendly face. Unlike volunteer therapy dogs, these specially trained, full-time working dogs can enter sensitive areas and support patients throughout their hospital experience. Fueled by faith, some US Muslims embark on Hajj against a backdrop of regional tensions13:42 U.S. Muslim pilgrims have been preparing for this year's Hajj against the backdrop of a tenuous ceasefire, tensions and uncertainty in the Iran war Here are some of China's major coal mining disasters this century13:42 A gas explosion at a coal mine in Shanxi, China, has killed at least 90 people, according to state media Hull v Middlesbrough LIVE: Team news from Championship play-off final after Spygate scandal13:42 Middlesbrough have a shot at promotion after being reinstated into the play-offs following Southampton’s expulsion for spying |