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Every NHS hospital in England has been told to improve patient waiting times for planned treatment as the government has made hitting the 18-week target one of its key priorities ...

"Forgotten about" parents are calling for more financial support for children's activities during the summer months. It comes as research by Ulster University suggests more parents are cutting back on ...

Football tickets will be made available on prescription to help treat symptoms of depression, under a pilot scheme. Labour MP for Stroud, Dr Simon Opher, and Ecotricity founder and owner ...

It can be hard to get a good night's sleep when the weather is hot. Here are some simple tips which could help.

A former Kentucky police officer has been sentenced to 33 months in prison after being convicted in connection with a raid that resulted in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, ...

The government's banning of Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation has the hallmarks of an authoritarian "abuse of power", the High Court has heard. Lawyers for the group's co-founder told ...

They are thebête noireof many nutritionists - mass-produced yet moreish foods like chicken nuggets, packaged snacks, fizzy drinks, ice cream or even sliced brown bread. So-called ultra-processed foods (UPF)account for ...

It might be uncomfortable territory, but it's worth reflecting on just how unprecedented Wednesday's events in the House of Commons were. The images blared across the media of Rachel Reeves ...

Former health secretary Matt Hancock has denied claims the government's attempt to throw a protective ring around care homes in 2020, early in the Covid pandemic, was empty rhetoric. In ...

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has proposed sending some prisoners overseas to serve their sentences, as part of a raft of measures he says would create around 30,000 prison places ...