Millions of people currently entitled to the state second pension will be worse off as a result of the government's pension changes, the TUC has claimed.

Far more men are dying from skin cancer than women, despite similar numbers being diagnosed with the disease, figures suggest.

The first decade of NHS stop-smoking services in England has been hailed a success by researchers.

Heart disease is not just a problem for adults - 12 babies are born with heart defects every day in the UK, data shows.

A clinic selling separate measles, mumps and rubella vaccines must remove "misleading" claims from its website implying a link between MMR jab and autism.

Head teachers say thousands of pupils could miss out on expected grades at GCSEs this year because of "significant turbulence" in the results.

A huge fire at a recycling plant in Stockport sends flames and plumes of smoke into the sky and is expected to burn throughout the night.

Downing Street was involved in discussions with the Guardian about material it had obtained from US whistle-blower Edward Snowden, it emerges.