Drugs that switch on vitamin A in the body may also help stave off conditions such as motor neurone disease (MND), raising ...

GfK’s Consumer Confidence Index fell seven points to minus 20, with significant drops in predictions for personal finances ...

Nature is coming back six years after wildfire at Smithills near Bolton, but peat will take hundreds of years to regenerate, ...

Picky eating is largely influenced by genes and peaks at the age of seven, scientists have found. Analysis suggests food fussiness starts during toddler years and continues into early adolescence.

Mikel Arteta admitted David Raya’s astonishing double save against Atalanta was the best he has seen in his career. Raya ensured Arsenal avoided defeat in their Champions League opener by keeping out ...

Three out of four primary school teachers think children’s physical activity is declining, research suggests. Half of 500 teachers surveyed said they believe fewer than one in two children in their ...

While rising living costs have seen consumers cutting back and retail sales as a whole up 0.1% year-on-year in August, spending on health and beauty was up 7.3% – significantly higher than ...

Cancer Research UK is calling on the Government to commit to a long-term cancer strategy to make sure waiting times are met.

One person was killed and another seriously injured in a stabbing incident late on Thursday in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam, police said. Police arrested a suspect who was also injured and taken ...

A new sex assault claim has been made against Mohamed Al Fayed after an investigation into the former Harrods owner was published. The woman believes police nearly arrested him over her allegations ...

A man whose teenage son has been jailed for disorder and a father-of-two who took his toddler to a riot in Rotherham among ...

The death toll is rising in central Europe as receding waters reveal the huge scale of the destruction caused by ...