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, ...

The same day as the call, in an attack widely blamed on Israel, thousands of pagers belonging to Hezbollah militants exploded ...

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.

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 ...

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

The winner of The Piano series two, Brad Kella, has signed a recording contract with Liverpool-based label Modern Sky. The 23-year-old, who grew up in Bootle, Merseyside, released his debut single, ...

The Australian actor said the film will show Optimus Prime and Megatron as ‘friends before they were enemies’.

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 ...

A vast area of the Antarctic Ice Sheet – Thwaites Glacier – continues to retreat and much of it could be lost by the 23rd century, experts say. The glacier spans an area equal to the island of Great ...

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 ...