The majority of adults who celebrate Christmas no longer believe that having a Christmas pudding on their table is important, ...

Research highlighting the growing costs and impact on children of many social care placements should be a ‘turning point’, councils say.

They also warned there is a ‘fundamental mismatch’ between demand for services and what the NHS is able to do.

A once-a-day pill that could help tens of thousands of people give up cigarettes and prevent thousands of smoking-related deaths each year will be rolled out on the health service, NHS England’s chief ...

The fixed summer “season” for monitoring water quality at official bathing waters could be removed in recognition of the growing trend for cold water swimming, under Government plans. The change forms ...

In his second cabinet in just over a month, Mr Ishiba reappointed most of its previous members, including foreign minister ...

Mike Peters, frontman of Welsh band The Alarm, has said his “future is uncertain” as he implored people to become potential stem cell donors. The rock star, who was forced to cancel a US tour earlier ...

A charity founded by former prime minister Gordon Brown is expanding to boost its aim of supporting families struggling with the cost-of-living crisis. A new Multibank is to open in Middlesbrough on ...

Dame Esther, who has terminal cancer and revealed in December that she had joined Dignitas due to the current law in England, said unless her current medication turns out to be “totally miraculous” ...

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said it has received a file of evidence from Surrey Police “following an investigation into allegations of misconduct in a public office” relating to the Princess ...

Macclesfield MP Tim Roca says insurance claims have risen by 137 this year, and rose sharply after the start of the conflict in February 2022.

Proposed legislation for England and Wales would offer the “safest choice” for mentally competent adults at the end of their lives and is capable of protecting against coercion, the MP behind the Bill ...