Wal-Mart, the largest private sector employer in the US, offers health insurance to the same-sex partners of its staff.

Having snails crawl across your face may sound revolting but a new beauty treatment from Tokyo is now being offered by a salon here in the UK.

The NHS in England could save between 12,000 and 42,000 lives a year by simple checks on the kidney function of hospital patients, according to NICE.

Britons booking foreign holidays without researching their destination risk being caught out by unfamiliar laws, the Foreign Office warns.

Eating lots of broccoli may slow down and even prevent osteoarthritis, researchers believe.

The Pet Shop Boys are to headline Edinburgh's Hogmanay Concert in the Gardens, organisers announce.

The New York Times website goes out of service for the second time in a month after what the company describes as a "malicious external attack".

The RMT says it will hold a rally in Aberdeen to press for an improved safety regime in the offshore oil and gas industry.