The number of post-mortem examinations in England and Wales could be cut by 60% if the system in Scotland was used, a leading pathologist says.

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Dr Roy Palmer: "At present, there is little alternative to a post-mortem."

The remains of 220 people feared to be victims of the Nazi euthanasia programme are found at a psychiatric hospital in Austria.

An ambulance technician who did not respond to a heart attack victim when he was on a tea break is to keep his job.