Nearly half of all children in England are not reaching what teachers say is a good level of development by the age of five.

The system for calculating most domestic fuel bills in the UK is contributing to thousands of deaths each winter, public health experts say.

Prof David Nutt of Imperial College and Professor Douglas Kell of funding body BBSRC discuss the impact of cuts on neuroscience.

Skiers and snowboarders should routinely wear helmets to reduce the risk of head injuries, says Austrian sports scientists, who are calling for helmets to be part of ski rental packages.

The High Court rules that a health authority was not acting unlawfully in seeking to add fluoride to Southampton's tap water.

The doctor who failed to spot the broken back of the abused London toddler Baby P is removed from the UK's medical register.