A&E specialists are warning casualty departments risk being swamped unless there is proper planning for the long Easter and royal wedding weekends.

A gene linked to premature births has been discovered by scientists in the US and Finland.

Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond warns the NHS is facing destruction in England and lambastes Labour's Peter Hain over prescription charges.

A mother is seeking a court's permission to withdraw life-sustaining treatment from her brain-damaged daughter.