Plans to get people to adopt healthier lifestyles will not work unless the government is more prepared to use legislation, peers believe.

Exposure to secondhand cigarette smoke nearly doubles the risk of hearing loss among teenagers, research reveals.

Leading peer Baroness Neuberger explains why we need more than a nudge to change how we act

The person responsible for contaminating the saline of three patients who died at a Greater Manchester hospital may still be on the site, police say.

MPs should investigate plans to close a children's heart surgery department in west London, a charity says.

Experts ask men from north east Wales to provide a DNA sample to discover why those from the area carry an "extraordinary" genetic make-up.

Dozens of care homes across London fail to achieve even basic fire safety standards, a BBC investigation reveals.

The sister of a severely brain-damaged woman has told a judge that she would not have wanted to live a life totally dependent on others.