Two million women were diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer last year, according to new global figures.

More needs to be done to protect people from failing care services in England, a report from the National Audit Office says.

Parts of England are facing big midwife shortages, putting the safety of mothers and babies at risk, according to the Royal College of Midwives.

Encouraging smokers to switch to smokeless "fake" cigarettes could save tens of thousands of lives, according to the government's "nudge unit".

The number of hospital patients in England waiting over the 18-week guarantee has jumped by a third in the past year, figures show.

The number of children under five who die every year plummets from 12 million in 1990, to 7.6 million last year, say Unicef and the World Health Organization.

Northern Ireland is considering a new helpline number to reduce unnecessary referrals to Accident and Emergency.