The US drug regulator has withdrawn approval for a popular breast cancer treatment, saying Avastin is not effective enough to justify the risks of taking it.

People should no longer be signed off for long-term sickness by GPs but by an assessment service, a government-backed review says.

Women might dream of tall, dark and handsome, but researchers are claiming that it is men of "average" height that are having the most children.

A government commissioned report says an independent panel should be set up to assess long-term sickness.