Learning a second language can boost brain power, scientists believe.

There must be no half-measures on the reform of social care, campaigners and council chiefs are warning.

A 12-week consultation is being launched on a Welsh government strategy to improve mental health services.

Blood donors are being urged to come forward by officials who say there are just four days worth of some supplies left in Wales.

Drug firm Abbott Laboratories agrees to pay out $1.6bn (£1bn) after improperly marketing mood-stabilising drug Depakote.

A Somerset runner hopes he has set a new world record for the number of miles run in one week.

High levels of dental fraud in England prove the system needs overhauling, ministers say.

Two police forces kept body parts and tissue samples in nearly 90 suspicious and unexplained death cases without notifying relatives, it emerges.