The Royal College of Nursing has warned NHS leaders that proposals to scrap national pay and conditions would harm patient care.

More than a third of UK local councils have cut or closed some of their public sports facilities in the past three years, a BBC investigation finds.

Many children are not aware of the causes of cancer and some even believe it is contagious, suggest the results of a charity's poll.

The deaths of 50,000 pensioners could be avoided over the next decade if minimum pricing is rolled out in England, BBC Panorama finds.

Staff at a Birmingham hospital have been so alarmed at the rise in cycling-related injuries they have launched their own safety campaign.

Some 12,000 more people who stayed in California's Yosemite park are at risk from hantavirus, officials warn, as a third death is confirmed.

A baby girl found alive by her parents in a sealed coffin hours after being declared stillborn goes home for the first time in Argentina.

A 13-year-old boy whose right leg was caught in a speedboat's propeller talks about his recovery after having some 700 stitches to save his limb.