The number of NHS trusts in debt in England has more than doubled in a year - although overall the health service finished 2011-12 in surplus.

A generation of UK men born in the 1960s and 1970s may be more likely to commit suicide because of attitudes around the role of men at the time, say Samaritans researchers.

The wife of a man whose legal challenge to be given help to die was heard alongside Tony Nicklinson's tells BBC News about her husband's determination to continue his fight.

Scientists from Cardiff University lead a Nato project to develop a vaccine for anthrax in the fight against bioterrorism.

A US man diagnosed with "popcorn lung" after inhaling too much of the artificial butter smell of microwave popcorn, has won a $7.2m (£4.4m) verdict.

A British servicewoman gives birth to a baby boy at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan, having not realised she was pregnant.

The wife of a man who's paralysed with 'locked-in' syndrome has told BBC News of his determination to continue his battle for a right to die.

Women having a baby should have access to a specialist doctor, no matter what time of the day or night they are giving birth, experts suggest.