Elderly people are being "trapped" in English hospitals in ever greater numbers as there is no where else for them to go, the charity Age UK warns.

A record nine million emergency calls were made to the ambulance service in England last year, figures show.

Health regulator Monitor says it has "serious concerns" over the financial running of a Lancashire hospital trust after predicting a £44m rise in its budget deficit.

Scientists at Dundee University develop an "exciting" new single-dose malaria drug to combat drug-resistant parasites.