The chance of returning to normal body weight after obesity is only one in 210 for men and one in 124 for women each year, research suggests.

A committee of scientific experts is expected to urge the government to halve the recommended daily intake of sugar, in final guidance on Friday.

The government's flagship policy to cap care costs in England will be delayed until 2020, the government says.

The NHS in England paid out over £1.1bn for negligence claims in 2014/2015, new figures show.

Scotland Yard says it has begun an investigation into reports that at least 50 girls were taken from the UK to Somalia for female genital mutilation.