The immune system can be trained to attack itself to reverse a devastating autoimmune disease, in animals.

Skin cancer rates in Scotland have more than doubled among those aged 55 and over in the past 20 years, a leading charity reports.

A crisis-hit computer project for the NHS 24 telephone helpline will not be fully rolled out across Scotland until the end of next year - four years later than originally planned.

Fifty people have taken their own lives in Scottish hospitals over the past four years, the BBC learns.