Junior doctors wait to hear whether the High Court in England will agree to stop the government imposing a new contract.

The widow of a Falklands war veteran who is trying to prevent the destruction of their frozen embryos takes her fight to the High Court on Wednesday.

One in five bowel cancer patients diagnosed in an emergency had "red flag" symptoms that should have been picked up earlier, says a study in the British Journal of Cancer.

Nursing homes are closing at the rate of one per week in England, due mainly to a shortage of nurses, official figures suggest.