Councils are calling on ministers to ensure upcoming reforms focus on reducing unnecessary waste and making recycling easier.

Fewer families are engaging in daily activities which support early language development compared with five years ago, a charity says.

Action for Children said its research showed the ‘enormous effort’ required by employers, the NHS and Government to help people back to work.

The letter published on Wednesday argues that the cap on compensation could lead to ‘inadequate and unacceptably low’ payments.

The jab uses mRNA technology to tell the immune system to recognise a ‘foreign’ protein on viruses and mount an attack.

The NHS has been warned to brace for an influx of students suffering from asthma attacks as colder weather sets in. New analysis indicates a significant rise in the number of emergency hospital ...

A 55-year-old man has been charged with murder following the death of a dog walker in Suffolk. Suffolk Police said Anita Rose, 57, left her house at around 5am on July 24 to take her springer spaniel ...

A US attorney said Mike Jeffries, chief executive from 1992 to 2014, used his ‘power, his wealth and his influence, to traffic men’.

The treatment – one of two new drugs to target a cause of the disease – has been considered by the medicines regulator and the NHS spending watchdog. A decision is expected imminently. Donanemab, ...

Sir Keir Starmer met with Mr Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, during a trip to New York last month.

Officers and the ambulance service attended and 16-year-old Deonte Mowatt-Slater was found with a serious injury, the Metropolitan Police said. Medics fought to save Deonte but, despite their efforts, ...

The RAIB said the track condition on the approach to the site meant ‘adhesion’ between wheels and rails was ‘relatively low’.