The UK needs an overarching national strategy to tackle alcohol related harms, argue experts in The BMJ today, as deaths from alcohol in England reach their highest level on record.

David Alexander says every penny raised through LBTT should be ring fenced to help fund affordable and social housing ...

A 561-mile polar blast is likely to hammer parts of the UK as the weather maps show seven cities witnessing cold weather ...

The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced that hundreds of more postcodes will receive a Cold Weather Payment ...

More than 5,000 nursing staff across the UK were quizzed on the state of the NHS in their area. These are just some of their ...

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A yellow alert for fog has come into force, with the Met Office warning the weather could cause travel disruption including ...

Red squirrels from the Formby reserve near Liverpool in north-west England had skulls with flatter braincases and longer ...

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Saracens' New Zealand-born stand-off Fergus Burke has been named in Scotland's squad for the 2025 Six Nations. Burke joined ...

Scotland has secured another so-called “Kilted Kiwi” in its rugby squad. Fergus Burke is a New Zealand-born flyhalf who has been named in Scotland’s enlarged 37-man squad for the Six Nations ...

When fed peanuts, red squirrels in Britain developed weaker bites — showing that food supplements to threatened animals could have unintended side effects.