An extra 470,000 people are projected as needed in the sector by 2040 to meet the needs of a growing older population.

DIY cervical cancer tests are more likely to be used if they are offered by a GP during a routine appointment, a study suggests. From January next year, at-home kits will be offered to women who have ...

Five years on from the start of the pandemic, the average monthly rent for a new tenant is £417 more than it would have been in 2020, ...

Sir Keir Starmer will convene an urgent Cabinet meeting on Tuesday as he seeks to set out a pathway to peace in Gaza. The Prime Minister will call senior ministers in during the summer recess for the ...

A tax on companies with revenues over £1 million could help generate ‘larger, more sustained resource for communities than ...

A small device that zaps a major nerve connecting the heart and brain could help improve fitness, an early trial suggests. Wearing the stimulator for just 30 minutes a day increased oxygen intake ...

Salt warnings on restaurant menus can encourage consumers to make healthier choices, a first study into the initiative has suggested.

Two children have died and two more are in critical condition after a barge struck their boat and sent them overboard during a sailing camp in Miami on Monday, authorities said.

Two women have died and a teenage girl has been hurt in a three-vehicle crash on the A96 in Moray. The collision, which happened at around 3pm on Monday, involved two cars and an HGV on the A96 at the ...

The Firestation Creative in Dunfermline will host their very first Ukrainian Craft Fair, an event intended to raise money for traumatised ...

A fourth person has died following a shooting in Co Fermanagh on Wednesday. Police said Ian Rutledge, 43, died following the incident in Maguiresbridge. The agricultural contractor had been in ...

It comes a day after Israel eased aid restrictions in the face of a worsening humanitarian crisis in the territory.