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A bid to stretch resources has resulted in aged care food staff being re-classified as personal care workers as four in 10 residents remain malnourished.

Charlie Falconer, Labour peer and former lord chancellor, is to introduce a private member’s bill into the House of Lords on July 26 to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales. It is currently illegal in these parts of the UK to help someone to end their life. The introduction…

With extended life expectancy Britain has wound up an increasingly sick nation – and experts say that this is as bad for GDP as it is for our health

In the past few years, a frustrating trend has emerged in reporting on the UK’s falling birth rate. Every month or so, a study reveals new statistics pointing out that either fewer people are having children, or that the average age for first-time parents is increasing. Then a slew of…

Princess Kate's illness has reportedly "changed her priorities" and "outlook on life"

Other lives: Probation officer who rose to be a policy adviser at the Home Office on issues relating to offenders

The Prince and Princess of Wales are looking to expand their team in an unexpected way

It was only when 12-year-old Senegalese schoolboy Lassou Samb prepared to sit his end-of-year exams that his lack of any legal documentation finally caught up with him.

Gunner Lewis-Vale’s parents say they are ‘eternally grateful to the incredible mother who donated their baby’s umbilical cord’