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Loneliness is increasing with projections from Age Uk suggesting the number of people aged 65 and over who report frequent loneliness could reach 1.2 million by 2034

Experts say this pause shouldn’t be mistaken for recovery, as Arctic sea ice coverage is still much lower than it was in the 1980s.

Modern warfare is high-tech, violent and often incomprehensible. It is also widespread with one in eight people globally exposed to conflict last year.

When we look at how people vote in elections and why they choose certain parties, analysis often focuses on age, education, location or socioeconomic status. Less discussed in Britain is religion. But close to two-thirds of its adults are still religious – expressing either a religious identity, holding religious beliefs,…

Steve James, from Devon, hits halfway mark in circuit of Great Britain’s coast as scientists monitor impact of extreme feat

Steve James, 65, has reached the halfway point of his goal to run 200 marathons in 200 days

Leading dieticians reveal the key foods will promote healthy ageing in adults

Researchers used gene sequencing to analyse the bacteria present in the mouth after each part of the trial.

It can lower blood pressure by suppressing potentially harmful bacteria in the mouth

For more than a century, type 1 diabetes has meant one thing: a lifetime administering insulin. But for the first time, science is breaking that paradigm – not by managing the disease, but by intercepting it before symptoms even appear.

A handful of people are being given the medicine on a case-by-case basis while it is reviewed for wider use on the NHS.