Only a fraction of medical students are from working class backgrounds despite efforts to widen access to the profession, a report has suggested. A small number of schools and colleges produce a high ...

A refugee has said that taking up boxing at a centre which has received funding from Sport England “saved” her life. Dr Zin Myint said she was in a “bad place” after arriving in the UK three months ...

Gatwick airport’s expansion plan involves bring its emergency runway into routine use. Here the PA news agency answers 14 key questions about the project. It is mostly used for aircraft to taxi to and ...

A child who was not vaccinated has died from measles in Texas – the first death in an outbreak that began last month and the ...

The 700,000 extra dental appointments promised by the Government will only cover a third of people who need urgent care, leading dentists have said. The British Dental Association (BDA) said that ...

The former Going For Gold and Game For A Laugh host died ‘peacefully’ on Tuesday ‘after a period of ill health’, his family said.

Young people who are not in work, education or training have applied for jobs they do not want because they are desperate for employment.

At around the same time, a Red Cross convoy carrying dozens of released Palestinian prisoners left Israel’s Ofer prison.

NHS England estimates that there are 2.2 million people who need treatment but are unable to get an NHS dental appointment. That means the 700,000 extra dental appointments promised by the Government ...

Jess Park’s first-half strike gave England a hard-earned 1-0 victory over Spain at Wembley in the UEFA Women’s Nations League.

An “inspiring” new thriller filmed in Scotland will explore how a young woman becomes “independent and strong”, the movie’s star has said. Mitsuki Kimura – known professionally as Koki – stars in ...

Trachtenberg joined the hit show in its fifth season as Dawn, the younger sister of Buffy, who was romantically linked to Angel, portrayed by Boreanaz. Elsewhere, James Marsters, who played British ...