A charity is calling for greater access to respite support after it emerged that 72% of Britain’s 700,000 young carers feel lonely and isolated during the summer holidays. Research by
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Abstinence from alcohol in middle age has been linked to a heightened risk of dementia, a new study suggests. Both people who drink over the recommended limits and those who
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Faith-based objections have no place in the secular same-sex marriage debate in Northern Ireland, the son of former Irish president Mary McAleese said. It is the only part of the
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A new NHS whistleblowing service to prevent patient harm needs to be fully independent, MPs have warned. Plans to establish a Health Service Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) to investigate cases
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A teenager has been jailed for 17 years for the first acid killing in the UK. Xeneral Webster, 19, pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Joanne Rand part way through
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Society “cannot duck” the issue of adult social care any longer, council leaders have warned, as they called for a debate on the future of services. The Local Government Association
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The international aid sector is guilty of “complacency verging on complicity” over its sex abuse scandal, a new report from a powerful Westminster committee has said. The delivery of aid
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MPs have hit out at the Government for “barely paying lip service” to the needs of millions of carers after ministers rejected calls for stronger support to help them stay
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A ruling that a man with an extensive brain injury should be allowed to die without his family going before a judge has been upheld by the UK’s highest court.
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Patients at a hospital in the West Midlands have had a surprise visit from Shetland ponies as part of therapy. The miniature horses, from the Phoenix Children’s Foundation, based in
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