TV doctor Hilary Jones has described assisted dying for the terminally ill as “kind and compassionate”, adding that he would help a patient to end their life if the law was changed.

Israeli fire killed at least 12 people and wounded others as they headed towards two aid distribution points in the Gaza ...

Some 13 also admit to buying multiple items with the plan to keep only one they like the most or that fits properly, the poll for KPMG found.

Almost two million families would be lifted out of poverty if Labour matched Scottish Government action on the issue, the SNP has claimed. Ahead of the UK spending review, the SNP asked the House of ...

Nursing staff will start voting today on the Government’s 3.6% pay deal amid warnings of another industrial dispute involving strikes. Around 345,000 members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) will ...

A Stormont minister has urged the UK Government to allow the terminally ill early access to their state pension. Communities Minister Gordon Lyons said it is imperative that Government does more to ...

Low blood stocks prompted officials to issue an “amber alert” over supply for hospitals last year and NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) said that more must be done to avoid a “red alert”, which means ...

Scientists suggest the toxins could one day be used as ‘markers’ for medics to pinpoint the Parkinson’s patients at a higher risk of dementia.

The draft third Northern Ireland climate change adaptation programme (NICCAP3) includes more than 250 actions suggested by government departments, councils, academia, NGOs, businesses and the public.

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Bowel cancer cells can “shapeshift” to resemble skin or muscle cells to enable them to spread aggressively, according to scientists who have hailed it as a major breakthrough they hope can help treat ...