Researchers from the University of Edinburgh and King’s College London believe the findings offer new insight into the condition.

About two thirds of those at-risk for influenza are yet to be vaccinated this winter, according to Public Health Scotland.

Matt Wrack was seeking another term of office after two decades in the post of general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU). But he was beaten by the union’s vice president Steve Wright who will ...

THE number of flu patients in 'extremely busy' Worcestershire hospitals is falling but still much higher than normal, say NHS bosses. The number of patients with flu had climbed to 100 cases across ...

David Newton, now aged 70, of Magazine Close, Wisbech, denies murdering Una Crown at her home in Magazine Lane in the Cambridgeshire town on January 12 2013.

The Moonhouse, the size of a big hand, will hitch a ride to the Moon on a lunar lander operated by the Japanese company ispace.

A father accused of murdering his 14-year-old daughter by stabbing her in the heart told the emergency services that they had just been play-fighting while they made their tea, a court heard. Simon ...

THE South Cotswolds’ MP visited one of the area’s main hospitals and met with the NHS foundation trust’s boss recently after the government failed to reaffirm an important target on A&E treatment. Roz ...

Here the PA news agency looks at who the festive success stories are so far, and which retailers have appeared more downbeat.