Scientists say that testing for fatty acids could make it easier to identify children at risk of various conditions.

A huge king penguin chick named Pesto, who weighs as much as his parents combined, has become a social media celebrity and a star attraction at an Australian aquarium. Weighing 22kg at nine months old ...

A cheap and widely available antidepressant has shown to be “unexpectedly effective” in treating aggressive brain tumours, scientists have said. Vortioxetine is recommended by the National Institute ...

Police have issued a warning to drivers after a crash on the M58 in Up Holland. The road, from junction five eastbound, is fully closed. Police anticipate that it will be “closed for some time” and ...

Jess Phillips said the Government has had ‘robust’ conversations with Serco, who took over the Ministry of Justice’s (MoJ) tagging contract ...

Health and safety experts are calling for urgent action to tackle an “epidemic” of long working hours. It follows a study by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) which suggested ...

Millions of pensioners will receive a bonus cash payment from the DWP, as well as people on Universal Credit, PIP and more ...

A person has been injured in a Darwen crash yesterday (September 19). Police were called to Duckworth Street at around 3pm after a crash involving two vehicles. The road was closed for a few hours ...

Dignitaries have marked the recovery of a photo portrait of Winston Churchill known as The Roaring Lion, which was stolen in Canada and recovered in Italy after a two-year search by police. At a ...

Police and Trading Standards descended on a site on Albert Road yesterday (September 19), thanks to the support and knowledge from the public.

Rare coins could be worth hundreds of times more than their face value, as one person found out when they sold a 20p coin for more than £230 on eBay. Some coins are made with minting errors which make ...

Official figures showed higher spending on public services, while national debt hit levels last seen in the early 1960s.