Women aged between 50 and 70 are being urged to attend their breast-screening appointments after it emerged more than a third did not take up the offer last year. More than two million eligible women ...

Millionaire businessman Graham Hobson said the argument raising capital gains tax would deter entrepreneurs was ‘a myth’.

A top United Nations humanitarian official has warned that essential supplies are “running out” in Gaza. The warning came at ...

Fewer than one in five claims for compensation for damage to vehicles caused by potholes are successful, new research suggests. Motoring services firm Halfords said potholes were now a “huge issue” ...

Millions are in urgent need of medication, food and shelter in Gaza, Lebanon and the wider area, the Disasters Emergency Committee has said.

The EU must do more to deal with the crisis in the Middle East, Irish premier Simon Harris has said. Mr Harris is in Brussels for a meeting of the European Council. He said he would be discussing the ...

High levels of air pollution have led to significant increases in the number of vet visits for both cats and dogs, research suggests. A team at the London School of Economics’ Grantham Research ...

Academics hope that electric wallpaper, which goes on the ceiling and is painted over, could become a ‘viable’ replacement for central heating.

Organisations representing the private rental sector said landlords are facing uncertainty ‘on a number of fronts’ as demand grows.

Dementia can take up to two years to diagnose but this laser-based technique is cheaper than current tests and can provide results in just seconds, the researchers said. Initial tests have shown it ...