Dame Sheila Hancock said she is “not against” calls for a new law on assisted dying in the UK, but insisted the country needs to “improve palliative care”.

Research found that Bafta nominated actors are five times more likely to have attended a fee-paying school than the average person.

The impact of the closures in London was even more severe for disadvantaged pupils, according to the working paper.

The findings open up the possibility of developing treatments to target the gene in order to help curb population-wide sugar intake.

Teenagers who spend time cooped up in their bedrooms may be more prone to feeling threatened, research suggests. A new study found that people in their late teens experience an increased sensitivity ...