DEMENTIA and Alzheimer’s disease are the leading cause of death in Jersey, accounting for one-in-ten deaths, newly released ...

By Dr Carmel Corrigan Parenting. To parent. It is relatively recent that the noun “parent” became a verb in common English ...

A teacher and school counsellor has been identified as one of the 11 people killed when a driver ploughed a vehicle through a crowd at a Filipino heritage festival in Vancouver over the weekend. Kira ...

A dog believed to be an XL bully was destroyed by police in Manchester after officers were called to reports of “men with machetes”. The incident happened as Greater Manchester Police (GMP) officers ...

The main cause of Gene Hackman’s death was heart disease, but he was also in the advanced stages of Alzheimer’s and was likely to have not eaten for a long time, according to a new post-mortem ...

Jess Phillips has suggested she is open to co-operating with Rupert Lowe’s private inquiry into grooming gangs. The Home Office minister said she was “more than happy” to meet the Independent MP to ...

Iran has finally extinguished a fire at a southern port rocked by an explosion as the death toll in the blast rose to at least 70 people. Satellite images analysed by the Associated Press also showed ...

Monday was the hottest day of the year so far with temperatures set to increase further this week, the Met Office has said. The weather service said the highest temperature recorded on Monday was ...

Sir Keir Starmer has hosted the head of the Palestinian Authority as the UK Government announced a £101 million funding package for the occupied territories in a show of the UK’s “steadfast support”.

Home Office minister Jess Phillips said she expects local inquiries into grooming gangs will “go further” than the five already announced. During an urgent question in the Commons, Ms Phillips also ...

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has said that a problem in the European grid caused the huge power outage that struck Spain, Portugal and parts of France. Mr Sanchez described the problem in the ...

The sugar tax applied to fizzy drinks is set to be extended to milkshakes and similar treats under Government proposals. Plans to end the exemption from the levy for dairy-based drinks, as well as non ...