The academics added: “Although non-daily smokers report smoking fewer cigarettes and weaker urges to smoke than they used to, which may make it easier for them to stop smoking, they appear to be ...

Guide Dogs is taking their puppies to Halloween activities to build the dogs’ confidence ahead of the spooky day.

Since then, Jacob and his father Andrew have completed several fundraising expeditions both in the UK and abroad, raising more than £160,000 for St Gemma’s Hospice in Leeds, which looked after his ...

Unison members in the Perth and Kinross area are taking part in a two-week walkout which has closed a number of schools.

A £20 million initiative that aims to tackle the “historically low” numbers of people enrolled into dementia clinical trials is being launched in the UK. The Dementia Trials Accelerator, funded by the ...

Rachel Reeves has promised her first Budget will be an economic “reset” for the UK. The Chancellor said her statement on October 30 will invest in the “foundations of future growth”. Ms Reeves was ...

The Labour Party’s election manifesto pledged to ‘guarantee two weeks’ worth of work experience’ for every young person.

The UK economy grew by 0.7% and 0.5% in the first two quarters of 2024, according to the Office for National Statistics. However, it could witness slower growth in the latest quarter after no growth ...

Companies should be fined for failing to follow rules aimed at cutting sales of unhealthy food, to tackle the “public health emergency” posed by obesity, peers have said.

The NAO said the Government should introduce urgent reform to put SEN provision in England on a ‘financially sustainable footing’.