Health bosses have been urged to tackle bed blocking and long emergency department waits in hospitals by a coroner, who warned that there is a “risk of future deaths unless something is done”.

The next exchange, scheduled for Saturday, called for three more Israeli hostages to be freed in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.

Thousands of jobs in the North Sea are being put at risk because the Government is driven by “zealotry”, the Conservatives have said. Shadow environment minister Andrew Bowie said the Government will ...

An internal hospital report over the death of a newborn girl was “like night and day” compared to the findings of an independent probe which identified numerous failings in her delivery care, an ...

Sir Salman Rushdie was so stunned when a masked man started to stab him on a stage in western New York that the author did not even try to fight back, a prosecutor said during opening statements of ...

A transgender doctor told NHS managers of intent to use female changing room facilities and denied that using them despite the discomfort of a female nurse was “bullying and harassment”, an employment ...

She also likened their isolation room to a prison's solitary confinement and said that students are refused food and just given a cheese ...

Reading Borough Council is recommending returning Henley Road allotments to cemetery land due to a looming space shortage ...

A new study has named Reading as one of the UK's most wheelchair-accessible cities. Reading secured the sixth position in a study conducted by Halton Stairlifts, which assessed 81 major UK cities on ...

Frank Warren says Tyson Fury seems “very happy” and has emphasised his belief that the former world heavyweight champion should stay retired. Fury announced he was hanging up his gloves via a video ...

Oliver Ryan, who was elected to represent the Burnley constituency last summer, had been under investigation over the remarks.

Tom Symonds was delighted to finally get a win out of Royale Margaux at Warwick on Saturday. The seven-year-old is a half-sister to the Grade One winner Royale Pagaille, but since joining the yard ...