Recent figures show library closures have meant that hald a million fewer people visited them last year.

Teenagers in London are around 25 per cent more likely to go into higher education than their peers across England, according to new data published by UCAS.

The UK has slipped down the rankings in the global “Good Country Index” which tracks how much nations contribute to the “common good of humanity”. The UK slipped from seventh to eighth place but still does more “good” and less harm than more...

It’s official, we don’t sleep enough. A staggering 38 per cent of Britons are not getting enough sleep with women aged 35-44 affected the worst, research revealed last week.

Cases of the winter vomiting bug have rocketed by 13 per cent in just a week, official data reveal. Government statistics show 1,475 people have been infected with norovirus since July, compared to 1,294 last week.

From paracetamol to co-codamol, 24 million opioid prescriptions were given out in the UK in 2016, which is double that of just 10 years ago.

Bangladesh is going ahead with a controversial plan to move Rohingya refugees to a low-lying, flood-prone island, with construction of facilities to begin "very soon"