Live

LATEST

'NHS lets down dying patients'

SOCIETY

'NHS lets down dying patients'

A parliamentary report has detailed systematic failings in end-of-life care provisions that have severely let down dying patients.

Tories to keep mentally ill out of jail

SOCIETY

Tories to keep mentally ill out of jail

British Home Secretary, Theresa May has pledged up to £15 million to fund health-based alternatives to jail cells to help those detained under the Mental Health act.

Police officer shot dead in Peshawar

PAKISTAN

Police officer shot dead in Peshawar

Pro-Taliban militants gun down a senior police officer from the department of counterterrorism in Peshawar, northwestern Pakistan.

CBI chief urges EU support

POLITICS

CBI chief urges EU support

The president of the Confederation of British Industry says businesses need to speak out in support of the country's membership in the European Union.