Researchers found death rates were 4.2% among the most deprived children at 2,432 deaths per 58,110 admissions, compared to 3.1% among wealthy children with 1,025 deaths per 33,331 admissions.

Switching to a more active lifestyle at any point in adulthood could also extend people’s lives, researchers said.

Hampshire opener Toby Albert hit an unbeaten 98 off 57 balls, with seven fours and five sixes, as the hosts made 208 for four. Joe Weatherley (31) and Hilton Cartwright (48) offered support to help ...

A loyalist bonfire in Northern Ireland controversially topped with an effigy of migrants in a boat has been lit. The Police Service of Northern Ireland earlier said they were investigating a hate ...

Professor Robert Winston told the Times that resident doctors’ strikes could harm people’s trust in the profession.