Three out of four primary school teachers think children’s physical activity is declining, research suggests. Half of 500 teachers surveyed said they believe fewer than one in two children in their ...

While rising living costs have seen consumers cutting back and retail sales as a whole up 0.1% year-on-year in August, spending on health and beauty was up 7.3% – significantly higher than ...

Drugs that switch on vitamin A in the body may also help stave off conditions such as motor neurone disease (MND), raising hopes of new treatments, research suggests. Scientists found drugs which ...

We hope our finding that fussy eating is largely innate may help to alleviate parental blame. “This behaviour is not a result of parenting. “Our study also shows that fussy eating is not necessarily ...

The latest findings suggest Thwaites Glacier and much of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet could be lost by the 23rd century. Its ice rests on a bed far below sea level that slopes downwards towards the ...

Consumer confidence has fallen sharply in “not encouraging news” for the Government as households “nervously” await next month’s autumn Budget, according to a long-running survey. GfK’s Consumer ...

Cancer Research UK is calling on the Government to commit to a long-term cancer strategy to make sure waiting times are met.

Nature is coming back six years after wildfire at Smithills near Bolton, but peat will take hundreds of years to regenerate, conservationists say.