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Barbie maker launches first Down’s syndrome doll

The National Down Syndrome Society in the US helped to create the doll.

‘Evil’ drug addict who battered toddler Lola James to death is jaile...

Kyle Bevan. who launched a brutal attack on the two-year-old, will serve at least 28 years in jail.

Jenrick attacks ‘humanitarian nimbyism’ as he defends Illegal Migrat...

The immigration minister insisted the legislation ‘does not turn our back on those in genuine need’.

Concerns raised about ‘shocking disparity’ in breast screening rates

Figures show 62.7% of women in the poorest areas attended for screening, compared to 81.5% in the least deprived parts of Scotland.

Charity film urges child sex abuse viewers to stop and contact helpl...

The Lucy Faithfull Foundation runs a helpline for those concerned about accessing images of children being abused.

Urgent action needed to tackle stigma around long Covid, ministers w...

The Covid-19 Recovery Committee has made a series of recommendations for the Scottish Government.

Evacuation operation under way at Sudanese airfield amid ‘volatile’...

Around 120 British troops are at the base near the capital, Khartoum, where UK nationals are being processed.

Nurse photographed sympathy card for baby she is accused of killing,...

Lucy Letby denies murdering seven babies and attempting to murder another 10 at the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neo-natal unit.

New type of pain relief could be routinely offered to women in labou...

The fast-acting opioid called reminfentanil is not traditionally offered to women giving birth.

‘45% of people with concussion show brain injury symptoms six months...

New research suggests even mild concussion can cause long-lasting effects to the brain.

Fighting in Sudan shakes three-day truce as thousands flee Khartoum

Clashes escalated in West Darfur province on Tuesday, according to residents.

Radiographers to be balloted for strike action

Members of the Society of Radiographers in England voted by 80% against a government pay offer.

Army cadet found hanged felt like she was ‘on trial’, inquest told

Olivia Perks, 21, was discovered dead at the prestigious Sandhurst military academy in Berkshire in February 2019.

War criminals could visit UK without prosecution fear unless law cha...

The SNP’s Brendan O’Hara said his Universal Jurisdiction (Extension) Bill would close the ‘loophole’ and allow action to take place.

Rosalind Franklin ‘was an equal contributor in the discovery of DNA...

Professors Matthew Cobb and Nathaniel Comfort said new evidence shows Franklin did not fail to understand her own data.

Mother of Stardust fire victim tells inquest of family’s ‘unimaginab...

A long-awaited inquest for the 48 people who died in the fire at the Stardust nightclub in Dublin in 1981 has begun.

Mothers of Stardust fire victims tell inquest of their ongoing pain...

A long-awaited inquest for the 48 people who died in the fire at the Stardust nightclub in Dublin in 1981 began on Tuesday.

Scottish Welfare Fund exceeds budget in first six months of financia...

A Scottish Government report showed while £39.9 million was available for the fund in 2022-23, a total of £41.4 million had been spent.

Scottish Welfare Fund exceeds budget in first nine months of financi...

A Scottish Government report showed while £39.9 million was available for the fund in 2022-23, a total of £41.4 million had been spent.

Net-zero tsar calls for ‘green special relationship’ with US

Chris Skidmore said the UK and US could not afford to ‘to replicate each other’s successes, or to repeat each other’s failures’.