One in five children who suffer with epilepsy has been accused of being “possessed” after having a seizure, according to shocking new research.

A pregnant woman suffering from “severe” mental health problems has made an impassioned plea to a High Court judge, asking that she be granted an abortion.

Convictions of Muslims for child abuse prompt co-ordinated response from nation’s mosques

Plan unveiled that would allow patients to sign a disclaimer asking for help to end their lives

Almost 10,000 five to seven-year-olds now work as carers, an increase of 80 per cent in a decade

Ministers working for the Methodist Church are effectively exempt from employment laws because they work for God and are not employees, Britain’s highest court has ruled.

Group says new rules on housing benefit breach human rights

After taxes, the richest 10 per cent earned 9.5 times the income of the poorest 10 per cent in 2010

A new law intended to ensure insurance firms pay compensation when employers' paperwork is lost will apply only to some cancer sufferers, and they will get less than expected

If you're one of the Britons who only walks for nine minutes a day, read on: inactivity is the world's fourth-biggest killer, and two-thirds of us are not being physical enough for good health