Letters to parents warning that their children are overweight will be toned down, after complaints that the wording was too upsetting.

Drugs shield sensitive gastrointestinal tract from toxic effects

The actress best known for her Oscar-nominated role as Goldie Hawn’s tormentor in 1980 comedy Private Benjamin has died aged 80.

The organs are made in the laboratory in the hope of using them to replace the damaged or missing body parts of patients

Chemotherapy treatment has boosted the survival rate to 96 per cent

As the final series is about to air Hugh Montgomery examines an unlikely candidate for mass adulation

The 23-year-old had recently learned of the death of his mentor

George H. W. Bush, father of George W., goes bald to support a sick child

The new manager himself hinted he thought the world's best player had an influence

Argentinian signs a two-year contract to take over at the Nou Camp after Vilanova was forced to resign due to health concerns

The Great Britain Davis Cup player is good friends with Andy Murray

Research among 500 Australian smokers has shown that smokers find cigarettes in plain packs less appealing

Broadcasting veteran David Jacobs is to step down from his weekly BBC Radio 2 show after a radio career stretching back almost seven decades.

Andre Villas-Boas and Michael Laudrup have been linked with the vacancy