The doctors’ plea is as stark, the despair is palpable and the situation is only worsening

President Obama's economic record is good, but the successes of his second term risk being overshadowed by Washington's three separate "scandals"

Thein Sein’s White House visit caps an unprecedented round of diplomatic bridge-building and marks his country's return to international favour

Between the high-profile grandees, the existing cabinet ministers and the obstreperous backbenchers, Mr Cameron has found himself with nowhere to hide

The author of The Color Purple chose David Icke's jaw-droppingly ridiculous book, Human Race Get Off Your Knees to take to Radio Four's desert island

Sir Robert Own has granted most of the foreign secretary’s request to keep whole aspects not only out of the public domain, but out of the proceedings altogether

Ah, the irony. The Cannes Film Festival – promoter of any number of heist movies – was itself the.....

Not only does high-speed rail face a £3.3bn funding gap, it is of dubious economic impact anyway. It's time to think about how that price tag would be better spent

Today Lord Falconer launched a new attempt to change the law on assisted dying. It deserves careful consideration

In the face of growing public anger and apparent Government impotence, legality is no longer sufficient defence for aggressive tax avoidance

Where Theresa May delivered this proposal gives a clue to its motives

Should evidence of fraud be found, the implications are difficult to overstate

It is impossible to escape the conclusion that groups like Boko Haram oppose all our civilisation believes to be worthwhile

Some 800,000 people in Britain have been diagnosed with dementia, twice as many may have it in some form and an aging population means this number will double

Such crimes would be distressing enough in isolation. What is worse is that the authorities could have done something about them so much earlier

The revelation that some £24m was spent persuading staff to relocate to Salford is yet more evidence of how out of touch BBC management really are

Commander Chris Hadfield’s transmission-filled five months on the International Space Station are a regular treasure trove