Tens of thousands of council workers will be balloted on strike action from Thursday in what a union is calling the biggest vote of its kind in years. Unison said a vote will be offered to more than ...

Sharon Graham will head the Unite union’s negotiating team at talks on Thursday morning under the auspices of conciliation service Acas.

And 61% said music helped improve their communication skills after their stroke, with half (51%) saying it helped their memory. The Stroke Association said research suggests singi ...

Kemi Badenoch has conceded the scale of the Conservative victory when these councils were last up for election in 2021 means losses are likely.

Smacking is illegal in Wales and Scotland but there remains a legal defence in England and Northern Ireland. The UK’s children’s commissioners have called for a wholesale smacking ban, describing the ...

The UK could face the warmest start to May on record, with Met Office meteorologist Michael Silverstone saying temperatures could climb to “29C or even 30C”. He added: “If we reach 30C on Thursday, it ...

A skin cancer patient is urging people to wear sun cream and cover up as new figures show almost half of people in the UK have sunburn at least once a year. Research from charity Melanoma Focus also ...

Mistakes on medical records can put people’s health “at risk”, experts have said, as a new poll revealed almost one in four have found errors in their personal documents. Healthwatch England has urged ...

It follows the findings of Leeds University research, featured in the BBC Panorama investigation The Truth About Baby Food.