Fixed retirement age to be axed
People reaching the age of 65 will no longer be forced to retire from October next year, under plans announced by the government.

Child heart op ban 'should stay'
Children's heart surgery should remain suspended at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital where four babies died, a report says.

Frenchwoman faces babies charges
A Frenchwoman is placed under investigation over the deaths of eight newborn babies, while her husband is freed without charge, after remains are found in a village in northern France.