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Upper age limit drops from 40 to 39 as policy found to be "discriminatory" against some groups

Chris-Heaton Harris said he had written to the Department of Health giving them authority to set up the services.

The Blind Person’s Allowance is rising with inflation and means you can earn more before paying Income Tax.

Pupils die in outbreaks of bug in Buckinghamshire, Wales, Surrey and London

The Salmon Youth Centre in Bermondsey provides a lifeline for many hard-pressed families struggling to cope ahead of Christmas. Anna Davis reports.

Police Scotland’s Air Unit was drafted in to help scour the Headwell area of Dunfermline, Fife, for the 65-year-old who was spotted by aircrew shortly after 8pm on Thursday.

Ambulance strikes could “make response times incredibly stretched”, NHS Providers chief Saffron Cordery said

When I graduated from nursing school five years ago, I worked for an agency in New York City’s foster care system. I believed I was helping families. But what I saw there was not a system working for children’s best interests, but one that was quick to separate children from…

The branch has existed for more than 40 years but is facing closure unless more volunteers come forward