The Latest Breaking News on Ageing

‘As life expectancy has increased, the proportion of time spent in good health is going down. We must urgently develop a new approach to medicine’ - Lord Lebedev

With extended life expectancy Britain has wound up an increasingly sick nation – and experts say that this is as bad for GDP as it is for our health

In the past few years, a frustrating trend has emerged in reporting on the UK’s falling birth rate. Every month or so, a study reveals new statistics pointing out that either fewer people are having children, or that the average age for first-time parents is increasing. Then a slew of…

Princess Kate's illness has reportedly "changed her priorities" and "outlook on life"

Other lives: Probation officer who rose to be a policy adviser at the Home Office on issues relating to offenders

The Prince and Princess of Wales are looking to expand their team in an unexpected way

It was only when 12-year-old Senegalese schoolboy Lassou Samb prepared to sit his end-of-year exams that his lack of any legal documentation finally caught up with him.

Gunner Lewis-Vale’s parents say they are ‘eternally grateful to the incredible mother who donated their baby’s umbilical cord’

Consultation launched as surveys show people have little chance to meet partners and worry about high cost of living

Parents or carers in full-time work said to be ‘dreading’ expense, and sum may be even higher in Wales and south-east England

The average cost of a place at a holiday club is now 2.5 times higher than the cost of an after-school club during term time