The £88m plan opens fostering up to younger and more diverse households, sweeps away outdated rules, and improves carer support, ministers say.

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A new report says the government and prison service have been too slow to respond to "urgent threats" - as one prison plans ...

In around 10 years time, three out of four people diagnosed with cancer will be living well or cured within five years of their diagnosis.

From 2013 onwards, the emails show Epstein made several bids to meet Putin through the former Norwegian PM Thorbjorn Jagland.

When the rules were pointed out to EDF, it agreed £127.52 of the charge wasn't valid. It said the remaining £97.16 could have ...

For Sir Keir Starmer and the soon-to-be ex-peer, the fallout may be about to get even worse, as Mr Mandelson faces a ...

The former nurse was sentenced to 15 whole-life terms for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others.

Lawyers for survivors of Jeffrey Epstein have critcised the US Department of Justice, after redactions failed to protect their legal right to anonymity ...

And finally, the government will publish the national cancer plan today, which will pledge that 75% of patients diagnosed ...

William Stevenson, 77, was indicted on first-degree murder by a grand jury on Monday, in connection with 64-year-old Linda ...