A leading anti-poverty charity has warned that SNP plans to slash health boards and centralise local government could "distract" politicians from "the glaring need to improve the lives of children in ...

YouTube video by FrenchInstituteUK

Sir John Betjeman, poet laureate, visits and explains the architecture of various churches in the Diocese of Norwich.

Health authorities in Siberia’s Irkutsk region have placed nearly 200 people under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from plague, according to media reports and a statement by a regio...

Le copilote omanais accusé d’avoir poignardé son commandant de bord à bord d'un avion de Flydubai, le 30 septembre, était interdit de vol dans son pays pour des raisons de sécurité. Plusieurs médias internationaux affirment que les autorités omanaises le soupçonnaient d’avoir été radicalisé lors d’un séjour en Syrie. 

Indian government issued with warning it would be in contempt of court if it failed to release Jagtar Singh Johal The British Sikh activist Jagtar Singh Johal has been released from a Delhi prison after the Indian high court warned the government it would be found in contempt of court if it continued to attempt to keep him in jail despite an 18 September court order releasing him on bail. Johal has been incarcerated for nine years without any full trial. The court order was issued after Johal’s lawyers issued a writ of habeas corpus alleging he was being detained against the express direction of the court. Continue reading...

BMA Scotland says there is no evidence that reducing the number of health boards from 14 to two will improve patient care.