Hugh PymHealth editorBBC"It was really bad – we had patients dying on the waiting lists – politicians were getting desperate."Jesper Fisker, chief executive of the Danish Cancer Society, is ...

Faarea MasudBusiness reporter, BBC NewsGetty ImagesSunny weather and the women's Euro football tournament helped to lift retail sales in July, according to the latest official figures.Retail sales volumes rose ...

Tom EspinerBusiness reporter, BBC NewsGetty ImagesRetail sales rebounded in June as the hot weather boosted fuel and supermarket sales, according to official data.Sales volumes were up by 0.9% in ...

Keiron TourishBBC News NIBBCFidelma Toland is among the new batch of thatchers being trainedThe race is on to save the remaining thatched cottages in Ireland and train the next ...