A school where pupils are banned from using their mobile phones has reported impressive A-level results - with nearly 50 percent of grades A or A*. Sixth form students at Excelsior Academy in Hackney, ...

Cancer drugs that have been around for two decades were able to eliminate aggressive tumors in a "remarkable" clinical trial. Two patients - one with the deadliest form of skin cancer called melanoma ...

A teacher was diagnosed with breast cancer at just 22 years old - after she noticed a "pea-sized lump." Erin Johnston, from Greenwich, southeast London, was diagnosed with cancer for the first time in ...

Boozy weekends can trigger a newly identified sleep disorder, according to a study. Burning the candle at both ends, drinking and smoking through Saturday and Sunday, may be doing more than disrupting ...

A miracle cat used up one of its nine lives after incredibly surviving a 50ft (15m) fall from the fifth floor of a block of flats. Four-year-old Ivy escaped with just a fractured jaw despite the huge ...

Britain's first therapy dog to work for a rail company has started supporting train passengers on their journeys. Six-year-old German Shepherd Nya is a certified therapy dog who volunteers for the ...

A deadly form of cancer could soon be detected early by AI simply listening to a patient's voice, scientists say. They believe state-of-the-art machine learning technology will be able to spot early ...

Drones tracking whales reveal they lose tons during annual migration Researchers used drones to monitor the body condition of humpback whales during their "feast and fast" migration.

A dog had to be brought down England's second-highest mountain on a stretcher by rescue volunteers - after he injured his paws during a long walk. Husky Prince was on the 3,163ft tall (964m) Scafell, ...

Reggie the dog being rescued after falling from a waterfall. (HM Coastguard via SWNS) By Elizabeth Hunter A dog has been rescued after falling 30m (100ft) from a waterfall. Volunteers from the ...

Meningitis can be quickly spotted in babies with "great accuracy" thanks to a new non-invasive test. A study showed that it identified the potentially deadly infection in newborns and infants with 94% ...

A mom living with "the biggest hernia doctors have ever seen" says she's sick of being housebound - but was told she will die if she has surgery.