NHS prescription charges increase from this month but who is eligible to get their medicine for free?

We spoke to the doctors, paramedics and pilots who work for the air ambulance service performing life-saving interventions every day.

Grim images show illegal meat seized at a port including sheep carcasses, pork and cheese dripping with blood. Warning: graphic images.

A dad reunited with the paramedics who saved his life after a heart attack at home says the incident has made him “re-evaluate” his life.

A doctor has been banned from practising medicine after breast cancer patients he performed substandard surgery on were left feeling “mutilated”.

Police were called to a town centre walk-in centre this afternoon following reports of a disturbance.

Patients have been speaking about what a lifeline their new health hub has been, from helping with medical care to wellbeing and loneliness.

Disgruntled villagers are furious after “dangerous” laughing gas canisters misused by teens were found littered in a car park again.

Medics did not spot a 91-year-old’s broken leg and failed to give her vital medication, an inquest has heard.

A town centre pharmacy hit with a repossession notice has reopened in a new location in a shopping centre.

The air ambulance is asking children to name its helicopters as it reaches the half-way mark of its £1 million appeal.

A multimillion-pound leisure centre that employs three cleaners must take on more staff as the site has “never looked so bad”, say furious swimmers.

A deaf man almost had his testicle removed without knowing the risks after a hospital blunder saw him seen by doctors without an interpreter.

A gym at a leisure centre only recently upgraded as part of a multi-million pound overhaul has been given the green light to expand and improve.

A shocked movie-goer has described the moment she spotted vermin roaming freely and munching popcorn during a screening of “Back to Black”.

A study has found girls are drinking, smoking and vaping more than boys, while England is ‘top of the charts’ globally for child alcohol use.

A dad with an inoperable brain tumour fears his young family will be left penniless after his life insurance policy was cancelled.

A senior county councillor has called for new smoking legislation to be repealed saying it will simply encourage counterfeit goods and smuggling.

A woman is running a free eight-week course in a bid to end the taboo around menopause and women’s health.

Fed-up residents say their home lives are being ruined by out-of-control trees which drop debris onto pavements and block light from windows.