The mum of a young rough sleeper well-known for sitting outside a retail park store with his pet dog believes more could have been done to help him.

A new centre has opened up as part of a national scheme to speed up scans and diagnoses for patients.

A disgraced children’s doctor who arranged to meet an underage boy for sex on hospital grounds has been struck from the medical register.

Emergency workers at a Kent hospital are to feature in a new series of a documentary which starts tonight.

Horrifying footage shows tiny bugs which had been lurking inside a Sainsbury’s pack of risotto rice crawling all over a mum-of-five’s dinner.

Staff have raised funds in tribute to their former colleague who was the “heart and soul” of a pub.

A grieving mum has paid tribute to her “special” daughter who died following brain surgery.

A nursery has been forced to close suddenly, the parent company citing its “financial position” as the reason.

The chairman of a hospital trust under significant pressure is stepping down for personal reasons, it has been confirmed.

A question mark hangs over the future of a GP practice after its building unexpectedly went on sale for almost a million pounds.

A 58-year-old diagnosed with a rare cancer says doctors don’t know how long she has left, but she won’t let that stop her from living her life.

A wheelchair user has been left covered in cuts and bruises after waiting 14 months for a council to provide him with a disabled toilet.

A medical centre which cares for thousands of patients has been downgraded to ‘Inadequate’ after serious failings were identified by inspectors.

People are being urged to take part in a new initiative launched to help put more support in place for women and young girls.

Hospital bosses want a bigger MRI unit, as patients have to wait in their cars if there’s a backlog, due to the lack of space.

A paramedic who fuelled her drug addiction by stealing painkillers from the dying has been struck off.

Across the county thousands of runners donned special festive attire to take part in a series of free running events.

A nurse celebrating half a century of service in the NHS has looked back on the key moments which have shaped her career.

A college lecturer is unable to cook or visit family over Christmas because of a leak in her ceiling.

A school girl has celebrated the end of her treatment by playing with toys bought on her behalf and donated to a children’s ward.