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New rules aiming to tackle child obesity have been broadly welcomed - with some reservations.

It follows claims the devices, used to give powerful painkillers, could have caused widespread deaths.

New measures also target junk food ads and aim to halve childhood obesity by 2030 in England.

The custom-made shoes feature characters and designs to suit the child's tastes.

Malin Andersson - who was on the show with Sophie Gradon - says people don't see the downside to reality TV.

Adding or removing the colour cyan can have an impact on sleep, according to biologists.

After a Met Office warning about unusually high pollen levels, here are some top tips for sufferers.

Taxi drivers are not allowed to say no to guide dogs, but that doesn't stop them.

Experts say the WHO's decision risks "pathologising" a behaviour that is harmless for most people.

Shirley Kordie's brother Joseph is a "perfect" stem cell match and is ready to donate.

Debates about the NHS often focus on the pressures of an ageing population, but how do younger patients use the service?

Given hours after chemotherapy, it showed promising results in children with a rare cancer.

By 2035 about 234,000 over-75s will get cancer each year - up from 130,000 now, a report estimates.

A charity that provides nursery care for children who have to stay in hospital has been set up.

The parents of Charlie Gard say they want a change in the law and 'will try and help anyone else who is in the same boat as us'.

The parents of Charlie Gard want to change the law so other cases like theirs don't end up in court.

Charlotte Caldwell has been treating her severely epileptic son, Billy, with cannabis oil since 2016.

Eight products are affected and the advice is to return bottles to where they were bought.

There was "disregard for human life" in prescribing drugs at the Gosport hospital, a report finds.

An inquiry found that painkillers were prescribed without medical justification to older patients.