Syrian forces under President Bashar al-Assad have used chemical weapons "on a small scale" against the opposition rebels, the White House says.

UK pensioners' incomes have risen faster than all other age groups in the last 30 years, a study shows, with the change called a "triumph of social policy".

Hospitals are missing chances to save the lives of patients with alcohol-related liver disease, a watchdog says.

Surgeons who refuse to publish their performance data should be publicly named, the health secretary says.

RBS sees its share price drop amid speculation that political influence has caused Stephen Hester's departure and on news of further job losses.

Planned home births are less risky than planned hospital births, particularly for second-time mothers, says research from the Netherlands in the British Medical Journal.

A Coldstream Guard is laid to rest in Britain more than 200 years after he died in a campaign in the Netherlands.

The breast cancer risk for British Asian women has increased, a study carried out in Leicester has suggested.