Cutting fat out of your diet leads to more fat loss than cutting out the carbs, a US National Institutes of Health study shows.

Lord Janner is expected to appear in court to face child sex abuse charges after his lawyers lost a High Court bid to prevent him having to attend.

Entertainer Cilla Black died accidentally from a traumatic head injury after falling at her Spanish home, a coroner says.

Labour leadership candidate Jeremy Corbyn has promised a "new kind of politics" if he wins the contest.

There has been a surge in the number of people volunteering for medical research into tackling dementia.

Sir Edward Heath was "completely asexual", one of his closest advisers says, amid claims of historical child sex abuse against the former PM.

Militants from Islamic State are suspected of using chemical weapons in an attack against Kurdish forces in northern Iraq, officials say.

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro fails to mention US embassy reopening in letter marking his 89th birthday.