A scan which forms part of a routine eye test could help predict a person's risk of having a heart attack or stroke within the next 10 years, a study has suggested.

Whether or not the UK will have a Royal Family in the future is something that often comes up in debate.

Eight babies have been born in the UK with DNA from three people following a procedure to eliminate an incurable inherited disease.

The East and West Midlands are officially in drought after the driest start to a year since 1976.

A jury will decide whether Tesla is partly to blame for the death of a young woman who was hit by an electric car on autopilot.

Steve's morning starts lying still in the clanging magnet of an MRI machine as his body is slowly scanned from neck to knee in intimate detail.

An X account for the Sesame Street character Elmo has been targeted by an unknown hacker who posted antisemitic and racist messages.

A friend of mine was recently diagnosed with a melanoma, an aggressive form of skin cancer that had spread throughout their body, including their brain.

Many people with a cancer diagnosis "should be confident that it's not a death sentence and that more treatments will become available", according to the outgoing medical director of NHS England.

Britain's climate is changing rapidly, with records regularly being smashed and extremes of heat and rainfall becoming the norm, the Met Office has warned.

A mystery interstellar object discovered by British astronomers is most likely the oldest comet ever seen.

One of the UK's best-known doctors says he has resigned from the British Medical Association (BMA) because it has "effectively encouraged young doctors to strike".

Heat-related deaths in England and Wales could rise 50-fold by the 2070s as climate change collides with an ageing population, a study has warned.

Four people have been arrested by police investigating cyber attacks targeting M&S, Co-op and Harrods.

South West Water has agreed to pay a £24m penalty for wastewater spillages, the water regulator said.

A robot has performed realistic surgery on its own with 100% accuracy, researchers have announced.

Researchers say they have found a "powerful double weapon" that could help cancer patients keep their hair during chemotherapy.

Standing by the charred remains of the Marseille wildfire, you appreciate how close France's second-largest city came to disaster.

Grok, the AI chatbot running on Elon Musk's social media platform, has been updated again after it posted numerous antisemitic messages on X.

An extra 263 Londoners likely died in the recent heatwave, according to stark new estimates.